Tag Archives: Trail Angels

Day 213 – 12/23/11 – Adopt a Trail

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McKittrick to Treloar; Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 2 Today brought two notable changes.  There were Adopt a Trail sections, with markedly less trash than in some other areas along the Katy Trail.  The KT was never as … Continue reading

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Day 209 = 12/19/11 – Santa’s Letter

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Hartsburg to North Jefferson; Distance = 10.4 Miles; People Met = Bad weather was in the forecast for a few days, but the worst of it was not supposed to come until afternoon and night of this day.  We adjusted … Continue reading

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Days 202-203 – 12/12-13/11 – Chicken Pot Pie

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Waverly to Marshall; Distance = 21 Miles; People Met = 15+ While at the Kristkindl Markt we met the Missouri UCC conference minister, Pastor Jeff Whitman.  He was enthusiastic about what we were doing and put an article about us … Continue reading

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Days 200-201 – 12/10-11/11 – Community Kindness Prevails

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Levasy to Waverly; Distance = 36 Miles; People Met = 14+ Photos at the end Since we’ve entered Missouri the weather has not been bad in terms of precipitation or wind.  Below average temperatures and overcast skies still give the … Continue reading

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Days 198-199 – 12/8-9/11 – Disaster Kindness

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Independence to Levasy; Distance = 26 Miles; People Met = 11+ Photos at the end We mainly hiked on paved back roads that angled towards the Missouri River but never came within view.  What we did view was a lot … Continue reading

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Days 195-197 – 12/5-7/11 – Kansas City Connections

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Missouri border to Independence; Distance = 18 Miles; People Met = 11+ Photos at the end Before the trip started we had no connections in Kansas City and were the most apprehensive of what we would do in that metropolitan … Continue reading

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Day 194 – 12/4/11 – Rolling Hills Presbyterian

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People Met = 10+ We started the day with a presentation to the adult education class in between morning services at Rolling Hills Presbyterian.  There was a large presence of teenagers there, a good age group for hearing a message … Continue reading

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Day 192 – 12/2/11 – Westwood

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Shawnee Mission to Missouri Border; Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 19+ The day started with a presentation to the Westwood View Elementary School. I had never thought to talk about kindness and community involvement to kids, but Gretchen … Continue reading

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Day 188-189 – 11/28-29/11 – Micah Ministry

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Lawrence to Eudora; Distance = 12 Miles; People Met = 2 The first part of the hike from Lawrence to Eudora was through the city of Lawrence, population over 100,000 and the campus of Kansas University.  We stopped a student … Continue reading

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Days 185-186 – 11/25-26/11 – The Light Center

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Idaho Road to Woodson Road; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 10 Our pace has picked up recently, we slack pack roads at about 4 mph now, and as a consequence I overestimated the time for Ky to meet … Continue reading

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