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The ADT Journey – Week 40

Posted on March 14, 2022 by admin

We followed the blue-blazed Buckeye Trail throughout this stretch.  While often an actual trail through the woods, the Buckeye “Trail” also followed both improved and unimproved roads as well.  This provided us the opportunity of encountering both natural and cultural … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 39

Posted on March 8, 2022 by admin

I gave four presentations while in Cincinnati:  one to the Sisters of the Transfiguration with whom we were staying; one to the Bethany elementary school; one to the Northeast Lions Club in Milford; and one to Northern Kentucky University.  The … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 38

Posted on March 2, 2022 by admin

During this stretch trail angels offered us kindness in a variety of ways; our response varied as well.  On the first day we stopped at a store in a small hamlet and asked the proprietor if he had a bathroom … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 36

Posted on February 18, 2022 by admin

Our 15 miles of fame from Evansville print and television media extended further.  As we continued on roads through this stretch people hailed us from passing cars, from workplaces we passed and even from a graveyard (a live person visiting … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 35

Posted on February 11, 2022 by admin

The “trail” for this week was all roads, from Shawneetown, Illinois to Newburgh, Indiana.  We encountered scenic moments when our route came next to the Ohio River in Evansville and Newburgh, but otherwise the only memorable part of the “trail” … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 33

Posted on February 1, 2022 by admin

After we endured our coldest night of the journey, clear skies and increasingly warm weather blessed our thirty-third week of hiking, though we still witnessed the effects of the misty, rainy Missouri weather as we walked along the floodplains of … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 32

Posted on January 24, 2022 by admin

After our talk at the St. John UCC, Ky flew back home to be with family for almost a week while we continued on.  All our hosts through this St. Louis stretch lived far off the trail and Ky left … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 31

Posted on January 16, 2022 by admin

The day after the potluck supper at the St. Paul UCC in Hermann, Jack and Pat Wendleton brought us back to where we left off on the Katy, treating us to breakfast at a trailside restaurant.  We hiked back to … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 25

Posted on December 3, 2021 by admin

We entered Kansas from the southwest corner and would be departing through Kansas City, near the northeast corner.  Since much of Kansas originally was partitioned into square tracts of farmland, this meant a zigzag pattern of hiking east and north … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 23

Posted on November 24, 2021 by admin

A passing motorist stopped to warn us about a coming storm, in defiance of the red sky that greeted our first evening in Kansas, allegedly an indicator of “sailor’s delight” and good weather.  Dusk found us chatting with a rancher … Continue reading →

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