Monthly Archives: June 2012

Get your Huckleberry Finn on

Oh, Illinois. Our last day there did not disappoint. We bought – and paid for – breakfast at Cookie’s Diner to fuel us forward. Cookie clattered around in the kitchen, wrapping up eggs, lunchmeat, pickles – anything she could find, … Continue reading

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Leveling up at Cookie’s Diner

Oh, how the times is changin’. For the last three days, we have had two new members on our team. Our dear friend Kate drove up from Kentucky with her dog Mo, to shadow us for a week. This is … Continue reading

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Tazewell County Magic

Drawing close to Pekin, we stayed with a friend of Amber’s in the small town of Mackinaw. Ronda King opened up her house to us as if we were her family. When we arrived, we were greeted in the backyard … Continue reading

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R.A.I.N. of Central Illinois

During our time walking through Tazewell County, we have met many wonderful and inspirational people. Randy Wheat is no exception. Randy is the founder and president of Rescuing Animals In Need of Central Illinois. Incorporated in 2005, R.A.I.N. provides spay … Continue reading

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Dear Bloomington,

You. Rock. Approaching the greater Bloomington-Normal area, we walked 20 miles to the tiny town of Merna. Located about 6 miles east of the Bloomington-Normal city limits, Merna was described as a bar with a handful of houses around it. … Continue reading

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1000 miles and counting.

Illinois is flat. The further west we get, the further we can see in every direction. For two nights, we stayed with a friend of a friend of my mom’s, named Dave. We walked 22 miles to Paxton, and at … Continue reading

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Mom and Dad, you probably shouldn’t read this.

Seriously, it will only make you worry. A couple of days ago, we were walking out of Paxton. We had been walking along Route 9 since entering Illinois. 9 is a two-lane road, with a gravel shoulder that is way … Continue reading

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Once a Cornjerker, Always a Cornjerker

We crossed into Illinois – theĀ  Land of Lincoln, our sixth state – and quickly found ourselves in the small town of Hoopeston. The locals informed me that Hoopeston is the sweet corn capital of the world. The local high … Continue reading

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The Magic Lean-to, or How I learned to love a dirt floor

We left our lunch break with Chris and walked off into the rain. Up to that point, we had been very fortunate with weather on this walk. Every time the rain came down, we had ended up hosted somewhere or … Continue reading

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practice what you preach

As the sun started to drop, we walked out of the city limits of Elwood, Indiana, heading west toward Tipton. The houses were getting further apart, and we started knocking on doors to find a yard to camp in for … Continue reading

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