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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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Meet Nate Damm

On February 26, 2011, Nate Damm left Lewes, Delaware on the American Discovery Trail to walk across America.  Why?  Because he wanted to. The idea had spent many months running laps in his head and refused to go away.  Even … Continue reading

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Today, we are visiting the Dayton VA Medical center. There are some truly amazing people here. It sounds like we have some rough weather coming tonight, and the staff offered us a place to stay tonight. More updates coming soon.

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I lost my love (and my hat) in Dolly Sods

The site was down for a few days, due to some kind of technical issue. Our wonderful webmaster, Adam, got it sorted out. What a good time to give him a shout-out: Moore Interactive – thanks, Adam! So, America, you’re … Continue reading

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Life on the C&O and Trail magic in Hancock, MD

Every day since our time with the Fellowship has been a blur. Once we got our pushcart squared away and rolling, we went from covering 10-15 miles per day to crushing 20-25. That, America, is totally awesome. The C&O Towpath … Continue reading

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America, we have some explaining to do…

I haven’t been able to keep up with regular updates (sorry, Mom) but a lot has been happening. Don’t worry, I will explain everything. We are following the 180+ mile C&O canal towpath trail. Since we left D.C. two days … Continue reading

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Therapy for D.C. vets

We took a couple of days off to see the sights in D.C., and we managed to get in touch with the Washington, D.C. Veteran’s Medical Center. Our host, Michael, braved the D.C. traffic (on a marathon day, no less) … Continue reading

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Crossing D.C.

Two weeks and 140 miles after leaving the Atlantic coast, Kait and I walked across the Maryland border, into the District of Columbia. Reaching D.C. is a powerful accomplishment, an early milestone in our walk to rediscover our country. But … Continue reading

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Entering D.C.

This morning, we are starting of in the Anacostia Tributaries Trail System, just 2 miles from the official District of Columbia border. Today, we will cross most of D.C. metro, and we will take tomorrow off to see the sights … Continue reading

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Tails from the junkyard

I am still trying to figure out the best ways to update this blog from the road. My phone, as smart as it is, cannot find a signal even when every other phone can. It just ate a large entry … Continue reading

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