Pioneers of the Trail
I spent several months walking the Oregon Trail when I was five and I flew over it in several hours when I was a senior citizen. Jacob Butts 1840-1925 The pioneers that traveled the Oregon Trail were hardy people. Much hardier–than us. Earlier this year we read a book about two brothers who retraced the […]
“Saddling” up on the Oregon Trail?
Great stories often inspire personal adventures. When Laurie and I watched the movie The Way about a man who hiked the Camino de Santiago across Spain, she said, “That’s how I want to start retirement.” In April of 2016 we started our life on the road with the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Recently we listened […]
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