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~ Updates below as walk progresses ~

Contact List for more information:
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Jack Ries - Coordinator
jack.reis @ evsra .com

Sarah Hakes - Media contact
sarah.hakes @ evsra .com

Terry Cox - General Email contact
mtcox1 @ aol .com

Matt Cox - In contact 2 or 3 times daily.
Matt.cox @ kirkwoodtrading .com

Roger Pheasant - Maintains 850 Site
information @ free-reference .com
Send any photos you take of the walk to Roger

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~ We will keep you posted Daily as our walk progresses ~ Average of 25 miles per day.

~ NEXT planned stops below in order as walk progresses on Hwy 50. ~

- Reflections while walking. -

 People ask me if it is difficult to walk 25 -32 miles a day. The first four to five days are extremely rough. It's the break in period. Every muscle in your body hurts at the end of these first few days. You have to keep walking. Your body feels as if it rebels if you stop much less sit down. It gets better as you progress and you "walk through the wall" as they say after a period and the pain of walking is non existent or it's non related to what you are doing. It makes walking a lot easier although sitting down on the ground is still very difficult. When walking a long way by yourself you actually invite the oncoming traffic.

The people you meet are very grateful for what the walk stands for. People come up to you and thank you and wish you luck. They tell you about their family and friends who are in the military and or veterans. This is very rewarding. I had one woman; Robin Brennan from Trenton, IL: Gave me $5.00 for lunch. She could not have been nicer. We ran into Robin the next day with her friend Susan Jones who had me talk to her sister on her cell phone who was a veteran. This is this kind of events that makes you feel like you have America behind you.

Self reflection fills time. You think about your family, your friends and the things people have done to make this walk everything it can be. The one phrase that really drives me is what Richard Engle said when asked by Lester Holt on a weekend news report: What the general feeling of the troops seemed to be after Engle had spent some time with some troops. He said, "They have the feeling that America has moved on". I keep thinking, tell them that this is one guy who is not moving on without them. Tell them that "THIS WALK IS FOR THEM". I become very sentimental when I am alone and think about those kids in foreign countries, facing the challenges they face. I wish I could just wave a magical wand over them and assure them the Americans I know feel the same as I do. Some you just have to nudge a little bit to get them to act. Then a car or truck appears in the distance riding the white line that denotes my walking lane and then my thoughts become of self survival.

Day 14: People I would like to thank for helping me get back to my car from Lawrenceburg to Versailles.

• Joe Lunsford of Moores Hill, IN, and his cousin Tim who is a Marine stationed in Iraq.
• Dave West heard me on an interview yesterday and picked me up after Joe's help. He and his wife Margie, pronounced Marqee (a veteran of the Navy), live in Milan.
• Mr. Dixon from Milan also helped as well. Hope you get a Turkey Mr. Dixon in the weeks to come.
• Ed Fraley of Fraley Motors in Elrod gave me the final leg of my trip back to my car. If this guys was in charge of the War in Iraq we would be out in a matter of weeks. I don't mean withdrawal.
• I thank all the above  it was great talking to you all and I appreciate your help after a long day of walking.
• The Quality Inn and Econo Lodge have been very good at giving me discounted rates. Thank you guys.

Day 15:
A police Lieutenant: David Pahner from Addyston, OH offered to give a ride to the state line about 7 miles away and we were talking and his daughter Emily, was with him in the front seat. I found out that the population of Addyston is 1,200.
While on duty 2 years ago he was shot in the line of duty and he is fully recovered now. I know that being from
 Kirkwood, MO, You realize that it can happen anywhere. [Wait 30 sec. for commercial to play] to view if needed:
I want to thank Lieutenant Pahner and Emily that delivered me almost to the doorstep of the motel.
Thanks again to for your kind gesture Lieutenant and Emily.

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