A couple of months ago at work, I had a couple stop in at
about six in the morning carrying large backpacks. They came in the store and
got a couple cups of coffee. At first I thought that they were homeless as they
appeared to be carrying everything that they owned with them. The husband saw
me looking at their backpacks and told me their story. They are not homeless.
They are from a small town in Iowa and have decided to walk across the country.
Their kids are all grown and have left the house and they are both retired. And
this is not the first time that they have done this – two years ago they made
this same walk. They met a lot of amazing people along the way and are wanting
to visit them all again and meet some more amazing people. The first time it
took them about 4 months to walk to California and back home to Iowa. They are
expecting to be gone for about six months this time around as they have friends
and family that they would like to stay and visit with. I thought that this was
an amazing story and I would love to be able to do something like this one day.
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