A JTFW Progress Report from Highway #1
Jun 17th, 2010 by admin
Greetings, EVERYONE!
My most humble apologies for not writing/updating long before now; this Journey has been a wild, crazy, hectic, whirlwind experience. The days on the road are very long.. snack and lunch breaks included, often 9 or 10 hours. And when media people (newspaper and radio) call for interviews, I have to try to find a way to get away from the traffic noise on the highway, creating even more delays. Anyway, it’s all good! And the blisters are healing well too… just in time for the Rockies!?!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone for supporting me and my ‘crazy’ project! There are way too many of you to name, but you know who you are. And a very special THANK YOU to all who attended the launch of the JTFW on May 31 (was that really only 17 days ago… seems like years); that was a real morale booster for me… and helped persuade me that I really could do this.
You all know me well enough to know that I’m way too long-winded to end this note now, but I have to: It’s 8:10 a.m. and, while my ‘schedule’ is somewhat flexible, I really do like to get started as close to 8:00 a.m. as possible.
I think about all of you a lot… and your continuing support just reaffirms for me that this is a good, valid and worthwhile effort… and helps me to continue to put one foot in front of the other until, toward the end of the afternoon, we’ve put another 42 kilometres behind us.
Speaking of “us”: A HUGE — no, SUPER-HUGE — THANK YOU to my that small but critically important part of my Support Crew who are driving the Support Vehicle (currently, a Dodge Caravan mini-van; definitely not the most comfortable ‘home on 4 wheels’ but… ).
So much more to tell you all about, but I really need to hit the road. I’ll try to do these ‘personal updates’ at least once a week. Hope you will follow our progress… and SPREAD THE WORD! And if you know anyone (i.e., a philanthropist, RV dealer, etc.) who supports the cause and would be prepared to loan us a reasonably new motorhome (26 or 28-foot would be ideal), please have them contact me.
And if any of you get really bored ( 😎 ), feel free to call me too: 778 899-4832
Take care!
From Salmon Arm on Hwy 1…
