People Along the Way

Interesting encounters…As we travel the country, we have all sorts of neat little chance encounters that catch our fancy. Sometimes a little anecdote and sometimes just a quote that we wanted to share. Here is a collection of such delights.

New York: There’s No Crying in Baseball

One of our absolute must-see stops in our home state of New York was Cooperstown in…
Pennsylvania: Where Good Things Grow

When we went to register for our Pennsylvania 5K 2 days before the race, we ran…
Pennsylvania: Almost Home

There are many signs we are running into that we are almost home – the familiar…
West Virginia: Nice to Meet You

The mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, believes that West Virginia has the nicest people anywhere. That…
West Virginia: 5’4”and The Magic of Science

We stumbled upon the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Radio Telescope in West Virginia. It is…
West Virginia: Mutual Mentorship

We were walking through the post-race crowd at the finish line of our West Virginia 5K…
Kentucky: Mining the Future

Devin Mefford loves his hometown – and his passion for it is infectious. He loves its…
Kentucky: Over the Moon

We made ourselves at home for the bulk of our morning doing our blog writing at…
Kentucky: Bat Crazy

There is a certain kind of something that we encountered in Kentucky many times and in…
Kentucky: Farm Fresh

We stepped out of our van at the Alive N’ Fuzzy Alpaca Farm in Bowling Green,…
Alabama: Marching to Remember

There were about a dozen of them, sprawled out on the pavement in view of the…
Mississippi: From Gift to Gift

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Thanks to Rachel at Rowan…