We're an odd couple, of sorts, a 27-year-old tech-savvy photographer and an old curmudgeon thrown together by a desire to explore."
Journal, APRIL 2004
... the time for that journey seemed right when I retired four years later. I was pushing sixty and it would never get easier. Finding a driver and photographer wasn’t any easier. Strangely, no one wanted a nine-month job with no salary.
I had one thing going for me. Nearly 20 newspapers were interested in the stories. In the end, 13 papers from Connecticut to Colorado ran the stories weekly.
With the newspaper income and my personal savings, I had enough money to make it to Cleveland, or maybe Chicago. I would need to pick up support along the way.
The trip was scheduled to start in March. In December, I had no sponsors, no photographer and no car. I figured the odds were 1,000-to-1 that I’d even take the first step. Finishing the walk was a million-to-one shot.
Luck changed when I met a willing photographer-driver. Travis Lindhorst, who was working in a photo studio in New York and was ready for a new challenge.
We would need a car to take me to hotels at the end of each day’s walk and back to the starting point the next day.
All of my planning seemed naïve once the walk started. Out on the road, it was a challenge just to survive each mile and each day.
“What a fantastic read! This engaging book takes us through the history of significant towns along Route 6, and brings the people who live in them to life. Joe gives readers a window into the richness of the local culture.
As a life-long resident of Lancaster, CA and a State Senator who proudly represents many of the areas along Route 6 in California, I can speak with confidence that Joe accurately captures the depth of this community’s kind people.”
Sharon Runner
California State Senator
17th District
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