He’s got that scouting spirit Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 

He’s done with the sixth leg of his journey.

Today was another wonderful day for walking. He started off in Glenn, Michigan and walked along the Blue Star Highway, through Douglas and Saugatuck and on into Holland where he said goodbye to the Blue Star Highway and made his way across Lake Macatawa on River Street, finally ending his day at Douglas Avenue.

He has dedicated much of this trip to preparing himself for his first summer on staff at Owasippe. It has occured to him over and over how much this trip has been all about the spirit of scouting the support, comraderie, help he has received all along the way from so many people has reminded him of it. He talks about how many people have said this trip was an inspiration and he looks at so many of them as being his inspiration for working at Owasippe this summer and for deciding to take on this challenge of walking there.

He does have the scouting spirit all over him and I do believe more than a few scoutmaster minutes all prepared for future use.

His cumulative total is 139 miles.

A welcome sight Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 

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A Tale of One Town Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 

This morning as Bob was posing for the inevitable “heading out” photo, a woman and a dog approached.  Initially thinking he was in trouble, it turned out he would get answers to some of the questions that crossed his mind yesterday.  Glenn, Michigan is one those tiny towns really a dot along the Lake Michigan coast on most maps.  They still have the last fully functioning one room schoolhouse which dates back to 1854.  Glenn, Michigan was first settled in 1843 and is an unincorporated portion of Ganges, Township.  The town is known as “Pancake Town” and has an annual Pancake Festival every summer in commemoration of 1937 snow storm in which 80 truckers were stranded in the town and supplies ran out except for pancake flour. 

This is the story of just one of the places Bob has visited along the way, just one of the stories he’s heard and just one of the many memories he will carry with him when this is all over.

A picture of Bob with Carol, resident of Glenn Michigan, near the Pancake Town sign:
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Heading Out VI Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 

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Off he goes Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 

Back on the road again.

Here’s the link to today’s expected route: Link to Map

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