Jack Morris has a long walk home. Jack is currently walking from Jacksonville, FL to Seattle, WA, a journey of 3,000 miles, to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital. The fundraising goal for Jack’s trip is to raise $100,000 by the time he completes the trip on September 10, 2010. He started walking on May 1, 2010.
This is an exciting project that I am following with great interest. Unfortunately, I only learned about Jack’s long walk home as he passed through the Billings, MT area this week and was interviewed in the local paper. I am now following the story via Jack’s blog, Facebook fan page, and Twitter. You just gotta love social media, folks!
To tell the truth, walking across the country has been on my “must do” list for several years. I considered bicycling cross-country, but eventually rejected the plan in favor of walking. The desire to walk cross-country originated out of all my road trips back and forth from New York to Washington/northwest Montana. After driving just about every conceivable route back and forth I decided that I should see the country at a different pace. Thus was born the idea of walking across the country. I have several long-distance hiking trails on my list as well.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand… Jack is an entertaining writer and I heartily recommend reading his blog. I started on day one and proceeded through until I was caught up. I didn’t want to miss anything! Jack blogs about his trip on almost a daily basis. This makes it very entertaining to follow the journey. I am anxiously waiting for Jack to post about traveling through the Crow Reservation (where I lived and worked last year) and the Billings/Laurel area.
One additional reason that I am interested in this project is because my daughter was a patient at Seattle Children’s Hospital several years ago. That also has served to increase my connection. Terri and I plan to make a donation sometime between now and September 10. I have also promoted Jack’s long walk home on Facebook.
Anyone interested in learning more about Jack’s long walk home, and the Seattle Children’s Hospital fundraiser, can follow these links.
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