http://www.planetwalk.org/news Site News en-us Plone CMS John Graham http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/planetwalk-saturday-april-26-2008 I wake up with a wakeup call at 5:30 am. In the next hour and a half I pack putting together what I think I will need for the day. It really looks like it may rain so I have my rain jacket and a new pair of rain pants, the soft case for my banjo, first aid for the feet and my bottle of water. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Mon, 05 May 2008 00:21:23 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/planetwalk_friday_april_25_2008 The day began with a light breakfast, leftovers of last nights salad. A big breakfast is something I avoid before setting out on a long walk. Tourist from Canada joined us at our table. When they learned I was walking for the environment, they talked about recycling and how there was no one answer. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:00:00 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/planetwalk-thursday-april-24-2008 It was not quite 8:30 am when John Graham dropped me off at the church parking lot where he had picked me up the evening before. He fiddled with the GPS and I learned how to set the data probes. He gave me a plastic bottle to collect a water sample and said goodbye. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:58:20 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/planetwalk-wednesday-april-23-2008 The morning clouds had disappeared by the time John Graham drove me out to the white barn across the road from a grand white farmhouse. Its porch sagged and the siding was in need of more than a fresh coat of paint. An old man with white hair, in blue overalls sitting on a bench peeked around a corner and waved in our direction. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:16 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/happy-earth-day-tuesday-april-22-2008 The day began at 6 am with a live chat with high school students in Bahrain, United Emirates. They were seven hours ahead of me in New Stanton, Pennsylvania were I had arrived the day before in order to prepare for my Earth Day Planetwalk. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:28:37 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/donegal In the morning Rotarian Ken Halverson, a realtor took me out to the road. We talked about real estate. He said it last year was his best year ever, later another agents told me it was her worst. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Thu, 31 May 2007 23:49:41 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/somerset In the morning I leave Somerset at my own time, in no particular hurry. There is no one to take me out to Route 31. It is just a few blocks up the hill past the County building. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/shanksvill-april-28 Rain was already falling in the morning when Ron Ferguson of the Bedford Rotary came to take me back to the road. There was a sullen sound in his voice when he asked if I wanted to visit the temporary Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:20:00 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/manns_choice I had breakfast with Sam Pratt. He owned a manufacturing business in Bedford. We talked about environment and how being respectful of ourselves and each other might effect the environment positively, given that we are part of it. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:50:00 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/bedford I slept through buzzer of the alarm and jumped out of bed at the sight of the numbers glowing 6:30 on the face of the clock. The drapes had cut out all traces of the dawn. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:04:24 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/quality_inn Rain was coming, there was no logistical support and yesterdays miles and mountains were still with me. I was taking a day off the road. At breakfast in the office lobby of the motel I called my Rotary and Lion numbers unsuccessfully. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:45:00 -0700 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/breezewood In the morning we all drove over the mountains to Breezewood to find a motel to leave my rolling luggage. It was the last day that Bill Donahue of Backpacker and my friend David Rhodes would be with me. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:56:30 -0800 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/chambersburg Getting dressed this morning I unloaded a handful of small pebbles and other roadside debris that had found its way into my shoe from yesterday's walk. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:56:30 -0800 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/april_22_2006 We left from the the town square in the heart of Gettysburg and followed Route 30 west out of town. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:56:30 -0800 http://www.planetwalk.org/news_folder/planetwalk_2007 I landed at Baltimore International Airport on Saturday afternoon, the day before Earth Day and took the train to Washington. John Graham (johng@telascience.org) Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:56:30 -0800