The Walk for THE WALK Tour is a walk
across America from Malibu, California
to Washington, D.C. taking the design for
a liner museum of American History
called: THE WALK to the public.
This project is to introduce this new
design for an American History Museum
to the American public. The 3800+ mile
walk should also allow people to
understand that we do not
believe it will be an easy project, but
that it is possible to do difficult things
when the desire is there, and like the
history of this continent and this nation,
The Walk has been filled with bright
moments, exhillerating adventures
and some set backs. Each of these
has added to what we are as a nation
and who we are as a people.
NOTE:
I am in awe of the Shenandoah Valley
and the Blue Ridge Mountains that seem
ever on the horizen. The (sometimes
not so) short cuts through he hollows
allowed me to watch children playing
outside, free to explore and grow,
strong and free, independant and
aware of their surroundings.
I am forced to wonder whether
intentions really matter when we
project our concerns onto the
backs of others. Perhaps their
shoulders already bare other
burdens.
I suspect the people I have walked
by and talked to in the middle of
my country wonder how 90% of
the land mass in this nation can
recieve so little attention. It is not
they do not provide us with goods
and services. I cannot be they
stand about with a hand out. I wonder
if it is not they are just too far away
from media centers to make it
"cost effective" to reach out to them.
More, because their numbers are
small; when compared to our
major cities, are they not only in
the back woods but on the back
burner.
Washington believed "groups" might;
one day, be allowed to take away
the rights of the individual. I find this
fear among those who occupy
that 90% land mass. It is something
that is worthy of our consideration.
Why should these wonderful citizens
be forced to create a "minority group"
to be recognized?
TRAVEL - Walking
Across America for
The American History Museum
I
thought about the musical My Fair Lady, when I saw this colorful
bicycle.
The road followed above the fields of round bales waiting to be stacked
and
stored.
Sometimes I take the shaded lanes that move through the hollows.
These bushes seemed to form dinosaurs in a stand off. My imagination
running wild.
My imagination not in overdrive when I looked up and saw this wonderful
happy Moby Dick swimming in a very blue sea.
Some butterflies are stunning.
and some are... well more quietly refined.
This zoo keeper and falconer showed me this gentle Golden Eagle he takes
out to hunt in the wild from time to time.
These children will have wonderful memories of their day at the zoo,
and
they provided me with one!
Members and Posts of
these organizations have
given us support along
our journey. I hope
this projects serves them
as well as they have served
this nation --
and us while we walk.
The links below can take
you to personal myspace
pages. I hope you will
keep up with what
we are doing, and add
to the project: drop us
a note, suggestions or
comments.
This site follows us as we make our way along America's
roads and highways, but this project is about raising awareness for
a linear museum of American History called: The
Walk.
The project is about one individual and then another:
not one more important than the next, but each a link in the chain we
call "America."
Millions of stories that should never be forgotten, perhaps preventing
some future American from making their mistakes, or leading the next
generation to a brighter future.
Our future is not written in stone. It never was. This
nation was not left to us as a gift. It was left to us as a challenge.
We can do no more. We should do no less.
I hope you enjoy looking
at these pages. Maybe
return to our beginning
and walk with us,
enjoy the things we saw
and maybe laugh at some
of the things we did.
Some suggest we have
lost our minds. Maybe.
May just ask if they
can help us. When I hear
that question, I am forced
to admit, "Many people hope you can."