

Ken Ilgunas
Dec 29, 2012
Day 108: Christmas in Kansas
I was walking down a country road in southern Kansas when I spotted a big dog trotting toward me. It kept its body low to the ground...


Ken Ilgunas
Dec 27, 2012
Day 104: What's the matter with Kansas?
On my first day in Kansas, I walked a country road to the medium-sized town of Washington, situated just a mile or so from the Keystone...
Ken Ilgunas
Dec 25, 2012
A letter to a church in Atkinson, Nebraska
Dear Faith Wesleyan Church, Today is the 65th day of my journey. I am walking cross-country from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of...


Ken Ilgunas
Dec 22, 2012
Day 99: Kansas
In Nebraska, I was a celebrity. I was interviewed by countless small newspapers, the Nebraska chapter of the Sierra Club, and two TV...


Ken Ilgunas
Dec 18, 2012
Day 93: The Breaking of the Fellowship
(Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal Star) (Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal Star) When the governor and I began our journey, the day was...


Ken Ilgunas
Dec 11, 2012
Day 87: The expedition party grows
The governor (aka “Rick”) decided to join the hike. Even though he sees himself as a 30-year-old “swashbuckler,” he thought that, as a...


Ken Ilgunas
Dec 9, 2012
Albion, Nebraska
On December 4, 2012, hundreds of Nebraskans gathered in the small town of Albion to comment on an environmental assessment of...