Posted on 10/15/2017 4:32:22 PM PDT by daniel1212
Peter Jenkins was of the Watergate generation, a cynic who picked up his college diploma and a 75-pound backpack and set off, as he puts it, to give this country one last chance. Now more than five years and 4,750 miles later, he is a believer. I have America in every cell of my body, he exults, and I could feel God everywhere...
By the time Jenkins reached the Mississippi he was no longer a vegetarian. A poor mountain man in Virginia, who offered Jenkins a lamb chop, had made him feel foolish about his no-meat diet. Once a hyper environmentalist he now is pro-oil. Its that activity that makes the country strong, he explains. America would shut down without it...
Paradoxically, just as Jenkins self-reliance peaked, he walked into a revival meeting in Mobile, Ala. and found himself humbled before God....
After a while I realized I was torturing Barbara. Women just arent as suited to this as men. Feminists might disagree but not Barbara, 30....
Many of their newfound friends, whom Jenkins refers to as my American heroes, flew to Oregon for the couples final day on the road. They included ranchers, housewives and an Oregon preacher who had guided the Jenkinses over the Cascades in 30-below-zero weathe
But that last day in Florence, Oreg. danger and pain were forgotten. With their Good Samaritans cheering, the couple stormed the dunes and rushed into the churning Pacific surf.
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Including the Lord Jesus Christ.
Getting saved makes it a worthwhile trip.
So apparently that decision to take a long walk worked out well for him. 8>)
Sadly I never read much until later in life. I read juut books I needed to read, except for Lolita, LOL.
Really a page turner.
He is treated kindly by many people, but terribly by others.
A couple of things I recall:
He was run off the road by some idiot and nearly died.
He was absolutely starving and some driver threw a Dairy Queen bag at his feet that contained several BBQ sandwiches, which he eagerly ate. (Made me crave some DQ!)
He ends up being taken in by a black family and goes to a Christian revival, which changed him forever.
His account of this is both very funny, and touching.
A real story of redemption and faith.
A Walk Across America and The Walk West. I have read both.
Both should be required reading for all Americans.
Thanks. Good summation.
Among some others liberals reject.
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