As a kid in grade school I, along with several friends, would walk the 25 mile Walk For Mankind. After getting pledges of donations from friends, family and neighbors (sometimes as little as .25 cents per mile walked), we happily walked all around our town, getting our little booklets stamped at the rest stops, making a day of being outside with each other, laughing and horsing around. Great times. So it’s sad to see how stupid some people in this country have become.
“So it’s sad to see how stupid some people in this country have become.”
Not stupid at all. It’s calculated.
When I was sixish I used to run all the way across town to get to the library. But that was just a mile. 25 miles at the time might have been pushing it. But a little later I was doing the 25 carrying a rifle. Never was bothered by busybodies.
We did this too! Mom dropped us off at Phoenix college in the morning and we meandered around town for hours, unaccompanied by adults, having a ball.
Not sure what the charity was but we had to get our books stamped to prove the miles walked. Good times.
My kids all rode 25 mile bike rides beginning at age 5. In the street