While in Alamosa, Colorado, I also met with Brian Benke. He participates in a Community Sponsored Agriculture project here in connection with El Sagrado Farms. People in the area buy “shares” at the beginning of the season ($450 a share). … Continue reading →
A front page story ran in Colorado’s Valley Courier newspaper yesterday about the campaign. The story noted we had moved to the inner city of Cleveland to live side-by-side with the poor in order to be of better help… The … Continue reading →
We went through Wolf Creek Pass (almost 11,000 ft) on Rte 160 in the Rockies today. (Our motor home wasn’t exactly doing top speeds as we approached the summit. Actually, I had everyone leaning forward, and praying.) Down the other … Continue reading →
We headed further east on Rte. 106 into Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where Fr. Pedro at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church said a college friend’s uncle had a lucrative law practice until 1973, the year abortion was legalized in America. Immediately … Continue reading →
In Durango, Colorado, I met with Kathy Darnell who had just returned from a humanitarian aid mission to Uganda. She said the poverty there is unlike almost any form of poverty we have in the U.S. For instance, in the … Continue reading →
While in Cortez, Colorado, I also interviewed Roland Alksnis, a Vietnam Veteran. He was in the Army and saw a significant amount of fighting in 1972. He said he eventually asked to be discharged. I asked why? He said: “I … Continue reading →
Still heading east on Rte. 160, I gave a talk at the Montelores Catholic Community last night in Cortez, Colorado… Prior to this, I took our Sarah and Joseph to the “Black Shawl Drama” put on by the Cortez Cultural … Continue reading →
We have intersected with Rte 160, our last tour Route on the way back to Ohio. We connected with 160 at it’s beginning near Tuba City, Arizona, just outside of the Hopi Reservation. I stumped with a group of some … Continue reading →
We continued down Highway 95, driving through more desert, more heat (temperatures around 100 today), and into Yuma, Arizona, near the Mexican border. This caps an almost 1,400 mile ‘Hard Ride of 95’ journey for us, and it was now … Continue reading →
I interviewed Dr. David Brooks in Blythe, California. He operates Salude (Health) Clinic here. A significant portion of the community here is poor and Dr. Brooks provides his services through Salude Clinic on purely a donation basis. (He established the … Continue reading →