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...