We Reached the Atlantic Ocean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Rainy Day in Newton, Il.

A day off the trail and mostly out of the rain, except for the leaks in the camper!

Day 26; Tebbets, Mo.

Greetings to everyone from Tebbets, Mo., a surprisingly delightful stop on the historic Katy Rail Trail. (BTW, this is the very first uploading and posting that I've done on this blog by myself! And it only took a couple of hours. Lucky that today is actually a rain day that we are spending in Newton, Illinois. But more on that in the next posting...)

Day 22: After the Fall

Greensburg 2 years after tornado

Greensburg, Kansas 2 years after the tornado:

Community Commemoration at Greensburg:

Greetings from Arizona

Charlie's Ride Begins!

On April 13, 2009, the continental journey begins!

Bill's travel blog

For those of you looking for Bill's travel blog, you can find it at http://billsride09.blogspot.com/.

Everyone else, stay tuned for Charlie's blog.  He is flying out to Las Vegas now!

-Jonathan

Countdown to Send Off

Charlie’s Cross Country Bike Ride
for Hunger Relief

The Rev. Charlie Ortman, Pastor at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair is taking his wheels on the road to raise consciousness about the hungry among us. Charlie will travel
3,021 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean - Crossing 14 States in his journey.

He will be leaving California April 14th Arriving on the East Coast the 1st week of June. His trip is based on the route designed by "Race Across America."
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/ -

Follow him here as he travels across America.
Because hunger is right next door, Charlie's ride will benefit Toni’s Kitchen, a food ministry where warm hospitality and hot nutritious meals are served every Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well as on Christmas Day. Check out Toni's Kitchen at http://www.toniskitchen.org/home.html