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I just wanted to thank these people for doing this for the Autistic children. I have a boy that is autistic. I keep trying to find more information about the different ways to help him in school and in every day activities.

Nora Farthing
Artemus, KY
4/18/08

Planning to hike ADT march of 2009, have hike the AT, also completeing PCT 2008, trail name is Wal-mart joe, joint me for hold or part of ADT

Joe Naia
Jesup, GA
journey_game@yahoo.com
3/24/08

I am 20, and plan on leaving for the American Discovery Trail starting in Auguest 2008, and backpacking the whole trip by myself! This will be first backpacking adventure, and i can't wait. Would love if any one has any advice on what i should bring, and how i should train for this. Feel free to email me! Thanks.... can't wait to start this journey of a lifetime!

Daniel Drake
East Lansing, MI
Thedrake06@yahoo.com
3/7/08

I'm heading out from Henlopen hopefully on my birthday May 1. I'm going by bike and hope to hit the Pacific by the end of October. Hope to see you all on the trail!!!

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Jon Oldsen
Butler, PA
3/7/08

WOW! I am in love with the idea of this trail. I have been travelling for as long as I can remember. I love to camp, hike and explore. I just came off the road a few weeks ago from a hitchhiking trip and am gearing up to do a portion of this trail. I believe I will start in W. VA and head west. As I can't stay still for too long, I'm hoping to begin late april or early may '08. The AT crowd doesn't appeal to me, though I am hoping for some fairly regular human contact. All advice (except the standard- you can't do that) and tips as well as mail drop locations would be GREATLY appreciated. A partner isn't out of the question either. FYI- I'm 34, m, libra-easygoing and hardworking; and I always enjoy contact with other travellers/ journeyers.

Jeremiah Jordan
Orange, TX
texastraveller@mail.com
2/28/08

2,128,734 steps since I started my virtual ADT on July 8, 2006 That is 1,064.4 miles! I am "hiking" Indiana along Ohio State Line making the southern route to Clifty Falls State Park- thanks ADT

Karen Whitfield
Herculaneum, MO
2/25/08

I just wanted to post a quick "good-bye". We are setting out to hike this trail in 10 days and I am so pumped. If anyone reads this post and wants to contact me, meet up with us along the way, or whatever... I look forward to the support and conversations!

Jodi Harrington
takeahikeusa@yahoo.com

Three sites you can check out:
www.myspace.com/jodibethharrington
www.trailjournals.com/adt4nf
www.firstgiving.com/adt

Jodi Harrington
Oregon, OH
takeahikeusa@yahoo.com
2/19/08

Hey i am Mr starks student he is a great teacher and is passionite about what he does. GOOD LUCK!!!!

tanner doughty
tucson, AZ
2/12/08

Wow this is great. I just started planning this trip. I'm thinking of leaving right around April 1st.. I won't be hiking the entire trail.. I'm starting in Central Indiana and taking the Southern Route. Anybody heading West around the same time send me and email.

Michael Lingley
Montmorenci, IN
2/9/08

I am SO EXCITED to learn abut this trail! Thank you for the website and for everything you do to help share information about the trail with others. I CAN'T WAIT TO HIKE THIS TRAIL! P.S. Anyone interested in hiking in or around the South Bend, IN area can contact me at Lkpaff5443@yahoo.com I could use a few good hiking buddies to keep me motivated! Thank You So Much! And God Bless! Mrs. Linda Kay Paff. P.P.S. I should probably add that I am BRAND NEW TO HIKING AND MAY BE SLOW AT FIRST. I am 36 years old and somewhat out of shape. But I LOVE the outdoors & I want to see more of it while getting in shape at the same time. If anyone else out there feels the same way please drop me a line at Lkpaff5443@yahoo.com Maybe we can hike together sometime. Thanks!!!!!!! :-) :-)

Linda Kay Paff
South Bend, IN
Lkpaff5443@yahoo.com
2/4/08

I am SO EXCITED to learn abut this trail! Thank you for the website and for everything you do to help share information about the trail with others. I CAN'T WAIT TO HIKE THIS TRAIL! P.S. Anyone interested in hiking in or around the South Bend, IN area can contact me at Lkpaff5443@yahoo.com I could use a few good hiking buddies to keep me motivated! Thank You So Much! And God Bless! Mrs. Linda Kay Paff.

Linda Kay Paff
South Bend, IN
Lkpaff5443@yahoo.com
2/4/08

I just got back from an overnight hike in Perry Co INDIANA. Our trip crossed the ADT i never knew it was there hope to hike more of it in the future.

Brad Dwyer
Floyds Knobs, IN
2/04/08

If some of the trails don't allow horses, what is the alternative route? And does anyone know how long it is to do the ADT on a horse?

Mike Michno
Plymouth, MI
1/9/08

I thought about walking from coast to coast last week and learned about the ADT from Google. I'm definately cosidering hiking the ADT in the near future. It's good to know that such a trail exists.

Joshua Rucinski
Niagara, WI
12/18/07

Wow... this is nice to see so many people who share the same dream. Life moves so fast sometimes, that's why I'd like to slow it down and take a loooonnng walk. Maybe I'll be able to appreciate life and what I have a little more. If so, it'll be worth it.

I just finished my undergrad and before I start grad school next fall I was thinking about taking a few months off work. I want to walk across America next summer, starting sometime in May of 2008. I don't know if I'll do the entire trek... maybe just the Mormon Trial. The Mormon Trail goes from Nauvoo, IL to Salt Lake City, Utah. Anyone else thinking about a similar trip. If so, let me know. Its always great to have someone to brainstorm with.

James Kirby Snideman
Des Moines, IA
snideman@gmail.com
12/12/07

As an avid hiker, I was interested to see the Trail advertised in a catalog of accepted organizations in the Combined Federal Campaign. I have specified a donation on a bi-weekly basis, and am looking forward to learning more and taking a hike on the Trail.

David Ross
Ridgecrest, CA
david.ross77@mchsi.com
11/12/07

Our preparations for our hike across America are well underway and we are so excited! We will be leaving from Cape Henlopen State Park, DE on February 29, 2008. Our plan is to hike 25 miles per day with one day off per week and estimate our arrival at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA in mid-October. Before the trip and along the way we will be raising awareness and support for Neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic disorder of the nervous system which causes tumors to form on the nerves anywhere in the body at any time. NF is a progressive disorder and is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States (one in every 3,000 to 4,000 births). We have a good friend, Jeremy Eby, who has been battling NF for years now. He is an amazing person and friend and after seeing the struggles that he has endured due to NF, we want to help. It is our hopes that hiking the ADT will be an excellent way to raise awareness and support for NF, through a variety of sources including friends and family, media contacts, web sites, and word of mouth.

We will be tent camping most of the way, preparing drop boxes with our food ahead of time, and doing numerous other things in order to keep our trip costs as low as possible, but we still need help to make this hike possible. If anyone has the ability to help sponsor us or has any connections to others who may be able and willing to sponsor us, please contact us. We would greatly appreciate it. We would also like your permission to publicize your support on our fundraising web page, web journals, My Space pages, and Facebook sites.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or if you just want to chat!

Take a hike!
Jodi Harrington, Kevin Chirnside, and Dustin Ulrich
Our e-mail: takeahikeusa@yahoo.com
Website: www.firstgiving.com/adt
Web journal: www.trailjournals.com/adt4nf
My Space: www.myspace.com/jodibethharrington

Jodi Harrington
Oregon, OH 43616
takeahikeusa@yahoo.com
11/9/07

This is a great trail. Good website.

Christina Drews
Catonsville, MD
11/2/07

Hi, I've been looking for something like this for quite some time now, the ADT looks fantastic! I'm looking at starting my walk in Delaware around August '08. The only thing is I'm planing this from rainy old England so I'm unable to find much on the trail or resources along the way. If anyone has any tips or would like to offer help organising the trip (as I have only left college and still have virtually no organisational skills) please email me :D Thanks!!

Josh Henderson
East Yorkshire, England
joshhenderson@hotmail.com
9/5/07

have traveled the country by van and am toying with the idea of hiking it! 40 years old and very out of shape - wont be trekking till at least 2009. anyone interested in keeping me and my 3 legged terrier "chico" company?? e-mail me and we can toy with the idea together!!

lisa manjourea
lakeland, FL
brokeinpolk@hotmail.com
8/22/07

Hi, I'm 28 and live in Naples, Florida. I would like to trek the entire ADT but would like a partner to do it with. My schedule is completely flexible right now and willing to start planning the trip asap. I'm also flexible as to where we start on the trail. Please e-mail me if you are interested. Thanks ! =)

Ray Godfrey
COLUMBIAVILLE MI
RGAPPRAISER@AOL.COM
8/16/07

are bicycles encouraged on the trail, or just hikers???

janice dulemba
naperville, IL
8/13/07

I would like to hike the Delaware section E to W starting as soon as possible. Anyone interested in joining me? I would consider cycling as well. This would be a trial hike, and I may consider changing future plans to keep going if it works out great.

Eric Ahlquist
Derry, NH
eric0013@comcast.net
7/17/07

I am planning to hike part of the ADT trail in the early summer of 2008. I plan to start from the Kansas city area and hike east or west for 1-3 months. I would like to hike with at least one other person. I am willing to work with someone else's schedule. If you're at all interested please email me.

Lee Dixon
Overland park, KS
hals7x@gmail.com
7/13/07

I hope to bike the ADT beginning March 009. The ADT site says it takes at least 5 months; I thought some have done it in 3? Would love to hear from anyone who has biked any part of this amazing trail!

ultra dawn
denver, CO
ultradawn@blueponystudio.com
7/1/07

I'll be starting in DE sometime in June/early July and ending in CA. Hopefully I'll be able to blog my progress at MySpace.com/Timbario. Advice and tips welcomed, please!

Francis Sejda
Norristown, PA
slidewriter@yahoo.com
5/25/07

I am jumping on the Adt in Ohio on May 24 2007 heading west to California alone. Will be hiking. Interested in meeting people along the way.

Billy Giles
Shinglehouse, PA
bgsw3244@yahoo.com
5/23/07

I passed 500 miles on my virtual hike of the American Discovery Trail in April 2007. That is 1,000,000 steps!

Karen Whitfield
Herculaneum, MO
5/11/07

i will leave joplin, mo. may 7th and hike to dodge city, ks.where i will head west on the trail (ADT).FOR MORE INFO ON MY MISSION GO TO: thewalk.myeweb.net ONE MILE FOR EVERY FATALITY IN IRAQ. THANKS, CURT NIX

curt nix
Decatur, AL
curtnix123@yahoo.com
4/25/07

cycling the ADT now from delaware westbound. in ft. ashby west virginia right now.have hiked the a t

steven budny
springfield, OH
bikerrednecktoughstuff@yahoo.com
4/19/07

OutdoorsOnline.org will be hosting an ADT/OutdoorsOnline Meet N Greet for the "Trail Angels" of ADT Hikers Mike, Crystal and Beaner. For info, see the "events" tab on www.outdoorsonline.org

Go Mike and Crystal!

Blake Scott
Winchester, VA
highpointer@outdoorsonline.org
3/28/07

Mike, Crystal and Beaner Davis. You're doing a great job! It's so neat that you are not just "walking" the trail but experiencing this country and the people and places in it. I'm sure your documentary will be awesome!!

Annette Bannister
Battle Creek, MI
3/23/07

Mike and Crystal...and Beaner too, it was great seeing you again in Ohio...I am working on the website: www.outdoorsonline.org, I have already wrote up a little article about you all. i wil update the articles as I recieve your e-mails, and I hope that soon you will be able to post your own information along with photos there too! Keep up the good work, and happy trails!

Blake

Blake Scott
Winchester, VA
highpointer@outdoorsonline.org
3/18/07

Mike,
Advice: Don't walk through West Virginia in February!

Crystal Davis
Harrisburg, PA
mcbeanerswalk@yahoo.com
3/4/07

I'm a life member of five other hiking organizations, and when I come back to this site after a year long absents and guess what? Your web page has not changed one bit! If you expect people to join your organization in a time of "Great Change" You stay the say, is not conducive to a so called great hiking organization like yours. So, please have the foresight upgrade to and change like the rest of the world.

Thank you very much, from a future life member.

Kevin Dwyer
Glendale, NY
3/3/07

I have hiked the I & M Canal Trail, River to River Trail, Katy Trail and the thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in recent years but now I need a "fix". I'm considering section hiking the ADT east to west for five seasons. Any advise?
Coy Burnett

Jacksonville, IL
2/3/07

Any through hikers needing assistance an/or supplies feel free to contact me.

Mike Haas
Cincinnati, OH
mikeh1@fuse.net

I 'started' in Delaware counting steps July 8, 2006 in a virtual ADT in my working life. I just entered West Virginia January 3, 2007 and 'stepping' strong. For those of us who can't get away...

Karen Whitfield
Herculaneum, MO
1/7/07