By Don Mills
What do you do when you retire? Walk from Montreal to Texas, of course!
Through our trail (Ohio-to-Erie and Little Miami Scenic Trails) system of communications, the word was spread about a 61-year-old Canadian lady who was WALKING some 2000 miles beginning April 1st and ending sometime in September.
Facebook and friends were navigating her trip from one day to the next.
The press is all over her story. Dirk Morgan, FLMSP member, extended hospitality to the traveler in Morrow.
My wife and I communicated with her wonderful team about our desire to host her as she traveled through the Cincinnati area. We joined her in Loveland where she had been treated to lunch by Don Hahn, another FLMSP volunteer.
After meeting them we loaded her 100-pound push cart onto a trailer and headed home for the evening. What a delightful evening it was.
Ghislaine Beaudoin, known as G, is the mother of two grown children, strong, athletic, very personable and outgoing, afraid of nothing but with good common sense and a great joie de vivre. Recently retired and glad for the opportunity to engage in something she could not do while working at a desk, she is determined to complete this journey.
We chatted, beveraged, had dinner, and went to bed. We arose at 5:00 to get her back to Loveland by 6:00 a.m., AND OFF SHE WENT….
June 2018
