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    Seligman, AZ   08 March 2007
    Gretchen and Kelley made about 70 miles since last post, and 25 miles today! And yup, more empty desert lies ahead. Get ready Flagstaff! Katie Whitlock (step-daughter to Gretch / step-sister to Kelley) is heading down this Saturday to provide driver support.

    In between Kingman and Seligman, they've met great people who've given tons of support. They bumped into some folks vacationing from Denmark, who were in absolute awe of the expansive, empty US desert and could barely believe how many miles the girls had come and still had ahead. The Danes put it all in perspective when they shared this little fact: You can fit 6.8 Denmarks inside of the state of Arizona. The two RV parks Gretch and Kelley have stopped at (pictures below) let the girls park and stay for free when they learned about our walker's mission. And Kim, at the Caverns Inn motel, also put the girls up for the night and donated a few hot meals. Thanks guys for your awesome support, and thanks again to all who have made donations on our website. The walkers wouldn't have made it this far without all of your support.

    Miles to Go: 1,211


    Last Stop


    Danish Friends


    RV Park. Thanks for the Support!


    Cavens Inn. Hooked the girls up.


    Gretchen Walking


    Posted by Rob @ 9:02 PM   Post a Comment
    6 Comments:

    Keep up the good walk!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:43 AM

    Hi everyone! We have made it to AshFork, AZ and we are camped 22 mi. ahead in Williams, AZ. We have to move our camper tomorrow and then walk 22 mi into Williams, but we are adjusting to the walking pretty well. The country around here is getting alot nicer and cooler too, especially at night.

    Thanks to everyone out there for all of your help and support! We are very grateful.

    Gretchen Mack & Kelley Orndoff

    By Anonymous Gretchen Mack, at 8:43 PM

    Gretchen and Kelley- a.k.a. The Lady-troopers. You are looking svelt! We all should be envious of your drive and determination for the mission....to help raise money and awareness for those wounded soldiers who are recouperating at the FISHER Houses;raising awareness and money for the Semper Fi Fund....and of course, in memory of my little buddy Chance! And thank-you for INFORMING those who only get their information from the liberal media! Set EM'straight girls!!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:26 PM

    Best of luck. I blogged on this journey

    http://somesoldiersmom.blogspot.com/2007/03/honoring-chance-mothers-journey.html

    please contact me at cmlblog2@cableone.net and let me know when you expect to be in Flagstaff...

    By Blogger Some Soldier's Mom, at 9:54 AM

    Hi Kelly and Gretchen! This is Melony again. I thought you might want to know that I made a coffee can donation container with the fliers you gave our Dubois volunteer drivers Kelly Rose and Lance McBride. I set it out at the Country Store where I work. The first day it brought in 5 dollars. There is close to 20 dollars now. My Mom is going to make a new flier that has a little more info on it so we might raise even more money. We all want to see you reach your million dollar goal! Great walking gals and I will keep you updated on what we raise here. Stay safe and we are all thinking about you!!!
    Melony Kaiser

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:54 PM

    You are motivating! God bless you and your son. You have a lot of us out there who support you and your effort. Semper fi!
    Dale
    in PA

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:58 PM

     

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