Sean left last night for Austin. Since we didn’t really need to be in Austin until Sunday at 2:00pm for our organizing meeting there, I opted to get a motel room in Albuquerque, hang around town Friday night, and take some much-needed down time. I don’t sleep well on the bus and we had already [...]
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May 17, 2008
AmeriCorps’ Best Honored With Spirit of Service Awards
As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service — including several individuals who serve or have served in communities along the National Service Express Tour!
The awardees tackled issues such as [...]
May 16, 2008
A Magical Journey in the West
Yesterday, Matt and I took an epic ride from Los Angeles to Mesa, Arizona. It wasn’t our longest trip to date, only scheduled to take seven and a half hours. From the very beginning, however, something special was in the air. Maybe it was some of that LA magic (which we had experienced while walking [...]
May 15, 2008
“Crazy; But That’s How It Goes”
On the outside, our Greyhound bus may look like this:
Don’t let that fool you though, here’s a little insight into the Los Angeles-Phoenix jaunt we’re on now:
We’ll have an update tonight with details. If we survive…
