Photo Shoot at Roy’s Gas Station on Route 66

Recently, we’ve had the rather cool experience of running on historic Route 66. Until now, I had no idea how much Route 66 means to some people. The attendant at Roy’s gas station in Amboy told us that Roy’s–the last remaining original building on Route 66–is swamped with people–mostly of foreign origin–who have traveled from around the world to experience the legend and lore of Route 66. Among other things, the site is often used for photo shoots and movie sets for which people pay several pretty pennies. We parked our trailer and stayed for a couple of nights across the street from Roy’s. Kris woke up on the morning of our departure inspired to do a photo shoot before we hit the road. Historic setting, brilliant morning light, beautiful model and click, click, click. Was good to get some kicks while David’s kicking butt and I’m getting my butt kicked on Route 66.

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Running For a GMO Free USA Schedule

After being on the road for over two weeks,we are excited to–finally!!!–announce our run schedule. We are now fairly confident that–knock on wood–we can maintain a 20 miles/day, 6 days/week running schedule from now forward. If–knock on some more wood–that turns out to be true, then the following schedule should be fairly accurate. Keep in mind that we can travel off the run path–north, south, forward or backward in our trusty 1998 Ford truck to participate in GMO Free events as needed. We are available for GMO Free presentations, book signings, seed swaps, pot lucks, etc. We welcome opportunities to speak with the media, and we are actively seeking opportunities to interview farmers, scientists, etc. who have strong GMO related positions, whatever those positions might be. We love vegetarian home cooked meals and welcome the opportunity to stay with people when possible. We regret that we can’t meet with everyone, but we look forward to meeting with as many people as possible as we run for a GMO Free USA.

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Run Schedule

Huntington Beach, CA, Jan 18, 0 miles

Riverside, CA, Jan 23, 48 miles

Twentynine Palms, CA, Feb 1, 144 miles

Needles, CA, Feb 8, 273 miles

Kingman, AZ, Feb 11, 320 miles

Flagstaff, AZ, Feb 21, 487 miles

Gallup, NM, Mar 3, 673 miles

Albuquerque, NM, Mar 12, 821 miles

Tucumcari, NM, Mar 24, 1021 miles

Amarillo, TX, Mar 31, 1148 miles

Borger, TX, Apr 3, 1197 miles

Wichita, KS, Apr 22, 1523 miles

Mansfield, MO, May 9, 1810 miles

St. Louis, MO, May 20, 2011 miles

Springfield, IL, May 26, 2106 miles

Indianapolis, IN, Jun 6, 2298 miles

Columbus, OH, Jun 16, 2466 miles

Washington DC, Jul 10, 2864 miles

Philadelphia, PA, Jul 18, 3000 miles

Atlantic City, NJ, Jul 21, 3061 miles

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