Day 124
Same old same old
July 29th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
grillin her buns huh? nice
I know .. it is another one of those don’t do Meth signs. See this is how you will be if you do it.
did I mention .. 1st post? LOL GO MATT!!
Ok people, nobody cares if you post first. :) Keep walkin :)
CJ in MN – seems like you DO care…! Ha! Congrats to Pete as poster numero uno!
I care. Congrats, Pete!
Me too, me too!! Congrats on first post Pete!
All I have to say to this is….WHAT THE? *blink blink*
Gloater! *L*
Now this is one awesome mailbox! oh….not a mailbox huh?
Hobo Scarecrow? She wants to follow you to Oz to get a brain…the blond hair gave away she didn’t have one.
Yard art? She looks pretty clean for being outside and on a grill to boot. Just don’t know what it is she’s doing or what she’s supposed to be doing. She looks like Edward scissors hand on one side and MJ on the other. But for being “old” she is one hot momma! Youch! sssssss……
Yard art, but hope she doesn’t yard fart! That could send her skyward! ;)
I’m laughing out loud here Ron !!!
WT…. I probably wouldn’t stick around for dinner
Pete you rock
If she’s a doll, she would be a handful.
You toucha my rock, I stabba you face. Yo.
hay…
Really really enjoying your walk, while sitting behind my computer in Holland (Europe, not Michigan).
Marit,
That is funny you would say the country and not Michigan. I am originally from there. But when I think Holland I usually think of the country itself instead of the darn city. It is great that Matt has followers across the USA and even Europe!!!
Is HoboNation……..HoboPlanet? Dare we?
I read every day and I live in Italy. HoboPlanet!
Glad you clarified, Marit. I live less than an hour from Holland, Michigan, so when I hear Holland, I think Lake Michigan, Dutch heritage, cloggers, windmills, Tulip Festival, and Hope College. Our own little taste of the Netherlands. :) http://holland.org/
(BTW – I “became” Dutch when I married almost 12 years ago, and have since mastered the art of making Banket for my Dutch husband.)
Welcome and thanks for expanding the Hobo Nation all the way to the real Holland. Hope to follow Jeff’s family roots there someday.
if you go looking for small time tourism, visit my town of Nunspeet. it gets crammed with german tourists here every year, and practically everybody i meet outside of the town will exclaim “nunspeet, oh i camped there when i was a kid!”.
i, on the other hand, would want to be making a road trip through the states instead….
Welcome to the Hobo Nation Marit!!! :)
Wow now we are Hobo Planet!
Huh…
that did deserve a double take…
I guess she’s planning for one hot time in the yard today!
Honeypot & Honeytrap, smarter than the average bean-bag.
Creativity abounds in the thin mountain air. And as a side note, Holland (the MI city) is doing just fine. I’m 45 minutes away, and visit there every now and then (though I’d gladly opt for a trip to The Nederlands!)
John, me too! Sounds like we might be neighbors. I’m in Plainwell.
St. Joe here, but I think that counts as neighbors given the breadth of this forum. Cheers!
Cheers right back atcha!
Such a small world sometimes! I have a couple of cousins that grew up in Plainwell.
SCARY….
And now a reality check… i was having my morning coffe and then the story pops up about the Grizzley attack at “Sand Creek” campground in Montana. I checked and that was about 300+ miles east of Matt. Keep that pepper spraw handy my friend. They said that the chance of a problem is about 1 in 1.8 million. Stay well but stay alert!
I just read it too: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_us/us_bear_mauling_death;_ylt=AnoIi.IHapz0iqxY7nPR.Q05bg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTNhbzgzbmsxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNzI5L3VzX2JlYXJfbWF1bGluZ19kZWF0aARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzdXJ2aXZvcm9mbW8-
I meant to add – Matt – keep that pepper spray handy – Just in Case. Be safe!
oh wow! a link runneth over! lol
:) I don’t quite understand why the link is so, so LONG sometimes! :)
The man killed was from Grand Rapids, which is about 30 driving minutes from where I live. My prayers go out to his family and to those who were injured in the attack.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/grand_rapids_man_killed_in_gri.html
This is just plain weird. Wonder what the statement is?
Walk A Mile For A Camel?
exit stage right
Considering this “art” is so clean despite being outside, I am going to bet that someone placed this for the sole purpose of Matt running into and taking a picture. Why else would someone do this?!?!
I’ve combined road/camping trips and American Volkssport Association walks for years. This kind of “art” is wonderfully common on America’s backroads. Getting ready to go again for a year-long (at least) road-walking trip (no rv- tent or back of old ford ranger camping)…Matt has reinspired me.
Belle,
Will you be posting your trip as well? A woman’s perspective might be a bit different – not that Matt isn’t doing a fantastic job of sharing his journey. I just wonder if a woman would notice different things. GO HOBO PLANET !!!!!
Probably not…seems too difficult. I worked in and explored Death Valley National Park for years, but now I’m retired, in my 60’s, and coming back from health problems. But once you have “The Habit” – a Don Edwards song – you always yearn for that next great adventure.
Tragic that someone died and people were hurt. The bears’ home is the wilderness; the humans’ home are the cities and town. But humans enjoy recreations in the wild…the quandary of encroachment comes to bear.
OK, I’m just finding this wrong on so many levels. LOL
I’m a little freaked out by this picture.
This just screams for a video version.
Hear Ye – Hear Ye….be it known that on Day 124 (walking) of Matt Green’s treck across america…That Hobo Matt is a mear 75 miles (as the dragon flys) from the stateline of Idaho (Potatoe)…and be it also known that on this Date…the hobo’s of Hobo Nation have been Merged (not survivor and no feast) to a new band of Merry Men and Ladies…..for ever known now as HOBOPLANET. Shall that be one word or Two. The world is but a small place.
Play the Flute Matt…..on your coat tails we will follow…………………….
6 degrees of separation or something like that…
What will happen to Hollywood Planet now that HOBOPLANET has taken over? Are we now the stars (in sky) of MATT’S HOBO PLANET?
I like the proclamation Jeff.
Very nice Jeff…Hobo Planet…2 words…IMO.
I like it. :) It shall be so!
I think its a no trespass sign…beware of the pitchfork
Looks like they DOLLED UP their yard and WON THE MONTANA GARDEN CLUB BRAVO AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
What a GAS- Go fill up the propane tank. The PORTABELLO MUSHROOMS HAVE SPROUTED IN THE COMPOST AND WE CAN GRILL THEM AND STUFF THEM IN HER BUNS FOR A REAL TREAT!
OH- and the eco friendly solar lights in the tub will show off the Petunias at night as the cows, deer, coyotes and bison survey the beauty!
Someone needs to send this in to WEBER for a REALLY GRILLY COMMERCIAL!
That’s what they do for fun up in Montana then?
HOBO PLANET! I want a t-shirt!