We're an odd couple, of sorts, a 27-year-old tech-savvy photographer and an old curmudgeon thrown together by a desire to explore."
Journal, APRIL 2004
JOE'S ON THE ROAD... AGAIN!
This time he is giving a behind-the-scenes look at the walk, the book and the many faces of US Route 6.
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[+] JOE'S BLOG is up and running. Be sure to check-in, see what's going on and get the latest gossip from the old curmudgeon himself. Your comments and questions... welcomed.
NEWS, REVIEWS & REFLECTIONS
QUIRKY TREASURES CHRONICLED IN NEW BOOK
November 20, 2012 Willimantic Reminder News
by Melanie Savage
The frogs of Willimantic hold court on page 28 of "Ten Million Steps on Route 6," a book discussed by its author, Joe Hurley, at the Willimantic Public Library on Nov. 15. Hurley is a retired Connecticut journalist who, in 2005, embarked upon a journey across America with a young freelance photographer he found via the Internet. Hurley and photographer Travis Lindhorst hiked Route 6 from the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Cod to the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. It was a journey that took nine months,... (Read the Article)
Todd Franko
Editor, The Vindicator, Youngstown Ohio
(former editor of Gary Post-Tribune)
“JOE'S ARRIVAL IN OUR TOWN THAT SUMMER BECAME A CELEBRATION OF SORTS...”
A pizza party; various signs of support along U.S. 6; guest walkers here and there; and the elderly care home residents who camped out on their lawn awaiting our walk, and Joe’s special moments with them. He was greeted like Elvis.
That’s what I remember of the seven miles I walked with him that day. But what I remember more is the enormous risk of Joe’s trek, the simplicity of its employment, and its immense connection with thousands of lives from one coast to another. I am one of those lives.
To this day, I’m blessed to see U.S. 6 rather regularly in my travels. And when I do, I think of Joe Hurley, that special summer and my one magical day being part of it.
For additional [+] 10 Million Steps reviews
September 15, 2012
[+] JOE'S BLOG is up and running. Be sure to check-in, see what's going on and get the latest gossip from the old curmudgeon himself. Your comments and questions... welcomed.
Be sure to check out Malerie Yolen-Cohen's [+] STAY ON ROUTE 6 Guide to Route 6 which is a mile-by-mile guide to the best places to see, eat and sleep while driving cross-country along the transcontinental. Her book is available on Amazon.
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