August 23, 1999

GRANNY "D"

I got on the road around 7 a.m. I wanted to get into Forrest City, AR for the night. When I turned the corner to ride through downtown Lonoke, I came across a mini-parade. There were about a dozen people walking eastward with a flag and some banners.

When I got to them, I found out that they were giving support to a very special person. Doris Haddock of Dublin, New Hampshire was walking from from Los Angeles, California to Washington, D.C. She was walking to bring awareness about campaign finance reform. What was so unique about this walk was the fact that Doris was eighty-nine years old.

Doris (who is known to her grandchildren as "Granny D") started from Los Angeles on January 1, 1999. She walks up to ten miles per day. Her hope is to be in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Capitol on January 24, 2000. This is her ninetieth birthday.