The Highlights
September 13, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
Ten thousand, five hundred and twenty-two miles after leaving Phoenix, Arizona on July 2nd, we arrived in New York City on 9/11. The surreal experience we had at Ground Zero, coupled with the journey from Chicago to the Big Apple have made the past two weeks among the most memorable on the tour.
The Highlights
On Thursday, August 30th, PTP went to jail…voluntarily. Driving from Chicago to a small town called Sheridan, three of us marched into the penitentiary chapel and joined a hundred inmates adorned in prison blues to be a part of an AA meeting. We interviewed the speaker afterwards over milkshakes. It was a humbling experience.
The first Saturday of September put PTP in the Notre Dame press box to watch the worst home opening loss in Fighting Irish football history. We picked grass blades from the field, took pictures with the Leprechaun, and attended the Charlie Weis post-game press conference.
In Akron we stayed with a guy named Stephen Hopson. Born deaf, Stephen has gone on to make motivational speaking his professional career after an illustrious career on Wall Street. His story shows what confidence can do.
The RV had it’s first major mechanical problem on the trek from Buffalo to Syracuse…we ended up sleeping at an auto service center parking lot in the middle of nowhere New York. We got the problem fixed the next day, and ended up turning a lemon into lemonade by interviewing the owner and barbequing with the mechanics.
After fixing the RV we escaped to Cape Cod for the weekend to stay at a beach house. It was beautiful. We ended up being treated to our first lobster dinner of our life. Hardly roughing it on the road.
We are now in my favorite city on earth, New York City. This morning we shook hands with Al Roker of the Today Show and even got some air time. We’ll be here until Tuesday morning, interviewing passionate New Yorkers and taking in the sights. Then it’s off to Philly, D.C., and Atlanta.
Cheers to the journey.
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