Day 7 — one week!!
I love pedestrian tunnels
Interesting
So much for having a nice room haha
Today I had no idea what I was going to do when I woke up. I looked up my route map that I have planned out to see how far I was from DC and realized that I was only about 12 miles. I looked up the weather and if I could hurry then I could make it before the rain came. I looked up a hotel room in the city and found a great deal on a nice hotel that is convenient to everything in DC. I figured that I’d rather be there since I am going to take tomorrow off. It is going to rain and snow tomorrow. So I packed up quickly and walked 12 miles in just under 4 hours. Only stopped once to eat and hydrate.
I went from bad neighborhoods to good neighborhoods that used to be bad neighborhoods until gentrification happened. There were some fun places that I walked through. As I got closer and closer into the city, the people became less and less engaging. I say hello to everyone that I walk past. I always have. It’s interesting to me to see who responds back. The fact that I look homeless while pushing Jenny makes things amusing. I was flying today so people didn’t have a long time to process what they were seeing as I passed them.
I got rained on a little bit but not enough to get wet. Just kept going. I finally made it and the guy who checked me in thought that what I was doing is great. He waived the $50 pet fee and hooked it up with a few other perks.
I sent some emails and voicemails to some news stations and hope to hear back so that I can get the word out there. A day off tomorrow is going to be great. I’m going to do laundry and hopefully I’ll be able to rearrange Jenny so that Domino will fit in her to get some breaks. I think I can figure something out.
Well I’m going to relax a little and may not post a blog tomorrow since I won’t be walking. Thank you all so much for keeping up with me while I do this. Let’s keep spreading the word!
This is an awesome thing you are doing.I lost my stepdaughter in November 2015 to a herion overdose.I never thought it would be my child.Thoughts and prayers for a safe trip.
Keep up the good work ! We all are proud of you . You are the man !
God Bless You Brett. My heart and prayers are with you.
Brett, I literally read your blog every night when I get home from work. Congratulations on a successful week. I’m glad you have somewhere cozy for you and Domino to sleep during the storms. God Bless
Brett, my name is Malynda Doner, I lost my fallen angel, my son, my heart on March 3rd, just over 2 weeks ago at the young age of 20, just 10 days before his 21st birthday. I moved from NY to North Carolina just a couple weeks before that. Went home to NY for 2 weeks and just came back a couple days ago. I run a Facebook page called Wake Up Salamanca, a support and resource page for addiction, but w a focus on mainly heroin. My son was a deep addict and has struggled for at least 3 years, that I know of. He also has a life threatening and very painful disease called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. He finally decided to take control of his life about a month before he OD’d. He went to detox and then to rehab. He called me and told me the pain was to much for him to handle, he has been 21 days clean! He left rehab, came to see me, stayed for a couple hours, went to see his sister, then went home and write a letter. He took his own life around 3:30am by heroin overdose. I was very upset w him for leaving rehab. Thinking that he was just going to get dope and feed his addiction again, although he repeatedly told me that he promises that’s not what he was doing. That he was never going back to that life ever again. This was his way out, the escape from the pain of his illness and from his addiction! I just heard about you and your journey/ cause today from a woman who messaged me on the Wake Up Page. If your journey brings you father South, I would very much like to walk w you even if only for a day. In honor of all the fallen angels and ask those that still are hopeful!!
Brett, my name is Malynda Doner, I lost my fallen angel, my son, my heart on March 3rd, just over 2 weeks ago at the young age of 20, just 10 days before his 21st birthday.
I moved from NY to North Carolina just a couple weeks before that. Went home to NY for 2 weeks and just came back a couple days ago. I run a Facebook page called Wake Up Salamanca, a support and resource page for addiction, but w a focus on mainly heroin.
My son was a deep addict and has struggled for at least 3 years, that I know of. He also had a life threatening and very painful disease called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. He finally decided to take control of his life about a month before he OD’d. He went to detox and then to rehab. He called me from rehab on March 2nd and told me that his pain was to much for him to handle, he had been 21 days clean! Asked me if i was angry w him for not wanting to live like this anymore, if i would blame him for just wanting to go to sleep and not wake up in pain. He left rehab, and came to see me. Of course I was upset, and he only stayed for a couple hours, then went to see his sister. After that he disappeared for a couple hours then went home and wrote a letter. He took his own life around 3:30am by heroin overdose.
I was upset w him for leaving rehab. Thinking that he was just going to get dope and feed his addiction again, although he repeatedly told me that he promised that’s not what he was doing. That he was never going back to that life ever again. This was his way out, the escape from the pain of his illness and from his addiction!
I just heard about you and your journey/ cause today from a woman who messaged me on the Wake Up Page. If your journey brings you any farther South, I would very much like to walk w you even if only for a day. In honor of all the fallen angels and all those that still are hopeful!! Although my Brian is the one who’s gone, I am the one who is now lost!
My apologies, I want trying to comment.I just wanted to send you a message, hoping for a reply… Thank you Brett!!!