Peter Jenkins
Peter Jenkins, a photojournalist, walked from Alfred, New York, setting off in October 1973, to Florence, Oregon, which he reached in January 1979. He detailed his account with National Geographic magazine and in his book, A Walk Across America. He then married in Mobile Florida and they walked to Oregon.
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“Among them was a Bishop, who
Had lately been appointed to
The balmy isle of Rum-ti-Foo,
And Peter was his name.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I wouldn’t put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if He wanted, but I very much doubt if He would.”
—David Jenkins (b. 1925)