Backpacking Believers

We went out for a morning drive while KatyDid was still sleeping. We drove down the Highway of Legends (Colorado State HWY 12) to Cuchara Pass. This is one beautiful winter morning here in Colorado.

I can't believe it is already February 2017! It seems we have not been keeping up our blog very well, because the last post was almost a year ago. It has now been almost 3 years since we started our walk across America and 16 months since we finished it. Wow, how time flies! Well, we have been busy with many things, such as finishing the season at the Bar NI ranch in Stonewall, CO. After the season was finished in late November, 2016 we decided to travel again, but this time in a car. We ended up traveling over 16,000 miles through 15 states! We visited Branson, MO and Silver Dollar City during Christmas time. Silver Dollar City alone has over 5 million lights and 1000 trees decorated for Christmas! This has been a family tradition for many years, A quick stop at Mammoth Springs in Arkansas A Christmas Carol on stage at Silver Dollar City We also visited the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE. The zoo has been ranked the #1 zoo in the world. If you are ever near ...

Greetings to All of our Friends, Family and Fellow Hikers,       Well the title of this blog post says it all. We are taking on a new adventure for the Summer and Fall of this year. We as a family are moving to the high mountains of Colorado. We will be living at 8500 feet  on the border of Colorado and New Mexico. We will be living in the Sangre De Cristo mountains.       We will be working on a private ranch that ranges from 8000' to above 14,000'. We will be taking out guided hikes through the alpine forests, taking out trail rides on horseback, cooking wild game, jeep tours, elk hunts, fishing trips, farming and putting up hay and lots of hospitality, good food and making memories. We are excited about the new challenges and the new adventures before us.       On Katlyn's Lyme's disease, we already have Katlyn lined up with Lyme's doctors. She will be starting a natural treatment of herbs and vitamins and immune boosters. Please...

    It has been hard watching our daughter who has always been active and smiling go through the harsh struggles of Lyme’s Disease. When she was 8 years old and we were in the mission field working at SIFAT in Alabama, she was bitten by a tick then and was very sick. Then doctors in Alabama said there was no such thing as Lyme’s Disease in our area and that she had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which is another form of tick disease. We now have learned that she may have contracted Lyme’s then and was misdiagnosed. We have been to many doctors since Katlyn was bitten in Ohio on our walk across America, in July of 2014 during another mission trip. It seems as though when people are trying to step out on faith and spread the words of the Lord to others, satan is there ready and waiting to attack, to destroy and even to try to break you and stop you. Our family and our daughter have overcome his attacks and it has only strengthened our faith in God. We will not be stopped or...

    It has been some time since we have written an update on where we are and what we have been up to since completing our walk in Love. We are sorry that we have been so busy that we have not kept everyone up to date. So here is why we have been so busy.     A couple of weeks before we completed our Walk in Love across America we spoke with a dear friend of ours on the phone and was informed they had stage 4 cancer and would be going to Houston, Texas for treatments. This was a hard thing to receive, as it would be for anyone hearing this news about someone they know or care about. We continued our walk in love and continued to pray for the Lord’s guidance. When we completed our walk in Denver, Colorado, we drove to Nebraska to spend time with our family and to regroup with reality and life off the trail. What a large adjustment our lives were getting ready to go through.  Wow, How quickly life changes!             ...

Well our walk across America is finished and we are preparing to head back to Alabama. We are glad that we accomplished such a feat, and sad that it is over. As for now we will continue to try and find local places outdoors to spend as much time as possible until we decide what is next. We are trying to adapt back into what is called a normal life here in America, and it comes with struggles. We miss meeting new people every day. We also miss seeing new places every day. We will be back in Alabama by November 15th Lord Willing after a detour through Texas to visit some friends(family). Today we spent some time at Schramm Park in eastern Nebraska. We were out looking for some fall colors and were blessed with a few. The trail had some much needed hills and a really nice suspension bridge. This is at an old fish hatchery and it also has an aquarium. Keep an eye out we will be blogging our entire trip home. Lord Bless Yummy trout Training for American Ninja Warrior Th...

We are giving our official finish information. We will update the blog after the finish sometime. If anyone wants to come to the finish here is the time and place. Union Station Denver Colorado 12:00pm October 17th, 2015 If anyone has any questions just give us a call or email us. 256-252-8298 backpackingbelievers@gmail.com