Meet 'Walk For Liberty' at the NH Border

[Free libertarian]

 Keeping some dry gas in the tank  seems to help start things when it's cold.   Glad to hear you got it started.    Is the plugging in at night for lights only?  If so you could use a deep cell 12 volt battery, a cheap inverter and a low wattage CFL bulb in a cheapo lamp.  If you could possibly hook up something under the hood you could be alternately charging your car battery and your "light" battery while driving off your alternator.  Just a thought.       

[Fluff and Stuff]

Schenectady News and as a bonus a poll on the auto bailout on the same page; 65% say no.

Please DIGG IT,
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/dec/09/1209_walkers/

[TackleTheWorld]

I'd like to help with the colorful banners and finish line.  Who's working on these?  What still needs to be done?

[Kat Kanning]

Go for it   We can't have too many.

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Schenectady News and as a bonus a poll on the auto bailout on the same page; 65% say no.

That's one of the better articles I've seen.

At the moment it looks like I might not be there at the border.

[Fluff and Stuff]

Schenectady News and as a bonus a poll on the auto bailout on the same page; 65% say no.

That's one of the better articles I've seen.

Then please go through and digg all of the positive comments you agree with.  I'd love to get this digg over 100, http://digg.com/travel_places/Free_Staters_walk_across_upstate_New_York

[Walk For Liberty]

A weird situation happened last night.  I had stopped by a Sunoco station asking if we could pay to plug in overnight.  The manager said he would have to ask the owner who would be coming back shortly, so he said to come back in a bit.  We came by about 45 minutes later, after my walk was done.  He said it was ok, and there was no need to pay.

It was fine until about 10:30 last night when the power went off.  I assumed we had tripped a breaker, so I went outside to check it out.  Our cord was unplugged.  I thought maybe it was some kid who had come by and noticed it and was just messing around, so I plugged it back in.  Then about an hour later, it happened again.  I went outside again, and the night employee confronted me accusing me of stealing other people's electricity without permission.  I explained the situation, and he said he talked to the owner who he said didn't know anything at all about it, and that we weren't to plug back in again.  I said again that we were still willing to pay for the electricity, but that didn't seem to matter.

So I put the cord back away and no one else bothered us the rest of the night.

Very strange.

[Walk For Liberty]

Stopped last night in Pittstown, NY.

We read that there is a winter storm watch for where we'll be tomorrow (Thursday): winter storm watch

Would anyone like to volunteer to help us out?  Brooke is concerned about driving the RV in those conditions if that storm actually happens.

Would anyone be willing to drive out tomorrow to help out as a support driver?  We'll be starting from around Bennington, VT. Ideally we'd need help from 8am-5pm.  If you can't do that long, from noon-4:30pm would still be a great help.

Alternatively if you can't stay the day but don't need your car that day, Brooke could drive you back and then pick you up again in the evening.

Another possibility is if someone could drive out our Subaru already, Brooke could then drive them back.

We would pay for gas in all the above situations.

Any amount of help would be greatly appreciated.

Will

[ColdSoul]

A weird situation happened last night.  I had stopped by a Sunoco station asking if we could pay to plug in overnight.  The manager said he would have to ask the owner who would be coming back shortly, so he said to come back in a bit.  We came by about 45 minutes later, after my walk was done.  He said it was ok, and there was no need to pay.

It was fine until about 10:30 last night when the power went off.  I assumed we had tripped a breaker, so I went outside to check it out.  Our cord was unplugged.  I thought maybe it was some kid who had come by and noticed it and was just messing around, so I plugged it back in.  Then about an hour later, it happened again.  I went outside again, and the night employee confronted me accusing me of stealing other people's electricity without permission.  I explained the situation, and he said he talked to the owner who he said didn't know anything at all about it, and that we weren't to plug back in again.  I said again that we were still willing to pay for the electricity, but that didn't seem to matter.

So I put the cord back away and no one else bothered us the rest of the night.

Very strange.

Thats why it's so important to get names. If you had said 'I spoke with XXXXX, and he called the owner YYYYY and he said it was ok." If the person is still rude then say "I am sorry if this is has been a misunderstanding, I will clear it up with the owner tomorrow, can I get your name please?" Normally people will know that your not pulling a fast one if you can mention names of who you talked with and when.

[Russell Kanning]

We read that there is a winter storm watch for where we'll be tomorrow (Thursday): winter storm watch

Would anyone like to volunteer to help us out?  Brooke is concerned about driving the RV in those conditions if that storm actually happens.

Would it make sense for you to drive the RV to Winchester today in the rain and then just have people drive you in a car to your "walking location" for the day and then come back to the base camp each day?

[Walk For Liberty]

We read that there is a winter storm watch for where we'll be tomorrow (Thursday): winter storm watch

Would anyone like to volunteer to help us out?  Brooke is concerned about driving the RV in those conditions if that storm actually happens.

Would it make sense for you to drive the RV to Winchester today in the rain and then just have people drive you in a car to your "walking location" for the day and then come back to the base camp each day?

I think we've figured out what we'll do.  Today I'll walk as far as I can and then we'll stop in Bennington.  Tomorrow it's expected just to be snow most of the day, not ice, so we should be fine then. I'll get up as early as possible and then walk till about 3, then we'll drive on to Brattleboro and stay there.  We'll rent a car for Friday.

I definitely don't want to go into NH again till I walk there.    And after some reflection, I like what Ian said when I called in to FTL last night about the symbolism of us being by ourselves until we reach NH, and then all of a sudden we're surrounded by friends.

So anyway, we'll be ok.

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Stickers for the walk for liberty. 15 per sheet.

[Kat Kanning]

sent press release to Keene Sentinel, Brattleboro Reformer, NHPR, WMUR, Concord Monitor, Boston Globe, Nashua Telegraph, Foster's Daily Democrat, Keene Equinox...so if anyone wants to contact other news sources, go for it.

Contact:  Kat Kanning
603-499-4256
bookish_lass@yahoo.com
Will Buchannan:  will@willbuchanan.com

It all started with a simple question. What can one person do to spread the message of Liberty?  After 8 months, 3100 miles and 7 pairs of shoes Will Buchanan has found the answer.  Will started the Walk for Liberty on April 14 from Cannon Beach, Oregon and will be crossing his last state line into New Hampshire Saturday Dec. 13th.  The Walk for Liberty is a quest to let as many people as possible know about the loss of freedoms in the United States of America .

Each day Will has made a video of his trip. These videos are available on his blog at http://walkforliberty.com. If you want a primer on libertarianism and its interaction with the real world, watch these videos. As an added bonus, you can enjoy the stunning scenery – America on foot.

Even a activity as peaceful as going for a walk will get you hassled by police in today's America. On day 163 of his walk, Will was detained by Whiting, Indiana police, who intimidated Will into deleting his footage of an oil refinery. More recently on day 198, Will was detained in Seneca Falls, NY when apparently some woman called the police to report the suspicious activity of a white guy walking. Police demanded ID and all sorts of personal information. The officer was polite until Will began questioning. Some woman being uncomfortable about a guy walking down the road is now "just cause" to detain a person who was admittedly doing nothing wrong.

The Walk For Liberty is fast approaching New Hampshire. Will has, for the most part, walked the whole of America by himself. It is symbolic of the Free State Project that once Will enters New Hampshire, he will no longer be walking on his own – he'll be joined by Freestaters on the last leg of his journey to the Atlantic Ocean. There will be a welcoming party to meet The Walk For Liberty at the New Hampshire border. This is scheduled to occur December 13th at 11:00am on Route 9, at the border between Brattleboro, VT and NH. Volunteers from the crowd will then walk with Will to Keene, and later, to the seacoast.

Interview with Will Buchannan

What made you decide to walk across the country?
Brooke and I were going to be moving to NH from Hawaii anyway.  Brooke had the idea, "why not walk to get there?"

What was the biggest highlight of your trip?
As of this writing, I'm still anticipating it.  I think it will be the welcome we receive at the border once we arrive at our new home of New Hampshire.

What was the biggest hardship with this journey?
Trying to get up in the morning when the temperature in the RV is in the 40's.

Do you feel like you accomplished your purpose for the trip?
Many people have told me that this is the most outside media attention the FSP has garnered in quite some time, so I'd say that's pretty good.  And yes I will be accomplishing my main purpose, which is walking to move to NH.

Your wife helped you on your walk.  Was all this tough on your family life?
Brooke has helped tremendously.  We've experienced some growing pains in our relationship, but I think we've emerged stronger for it.

How did you first hear about the Free State Project?  What made you decide to join?
I'm pretty sure it was from Walter Williams' website back in early 2003, after hearing him as a guest host when I had been listening to Rush Limbaugh at the time.  Once I heard about it, it was a no-brainer.

Do you have a message for people thinking about moving to NH with the FSP?
What trigger would need to happen for you to decide to move to NH?

What do you plan to do once you get settled in New Hampshire?
I'm looking forward to getting to know lots of people and getting active.  I intend to find work I can do which advances the liberty movement.

How did people along the way react to your trek?
One of the biggest surprises I've had is how supportive most people have been, and receptive to the message that government has gotten to big and too intrusive in our lives.

What's the top message you'd like to communicate to readers?
If you have something you'd like to accomplish, don't hesitate, just do it!

Any wisdom you've learned from this trip you'd like to share?
Live your life the way you want to, and don't try to satisfy everyone else's expectations of you.

[FTL_Ian]

Sent to the Free Keene news list which re-hit some of the above as well as WKBK and "Talkback".  Also posted to Free Keene.

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We'll rent a car for Friday.

What? No one in NH has a car that can come pick you up? I can I know. Scratch that. I guess you are on your own until you get to the bridge. As soon as you reach the river you are already in NH.

How's that banner coming? Are we stretching it across the new bridge or the old one?