For Diane Goodman, one step away from the doors of the school in which she taught last June turned into the journey of an adventurer.
The following is an excerpt from her blog: Senora Goodman’s Sabbatical Year, which can be found at shantimaya1957.weebly.com
We’ll bring you her photos, musings, lessons and revelations over the next few weeks. Keep reading Along the Way for more of Goodman’s story.
The roads and highways of several states are behind us now. Ron and I have journeyed through Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. I still feel that the state of New Hampshire is truly home to me. We have seen outstanding and dramatic landscapes and we have walked in the footsteps of many Native Americans and early pioneers across the countryside as well. We have camped in state parks, along the roadsides, and in recreational areas. Each site has given us a chance to appreciate our lives, the beautiful gifts from our Earth, and what people have done to care for the earth as well as what they do to harm it. We do our best to walk lightly on this planet and take in as much history and herstory that we can from the local people as well as from the historic landmark sites. Some of our highlights can be seen in the following photos from our trip. Much of it has been on bikes and walking the pathways and woodlands of our country. We are very enthusiastic about the daily surprises yet to come in the next three weeks of our journey … through the rain, winds, extreme heat, and voices we meet along the way.