IT'S NOT A VACATION - IT'S A VOCATION

One of their objectives is to go slow enough and be free enough to become a part (albeit a brief part) of the places  they pass through. Patricia - "We are subject to take a right or a left at any time. That's how we want to get to know the world!" Bud- "I think our best days are the one's where we make a wrong turn and find that we're better for it."

(Photo by Martha Hall) It 's not always a walk in the sunshine for the Kennys. This was a cold Kentucky rain in downtown Paducah . To help them get out of the storm, the city  put them up that night at the Excutive Suites Hotel. Patricia - "We are humbled daily by the kindness of strangers."

Bud- "One of the reasons we are walking is so that we can meet the people who live in the places we pass through." In this photo Ohio Govenor Bob Taft and his family visit with the Kenny's at the Govenor's Mansion in Columbus.

For the winter months Bud & Patricia try to find a place to live that will accomidate Della, and afford them employment.

During their first winter on the road(2001-02) Bud and Della worked for the local carriage company in Madison, Indiana. For 7 years Bud owned a similar business in Hot Springs, AR. Patricia worked that winter as a waitress.

Winter 2002-03 began with Bud picking apples at Watt's Fruit Farm near Albion, NY in the northwest part of the state. Of the 30 pickers, he was the only American in the orchards. They called him "Loco Gringo" Patricia packed apples in the market. This photo is of Bud's last day picking.

During the winter 2002-03 the Kenny's remodled the inside of the Harding House which was built in 1832 . They also took care of  the winter chores on the farm. This was the snowiest winter in Albion,NY history. Bud found this sleigh laying in pieces in a trash pile. He restored it so Della could go dashing through the snow.

Patricia - "It's always all about Della. Everything we do centers around her well-being. Where we spend the night, where we stop for lunch, where we spend the winters, it all depends on how we can accomidate her. Della is the heart and motor of our journey. " This photo was taken from inside a building at Camp Koch, which is a Girl Scout Camp near Cannelton, Indiana.

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