Unless something goes wrong in the next few days, Ryan Chalmers will realize his goal of traveling across the country.
It took him only 71 days.
Did I mention he’s pushing a racing wheelchair?
This morning, he crossed the Delaware River from Philadelphia into New Jersey. He should arrive in Central Park on Saturday.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins