Martha and I are home from our 49 day trip, 37 of which were camping days.
We left the Enchanted Trails Campground west of Albuquerque, NM at 6:15 AM and were pulling into our home cul-de-sac at 3:15 PM. 9 hours on the road was a long but incident-free day.
We motored with purpose and didn't stop for pictures, just for gas.
We're back in Colorado till the end of the year I expect. Not sure when I will go camping next, but most likely not till the new year.
As we drove the last two days, we listened to an audio book titled "A Grateful American" by Gary Sinise of Forrest Gump (he played Lieutenant Dan) and CSI:NY where he played Detective Mac Taylor.
This is an outstanding book about his life leading up to his present mission of service to American servicemen and veterans. From a wayward youth to his entry and development of an acting career; his work supporting, helping, and ensuring that injured veterans are not forgotten, this book fleshes out and highlights his great life journey.
His role as Lieutenant Dan from the Forrest Gump film, leads to his connection and empathy with veterans ranging from the Vietnam War to the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars on Terror.
The work he does initially just as morale boosting USO tours, grows and expands to multiple tours with the USO, the creation and performance of his "Lieutenant Dan Band", the Snowball Project that provides the kids of fallen veterans a venue to deal in part with their loss and eventually multiple initiatives and projects.
He supports, participates and donates time and treasure to causes such as homes for severely injured veterans, school supplies for Iraqi Children, family support organizations such as TAPS, and many others eventually lead to a formal organization called the Gary Sinise Foundation.
I urge you to read/listen to this book, Gary Sinise is truly a great man, supporter of Veterans everywhere and a great American.
6 comments:
Thanks for that recommendation, will look for the audio book.
I remember the actor from Forest Gump but didn't know he wrote a book. Thanks for the recommendation. Cheers, SonjaM
CCjon, Gary Sinise really lives a life of service for our Veterans and active duty military.
You're welcome SonjaM.
I really like Gary Sinise so I will need to get that book. He is a great American and does so much for our service men and women. Thanks for the review. I will put it on my birthday wish list (February).
Oz, I am sure you will enjoy the book. He is a great American.
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