Ultra runner Essie Garrett and Women with Wings will travel600 miles pushing and pulling 300-pound Ed Like Trainer Simulator to raise money for women in aeronautics. The 600 mile run/walk starts in Atchinson, Kansas the birthplace of Amelia Earhart and travels to the Front Range Airport in Colorado.
“….women should do for themselves what men have already done – occasionally what men haave not done - …perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action…” Amelia Earhart
This journey is expected to take 20 days and will end at the Front Range Airport in Watkins, Colorado at 4:00 pm on July 22, 2007
To donate money for women in aeronactics: Write check to Women with Wings and send to Women With Wings, Essie Garrett, 1250 Welton Street,Denver, Colorado 80204
Itinerary
Monday Day 2
Atchinson to Horton,Kansas
Horton to Baileyville
Wednesday Day 4
Fairview to Baileyville
Thursday Day 5
Baileyville to Marysville
Friday Day 6
Marysville to Washington
Saturday Day 7
Washington to Belleville
Sunday Day 8
Belleville to Mankato
Monday Day 8
Mankato to Smith
Tuesday Day 10
Smith Center to Phillipsburg
Wednesday Day 11
Phillipsburg to Prairie Dog State Park
Thursday Day 12
Prairie Dog State Park to Oberlin
Friday Day 13
Oberlin to Atwood
Saturday Day 14
Atwood to Bird City
Sunday Day 15
Bird City Kansas to Idalia, Colorado
Monday Day 16
Idalia,Colorado to Joes
Tuesday Day 17
Joes to Arickariee
Wednesday: Day 18
Arickariee to Atom
Thursday Day 19
Atom to Last Chance
Friday Day 20
Last Chance to Cabin Creek
Saturday Day 21
Cabin Creek to Byers
Sunday Byers to Front Rand Airport