How many times have you heard a teenager complain “I’m so bored!”? Well, if Ashley Casale, 19, of Clinton Corners, N.Y., and Michael Israel, 18, of Jackson, Calif. were ever bored, at least now they have something to write home about. On May 21st the pair began a cross country walk from San Francisco to Washington D.C. to protest the war in Iraq and to cultivate peace.
While they had hoped that their journey would snowball, gathering other like minded people along the way, so far it’s just the two of them. They are not discouraged, however. Through blisters and sunburns the two, who met each other 10 minutes before they set out, have not been dissuaded. They hope to reach Washington by September 11th.
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