Mikah Meyer has spent three years hiking, rafting, flying, riding, sailing and driving, driving, driving across every corner of America
WASHINGTON – Mikah Meyer has spent the past three years hiking, rafting, flying in planes, riding on trains and sailing on boats and mostly driving, driving, driving across every corner of America. He has followed the trail of U.S. history from the Revolution to the Civil Rights movement, from battlefields to presidents’ homes, from forests to canyons, from shore to shore.
And he achieved a goal inspired by his father, whose death when Meyer was 19 spurred him to not put off his dreams for later. His dad never got to take those road trips he envisioned for his retirement. Standing atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, Meyer wiped his eyes. “The day I lie on my deathbed, whether it’s 60 years from now or six days from now, I can say I did something,” he said, shaking his head in awe.
Kate Kramer said she didn’t know Meyer personally, but his Facebook posts reminded her of her 1998 cross-country road trip with her father. As a queer woman, she felt inspired by Meyer’s frequent posts featuring a gay pride flag set against the backdrop of America’s iconic vistas. It was supporters like these who got Meyer through the trip. He started the three-year journey, he said, with about one-fifth of the funds he needed. He raised the rest through donations from social media fans, corporate sponsors and especially churches.
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