American Countryside - An Amazing Journey

Why is there a National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa?  I called the museum and they asked if I wanted to interview two hobos.  Of course I did!  I'll take you to Britt to meet real-life hobos and the town that has embraced them for over a century.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's so large it’s a city within a city, with cars and rails headed to all points in the nation. I'll take you inside the yard where 8000-10,000 rail cars are housed at any one time for the fascinating process of getting cargo where it needs to go...and it's all open to visitors from a perch high above the plains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ll soon find, this was about much more that just a very long walk - it was a walk of faith.  By the end of the journey, some might have regarded Bruce Sweet as an angel sent to minister to those in need.  There is a very strong spiritual component to this story, one that reminds us that our biggest goals in life are often about much more than what is on the surface.  Here’s the story of Bruce and his hike of the full Appalachian Trail See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They are the cowboys of Hawaii and I visit with perhaps the biggest paniolo of all, Robby Hind, former livestock manager of the Parker Ranch, the largest ranch in Hawaii at over 200,000 acres.  We take a look at cattle that graze on the lava fields and learn the interesting history behind Mr. Parker, a kid who jumped ship and wound up creating an enterprise that thrives yet today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.