The Today Show, June 24, 1956. June Meyer tells David Garroway that she is looking forward to “the adventure of a lifetime” as she and her friend Teri Foster leave New York City on a pair of three-speed Schwinns. Neither has any bicycle touring experience, but they want to get to California and see as much of the country as possible along the way. Ninety days later, their adventure concludes in Los Angeles.

Grandin n'est pas un marcheur vulgaire, chacun sait ça. Dire de lui qu'il est un marcheur scientifique ne serait point exagérer. Grandin, en effet, est un émule actif - oh! très actif! - d'Élisée Reclus. Outre ses aptitudes peu communes à la marche, Grandin professe, en effet, un goût très vif pour le dessin géographique, et il excelle à dresser lui-même les cartes de ses très intéressants voyages.

In 1986, about 1200 of us left Los Angeles to begin a nine-month march for disarmament--our destination Washington DC. PRO-Peace, a group formed by David Mixner, had planned the march, but expected 5,000 people to show.