Day Twelve of Journey For Freedom, October 26th, 2012

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Day 12 was hot!
So as you see we adjusted my schedule again, I am going for 7 miles each day now and 3 miles on November 1st.

First I made calls to local branches of Amnesty International, League of Woman Voters, ACLU, and Center for Non-Violence and sent info via the Spokane staff.

Jenny, my dear friend from Spokane who recently moved away joined the Journey yesterday. I was so excited! So great to see her and have her enthusiastic help with this trek. After gathering her up from her brother's home, in La Mesa, and a short visit with her sister in-law, we headed to the KPBS station to invite the local public TV to cover the Journey. They gave me a newsroom phone number and the friendly woman who answered asked me to send our info by email.
Then we contacted the KCR SDSU campus radio and sent them info also. The kids have been sending the media releases and we have heard from the local FOX channel by email, asking when I'll be at the courthouse.

I will be walking from Center City Escondido down south to the courthouse starting today, the forecast is 92 degrees.

Across from #25, about 20 yards away

If it's not too hot I'll add some miles to the day. Yesterday it occurred to me, I've never been out to the little town at which the D.A. claims there was a terrible crime--so I decided to go there.

Ha!! I found it!

These photos show the crowded trailer park at Live Oaks Springs. The prosecutor had told the jurors that the trailer was isolated and that no one else was nearby. That was his reasoning as to why there were no eyewitnesses to testify for his case of a crime he alleges occurred  June 26th, 1988.

These trailers have been here since 1969

Cabins

Not only were there 30 trailers, as the owner of the property testified, but these cabins for rent, a gas station/store, a restaurant, and an adjacent community were just a stone throw away.

Store/Gas

Restaurant

As we drove through these trailers and the neighborhood side by side I felt only validation and courage for Kerry's exoneration.

Look at the close neighbors...

#25 is on the left, # 26 to the right,
another home is directly behind #25

It was a satisfying feeling to have personally exposed another on the list of false evidences the prosecutor drilled into the jurors minds. Although a crowded trailer park alone does not exonerate Kerry, it is exculpatory to the extent there was plenty of opportunity for witnesses and help, if there had even been a crime.

Neighborhood of multiple streets
 next door to trailer park

Why lie about the neighbors?













My childhood friend, Joan, who is joining the trek, is down with a cold today. So Jenny and I will move over to her brother's for tonight and stay with Joan when she's feeling better.
A speedy recovery to Joan and Jessie!

Schedule Revision

Jenny is joining the walk full-time today, and the path of the Journey for Freedom has been altered because of hot weather. Victoria will check in this evening and let us know what happened today.








-October 26th: Mystery Day (Victoria will check in later)

-October 27th: Carmel Mountain through Old Town

-October 28th: Carmel Mountain through Old Town

-October 29th: Carmel Mountain through Old Town

-October 30th: Carmel Mountain through Old Town

-October 31st: Carmel Mountain through Old Town

-November 1st: From Old Town to Courthouse

Day Eleven of Journey For Freedom, October 25, 2012

I'm really tired this eve... it's 11:20 pm, everyone's asleep. I'm staying at my brother's house tonight, with his lovely wife Monica and two sweet daughters, Olivia and Jessica. 

Finally~ downhill!!

I got to climb a tree!

I spent four hours walking Dana Point for day 11 : as you can see it was a beautiful day! I walked most of the time, but I have to confess I sat on the beach for a while watching the glistening waves make their familiar sound across the shore. Kerry hasn't been to a beach in 20 years. She would have loved to hear the gulls, pelicans and seals singing.

My constant companion (:

There were many laid back surfers, fishermen, sunbathers, and bikers.

Not a poser; I did ask permission before
taking this photo ;)

Posers (:

Pirates play here

This lady was creating a Halloween dead bride for their upcoming fright night.

The rest of the photos kinda speak for themselves (:
 
I heard song lyrics that struck me today on the drive to Todd's home this evening:
"Are you part of the cure, or part of the disease...?"
Please add your voice to the cure;
Let's stop the killing.
Replace the Death Penalty with Life.
 
Please pray for the 3,220 residents of Rows and for Kerry to continue to have strength & hope. Peace to the Rows.
 
Peace to all of you ~
Namaste,
Victoria  

Architecture on the foot path
bridge

The bridge to walk over the
highway

Walkway leading to the pathway
bridge

Another hill I made it to the top of

I went up this road too...

Monarch Butterflies and local hawk

The end of the Point

Another Point to cross

Looking over a rocky edge

Looks like a strait path

Can you find Victoria in this picture?

Close housing & lots of cement

Looking at the point from shore; you can see
 from this vantage point that once you climb
to the end of one path, another is available

"My Sister's Smile"

Introducing an amazingly beautiful song composed by Pam Larratt, inspired by Kerry Lyn's story, CAGES, and Victoria's Journey For Freedom.

Click here to listen:


 http://at7c.com/PamLarratt/SistersSmile.mp3