THOMAS MARTIN SMITH - writer & photographer

 
IN THE LONG RUN - A Hopeful World Odyssey
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Welcome aboard the mighty Melawend!

Here she is - the awesome motorscooter that carried me and too much gear around our revered yet abused Earth.

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Here she is on the last leg of the journey - the home run across America.

Melawend
a 1985 Honda Elite 250

And here she is just after returning from the "trial run" to Halifax.

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Parked beside the Niagara River near
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
(my hometown)

 

This is the wooden platform I made to carry most of the gear.

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Map of the route

START:   Fort Erie, Ontario Canada - May 10, 1986
END:  return to Fort Erie - July 2, 1988

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