article_snippet: Keeping up a quick pace to the finish line, Curtis Penix didn't look like someone who had walked nearly 240 miles in the footsteps of frontiersman Daniel Boone, an arduous trip through the Appalachian terrain that was inspired by Curtis Penix own family's pioneering roots in the Kentucky wilderness.
article_snippet: Traveler: Curtis Penix smiles as Curtis Penix arrives at the site of the original Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky on Thursday March 26, 2015 .
article_snippet: Curtis Penix started Curtis Penix journey on March 10 near Kingsport, Tennessee — the same place where Boone's group left in March 1775.
article_snippet: Curtis Penix followed the famous frontiersman's route into Virginia and through Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
article_snippet: After five days of traveling alone, Curtis Penix was joined by walking companion Givan Fox, 42, near the Virginia-Kentucky border.
article_snippet: Curtis Penix trip was inspired by Curtis Penix fifth-great grandfather, Joshua Penix, who followed Boone Trace on Curtis Penix way to Fort Boonesborough. '
article_snippet: This is where Grandpa Joshua came in 1779,' Curtis Penix said. '
article_snippet: Among those welcoming Penix and Givan Fox on their arrival was Donna Jones, who said some of Curtis Penix ancestors were among the settlers at Fort Boonesborough.
article_snippet: Donna Jones, who said some of her ancestors were among the settlers at Fort Boonesborough names are among those etched on a monument honoring the pioneers. '
article_snippet: Penix, left and Jones walking partner Givan Fox walk Kentucky State Road 388 following the Boone Trace near Fort Boonesborough on Thursday.
article_snippet: Curtis' 5th great grandfather, Joshua Penix, was one of Daniel Boone's men who walked to Fort Boonesborough in 1775 and helped blaze a trail from Cumberland Gap to the fort .
article_snippet: Penix planned to visit Boone's grave in Kentucky's capital city of Frankfort and then return home to Monroe, Michigan.
article_snippet: Donna Jones, left, congratulates Penix as Donna Jones arrives at the original site of Fort Boonesborough on Thursday .
highlights_snippet: Curtis Penix, 46, walked nearly 240 miles in the footsteps of frontiersman Daniel Boone in an arduous trip through Appalachian terrain .
  
highlights_snippet: him trip was inspired by him fifth-great grandfather, Joshua Penix, who followed Boone Trace on him way to Fort Boonesborough .