article_snippet: and I decided to stop in at a motel and dry off and warm up,' his said. '
article_snippet: just like Grandpa Joshua did.
article_snippet: Sleeping under the stars, fording the rivers, carrying all my own food.'
article_snippet: his attitude changed after a park ranger told his the pioneers stopped at settlements for food, warm places to sleep and to resupply before reaching the Kentucky wilderness.
article_snippet: After that, his said, his accepted the generosity from people offering meals and places to sleep, including carports and garages.
article_snippet: When a large truck would come by, we had this little technique where we would lean (on a large truck walking sticks) into the ditch and away from the road, just long enough for a large truck to go by, and then we'd pop back out on the road,' Penix said.