68-year-old MS patient plans 3,300-mile tricycle trip in May!

Merle Knotts, an MS patient, is pedaling 3,300 miles on a tricycle from Marietta, Georgia to Oak Harbor, Washington to attend his 50-year high school class reunion. He is soliciting tax deductible donations to the Georgia Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for the fight against Multiple Sclerosis and hopes to raise at least $5 per mile between now and the end of the trip.

http://www.merlesmilesforms.com

I'm posting this because Merle Knotts is an old long-distance friend and co-worker of mine. I didn't know until reading this that he has MS. His variety of multiple sclerosis has mostly caused sensory impairment and he is fortunate in having only a few months of motor impairment since his diagnosis in 1980. But you can read more about him at the site. What you won't read is that Merle is a terrific person and not just because he has two rebuilt electron microscopes in his basement and he wrote a complete data processing language for the typesetting industry that's still in use. This from a guy who started out as a music teacher and got into computers when he tried to program a series of synchronized Commodore64s to play complex musical arrangements. BTW, he's also a fellow liberal.

So give him a donation if you like or just leave a note of encouragement.

thanks for posting this, and I'll be keeping track of Merle's trip:)

And a call for folks to put them up overnight along the route.

I would myself but I don't want to be too much of a spammer. ;-)

Because of his age, his disease, and his dedication to good causes -- he sounds like a wonderful human.

Thank you for the link!

What a shame, but the best of luck to him!:kick:

I wish him well.

which speaks to his expertise. Joe had no idea about his MS diagnosis, but this is a pretty remarkable story. Thanks for the K&R.:-)

I'm at the end of his route, but I hope people can help him out along the way. :thumbsup:

Once he starts on his adventure, you might notify your local media. I don't know how much press coverage there will be otherwise. :hi:

:thumbsup: I wish Merle well. Thanks for posting this.

K&R!:hi:

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