Grand Rapids - Chicago - Milwaukee

Yesterday I was hanging out in Grand Rapids, then stayed the night at a friend's parents' house in Indiana, went to Chicago for a few hours and ended up in Milwaukee hanging out. I walked a couple miles in Chicago and then 5 in Milwaukee... not bad for having a 30 pound pack on.
Today I met a couple interesting people...
Joey was on the same train as me from Indiana to Chicago. He's from Puerto Rico and, when I mentioned the Dominican Republic, got excited about how they're just an island away.
Bill went to the Brewers game with me tonight. He was a police officer in DC in the 60s when riots started being all the rage.
Homeless dude spends his summers in Texas. He thought it was amazing that you could get an amtrak pass for 30 days for just $350 and informed me that he was going to start saving up right away.
I have met a lot of interesting people on my journey, and can't even tell you how many times a day I explain what I'm doing. But everyone seems to think that it is one of the coolest things they have heard of in a while.
I think, just maybe, I'm the coolest thing since sliced bread.