Trucker plans trek across country to end pandemic emergency declarations, government overreachemergency overreach
Delta City welcomed another cross-country journeyman to town last week.
This stranger said his cause was something at the very heart of American life—freedom.
Trucker by trade Ron “Grey Wolf” Coleman—Grey Wolf is what he uses over his CB radio—started his walk across America in Carson City, Nev., on July 2. He aims to end his trek on the steps of the nation’s capitol in November.
As of Friday, he had already walked 265 miles.
Coleman hopes to use the journey to collect letters and stories from people he meets along the way. His ultimate goal is “to end the state of emergency enacted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and demand passing of legislation to limit powers and declarations,” and “expose politicians who misused” authorities granted under the emergency declaration for their own political ends.
Coleman’s tipping point, he said, were mandates enacted at the federal level during the pandemic’s outbreak.
Simply put, Coleman wishes to give American citizens their full First Amendment rights back by reducing government overreach on personal choices.
It’s not the first time the 62-year-old Air Force veteran has made his way across the United States.
In February, he joined The People’s Convoy in his semi, meeting with legislators and politicians on arrival in Washington, D.C., including Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson.
Despite rubbing shoulders with Republican Party members, Coleman says his mission this time is nonpartisan.
“When I came up with the idea for this walk, I was going to turn it into a real life Forrest Gump event,” he said. “And bringing people out from yelling at the TV set where they’re so upset… it’s time for them to go to the front door and then yell.”
Coleman wants people to “come out and be heard.” He has been collecting letters from all walks of life, carries them in a replica Pony Express satchel, and when the satchel gets full, transfers them to burlap sacks, which he will deposit at the Capitol Building.
“It does not matter what color their skin is. It does not matter what sexual orientation. None of that matters; we’re all Americans, and we’re not as divided as they (mainstream media) say we are,” Coleman said.
He simply wants to act as a voice for the “silent majority” of Americans, acting as a self-described tip of the spear.
“Counting every step isn’t the goal,” Coleman said of his walk. “It’s the people I meet.”
But since he started, people have been few and far between in the Great Basin. But he hasn’t been alone; he’s joined via internet by a team of supporters, as well as a few drivers. He sleeps in a 1967 Beachy trailer and livestreams his walk or dashes out updates when resting.
Coleman came to the conclusion while crossing a hill, and seeing the quiet, empty stretch of desert ahead of him, that he’d “trade up on empty miles”—meaning he’d ride in a vehicle until reaching civilization again, then walk through towns and cities, meeting citizens and hearing their voices along the way.
“My message is to gather people,” Coleman said. “And to talk to Americans. This is an American issue, not a political issue. I represent and take voices.”
He recently gathered some Delta residents to walk with him on Saturday morning before departing for his next stop in northern Utah.
Coleman invites those interested in learning more about his cause to visit his website, www.greywolfwalk.com.
