Joseph Crist
Romance
The Real Journey Begins
September 29th, 2011
It took them more than five months on the road to get here, but Joseph Crist and Laura Brunett made it intact to their wedding Sept. 24 at Lake Mead’s 33 Hole Overlook. After leaving their home in Canton, Mich., on April 15, they had walked most of a 2,500-mile route before physical ailments forced them to finish the journey in a Greyhound bus. Read more »
Destination Vegas
Hitchin’ a Ride
September 22nd, 2011
Last April, Laura Brunett and Joseph Crist decided to walk from Canton, Mich., to Las Vegas so they could get married Sept. 24 at Lake Mead. Seemed like a good idea at the time ... but The young couple’s shoe-leather journey stalled in Albuquerque, N.M., in July. Read more »
Tourism
Long Walk to the Altar: An Update
July 7th, 2011
Laura Brunett and Joseph Crist thought they had their entire 2,500-mile route mapped out when they began walking in mid-April from Canton, Mich., to Las Vegas for their Sept. 24 wedding at Lake Mead (Vegas Seven, May 5). It should come as no surprise that there have been some surprises along the way. Read more »
Journeys
A Very Long Walk to the Altar
May 5th, 2011
Tens of thousands of people get married in Clark County each year. Few, if any, will have gone to the lengths that Laura Brunett and Joseph Crist have when they tie the knot at Lake Mead this fall. The couple left their hometown of Canton, Mich., on April 15, beginning a 2,500-mile walk to Las Vegas that will culminate with their Sept. 24 wedding. Read more »
