On this cold and dreary November day here's a story that is sure to warm your heart...

Fed up with the "daily media drumbeat... too focused on war, crime, poverty and assorted social ills," Oregon rancher Bill Inman "decided to show there's more to America than the doom-and-gloom on the nightly news."

So Inman set out on his horse and started riding east to see what he could see and discover the "hardworking, honest everyday people in America."

God love you Bill Inman!

Amid the din of bad news piercing our consciousness 24/7/365 it's all too easy to lose sight of the good in our country; to be swept up into the stream of negativity, and forget how lucky we are to be Americans.

Ride on Bill, into the heart and soul of America. Defy the naysayers and newsmongers who tell us America is no good. Reinforce what we already know, that which rarely gets focused on anymore: that we are a good people, a gentle people, a benevolent nation.

Get out there as Inman has, off the beaten track if you will, on horseback or foot or bike or whatever. And as soon as you slow down and look around and talk to people you begin to discover, or rather re-discover, how wonderful a place we live in and how good a people we are.

Let the nightly news blather on. Out where Inman rides, that's the real America.

Keep us posted Bill. We want to hear more of your journeys. Safe traveling my good man!