Three years ago last month, Steve Wescott and his sidekick Leeroy Brown – an 8-year-old goat he got for $100 on Craigslist – started a cross-country trek from Seattle to New York City as a way to raise money for an orphanage in Nairobi. But like many such pilgrimages, this one has taken on a life of its own. WFYI caught up with them Monday afternoon along 16th Street in Indianapolis.
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