El Caminante Que Encontró Su Comunidad
English translation: The Traveller Who Found His Community
2025 Mountain Workshop Story

Brothers Andrew Darr, left, and his brother Anthony Darr, right, climb the waterfall steps of North Shore River Front Park in North Shore on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (Esteban Marenco/Post-Gazette)

The Eagle with friends of the river front bikes up the OpenStreetsPGH course in the Hill District on Saturday, June 29, 2024. OpenStreetsPGH is an event organized by Bike Pittsburgh where roads throughout the city are temporarily closed, inviting people to bike and skate through the city of Pittsburgh (Esteban Marenco/Post-Gazette)

Street performer Mordecai Epstein plays his Violin on the portal bridge in Point State Park in Downtown on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Esteban Marenco/Post-Gazette)

Archie Howard of Garfield boards a PRT bus headed home in Downtown on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Esteban Marenco/Post-Gazette)

El Caminanted Mexican Restaurant is seen during its peak dinner hours in Maysville, Ky., on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

Rudy Organizes paychecks for his workers before payday in Maysville, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

Owner Rodolfo “Rudy” Lopez speaks with regular customer Ryan Swolsky as he picks up food from El Caminante in Maysville, Ky., on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Swolsky thanked Lopez for donating a day’s profits to help Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Johnson pay medical bills for his 6-year-old daughter, who is being treated for a brain tumor.

Abisai “Abi” Ignacio, left, reaches for a chip while eating dinner with his family inside their restaurant, El Caminante, in Maysville, Ky., on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Ignacio is the son of owner Rodolfo “Rudy” Lopez.

While tending to his El Caminante restaurant located in Flemingsburg, Ky., owner Rodolfo “Rudy” Lopez takes a break to have lunch with the women in his life at his brothers home on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

After a day of work, Rudy unwinds at his ranch by feeding his cows in Maysville, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

Rudy mounts his ATV while working on his ranch in Maysville, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

While leaving his ranch, Rudy leaves his shrine of Jesus Christ lit for the night in Maysville, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. The shrine is representative of the important role that Rudy's strong Catholic faith and religion play in his life.