august 30 day 113 27 miles total 2,986 this morning’s big event? during the night my traitorous phone decided to switch to pacific time early, and made me an hour late. i still managed to cut the remaining distance to 364 miles. 26 miles a day for 2 weeks can Read more
august 29 day 112 28 miles total 2,959 i could kick myself for the late start today. despite a second day of relentless heat, i moved well. and finished strong. i could have made a run at 30. who knows what the legs will have in them tomorrow! an impending Read more
august 28 day 111 26 miles total 2,931 today was the hardest day of the journey so far. i admit i complained about the rain. but i don’t mind a little overcast! there was not a cloud all day. and that oregon sun cooked me. i admit i made some Read more
august 27 day 110 27 miles total 2,905 surprise it came a big rain almost as soon as i started. surprise peter lost his phone. surprise we finally figured out it was in the car by calling it. surprise the battery died before we found it. surprise my shortcut ran Read more
august 26 day 109 27 miles total 2,878 i think my detour around boise has been a success. there is still a little uncertainty about tomorrow morning, as me and peter have to figure out the rest of the route back to 20 on our own… no telling where we Read more
august 25 day 108 27 miles total 2,851 yesterday was my last dirt road (i hope!) today the last interstate (i hope) i am about 8 miles south of boise circling around to hit caldwell idaho west of boise tomorrow and oregon the next day (if oregon is a real Read more
august 24 day 107 26 miles total 2,824 today was another difficult day. lots of long, steep hills and a lot of rough gravel roads. but i cut off at least 12 miles got to walk thru even more cool rock formations, and, after a stint on yet another oregon Read more
august 23 day 106 27 miles total 2,798 tomorrow i will reach 2800 miles. then i will have really done something and maybe people will consider this a serious attempt. today saw a relief from the traffic of 20 as we took a “shortcut “ on back roads, following the Read more