july 28 day 80 28 miles total 2,086 back in rushville they told me the farmers might pay me to come back if i brought so much rain. by chandler they were ready to pay me to leave. the ground was saturated plowed fields were washing away dirt roads had Read more…
july 27 day 79 27 miles total 2,058 it is nebraska. so it was raining when i got up. but it stopped by the time i was ready! things started out well for me. but poor harold was stuck driving a short distance behind me until daylight. i had smiled Read more…
july 26 day 78 27 miles total 2,031 it will go down as a narrow win over the “marathon” a day average i am now striving to beat. it felt like a miraculous salvation of a day that teetered on the brink of disaster. it started out as just another Read more…
july 25 day 77 22 miles total 2,004 the mileage was disappointing. but we spent 5 hours huddled in the car during the most impressive electrical storm i have ever watched. staying in the car was not a matter of not getting wet. it was about survival. everything in nebraska Read more…
july 24 day 76 24 miles total 1,982 typical nebraska. we left the room under clear skies. an hour later we hit the road with thunderstorms raging all around. miraculously i got one raindrop all night but it wasn’t for lack of visible plumes of rain keeping us on our Read more…
july 23 day 75 27 miles total 1,958 my hopes for the day were not too high. an hour each way to lodging left me with only 12 hours to walk. at the pace i have been going i would only get 24 miles. i was encouraged to get 13 Read more…
july 22 day 74 20 miles total 1,931 as soon as i started i knew there was trouble. not a star was visible but there was lightning dead ahead. after victor congratulated me for finally reaching the drought stricken west i hadn’t even looked at the weather. i underestimated my Read more…
july 21 day 73 28 miles total 1,911 miles i had a sneaking suspicion that 1900 wasn’t the magic number. 2000 is too obvious. if i can reach 2000 this will be a legitimate attempt. 1900 is nice. but, if you have not done 2000 you have not done anything. Read more…