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 trail bypass found myself walking the main oregon trail. while i walked that most famous of trails i thought back over the array of historic Read more…
so we are on a remote dirt road short cutting thru back country. two blm fire trucks have passed us (the only vehicles all day) and we just heard a helicopter make a run on the other side of the hill… same direction the fire trucks went. i am thinking this is close enough. laz (stilll moving west) Sent from my magic phone
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 goodale cutoff of the oregon trail. now, idaho has been spectacular so far. i hope i told you about the big hole mountains, fields of Read more…
august 22 day 105 27 miles total 2,771 the first 21 miles today were brutal. after a long uphill mile from the start i hit new pavement. new pavement in idaho consisted of tar with gravel spread over it. old pavement, with the gravel mashed in is smooth and wonderful. new pavement i discovered is bumpy and rough. in addition they had not seen the need to add new shoulders and the old one was Read more…
august 21 day 104 27 miles total 2,744 today did not start well. i awoke late due to a magic phone that had decided to stop making sounds. last night i had looked at the soles of my shoes to find the heels had worn thru the hard rubber , and the underneath rubber had melted away like butter. time for new shoes. then i discovered my new shoes; same brand same model ; had Read more…
august 19 day 102 27 miles (or 28) total 2,690 this had to be one of the smoothest days of the journey. of course i am now walking towards 4 wildfires. 2 south of my route and 2 north. so there was a lot of smoke…. i think i am getting used to it. i reached craters of the moon national park at the end of the day, altho i have been seeing lava fields Read more…
august 18 day 101 26 miles total 2,663 same old same old. hour drive in means an hour drive out. valuable time slipping away while i am trying desperately to reach newport before september 14. and time is distance. none the less the morning started well. i was moving right along when i found my crew vehicle sitting on the side of the road…. transmission dead. this is the lazcon after all. lucky for me Read more…
if i had known i would be this slow i would never have started. i had done the calculations and there was no way to get enough crews to creep across north america at less than 2.5 miles an hour. however, when my legs lost all their life, i was already committed. i resolved to continue giving everything i had until the crews ran out. by the time i reached nebraska, i was stunned by Read more…