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 toes. we got no rain but starting in the notorious nebraska sand marshes we encountered clouds of mosquitoes like i have never seen. the whine Read more…
quite a light show all around and plenty of rain…. but we slipped through the cracks this time
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 in the first 6 hours. i skipped my break and ate lunch on the move. 26 is under my new goal of 26.2 or better 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 rain conjuring power. an hour in the rain arrived. i just got in the car. another day of walking with wet feet was a bad Read more…
located in the middle of nowhere these are used. to “wash out” livestock trailers between loads. users simply leave cash or a check. the honor system still works all across america.
It’s about 230 miles as the crow flies from Dorena Landing MO to The Rock… If we built a 10 mile tall tower here in Georgia, and the air was perfectly clear, and we had a telescope, we’d be able to see the start on the horizon. If you wanted to be able to see the finish from the start, that tower would be the last 10 miles of the route. This would add 10 Read more…
Here we are. Up on The Rock one last time. A half marathon on a Saturday evening. That’s what Richard Westbrook and Juliet Brundige have to do, to close out this year’s volstate. At some point for each volstater, the path forks. They either spiral downwards towards crashing and burning and calling the meat wagon…. Or their desire and effort creates enough momentum towards the rock that a finish becomes inevitable. The funny thing about Read more…
so here i sit in northwest nebraska waiting on another storm to pass over. this is the 5th time it has rained on me in this state. if i moved here it would turn into a tropical rain forest. i thought if i could get far enough west the chance of rain would be almost nil. i mean, everything is brown and parched. but i have brought more than rain. yesterday morning i heard this Read more…