we are off to a good start today. peter lost his phone and has gone back to look for it. my phone loses about a % of charge a minute when it is on. not that it matters, as it no longer has any sound so i can’t tell if someone calls or not. at the moment i am sheltering under the porch of freddy’s steak burgers as it is coming a good rain. the 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 would have ended up without the help of lynette and theresa. these youngsters are just super talented with their phones. i am hoping for the 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 place) i have entrusted my route around boise to julie. i was verifying everything up till where i left the interstate today. but things are 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 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