It took us 10 hours and 15 minutes to drive the vol state course today. The screwed runners meet at the finish line, leave their cars, and we load into buses and vans for the long haul across the state to Union City and The Last Supper. We stop for a couple pee breaks, and lunch catered at The Bench of Despair. 300 miles is just a really, really long way… “Ditch” as we’re calling Read more…
i have been walking on ground pavement for the last 4 hours with no end in sight. apparently they intended to repave us 20 and lost interest halfway through. more foot torture. but at least there *is* a shoulder! laz
2018 Tracking Sheet It’s also linked to the front page at vacationwithoutacar.com Stripped down version of Tracking Sheet for cellphones
july 11 day 63 31 miles (in honor of the vol staters) total 1,655 respect the hills of west iowa. having moved past glacier-dozed central iowa i found some sweet hills in the west finishing with the windblown loess hills. loess is a fine silty soil and very rich. where it blew in from no one seems to know. so why not blame canada? after all it is their granite stones i saw cluttering up Read more…
at 10:20:03 i set foot on solid ground in nebraska. 1,650 miles after wetting my feet in the atlantic in newport rhode island. i wonder what new adventures are in store for me here? laz
Isn’t it amazing, the crops and the creatures seem to “just know” when the time is right to start their next task. Things start slowly at first… The butterflies all migrate within days of each other….in a given area the cherry blossoms might all bloom on the same day! From the outside looking in, it’s a wonder that these happenings seem so coordinated. Well, to most people in rural Tennessee, along the vol state course, Read more…
july 10 day 62 30 miles total 1,624 i knew this was going to be a warm one when it was still over 90 f at 2200 hours. nonetheless i was looking forward to the night, expecting nothing but good roads, and that is just what i got. my own lane thru construction for 8 miles then 8 or 10 more with a real shoulder before finishing the day with my own lane again. road Read more…
july 9 day 61 27 miles total 1,594 the night sky over iowa just keeps getting better as the moon dwindles and comes up later each night. we got neck strain from gawking and counting falling stars. ed gave bridgett a constellation exam (which i would have failed) but i was the only one who knew the brachiosaurus and the coelacanth! iowa had a sweet surprise waiting after the first 5 miles. if we did Read more…