The Journey

My journey will begin on July 21st at the Riverfront Amphitheater in Pomeroy.  I’ll move north through the forested rolling hills in southern Ohio with planned stops at Lake Hope State Park and Lake Logan.  I’ll continue northward through Bremen and Thornville into my hometown Licking County, where I’ll take a day off to do some laundry, spoil Oscar the cat, and sleep in my own bed.  Back on the road, my first stop will be for breakfast and good cheer with the gang at Early Birds in St. Louisville.  I’ll continue into Knox County and the northern farmlands to my destination of  Lake Erie in Sandusky.  I’ll celebrate my victory with my favorite key lime ice cream at Toft’s.

I’ll walk about 15-20 miles a day, traveling around 200 miles and through 11 counties.  I plan to arrive at Lake Erie on August 2nd.

Visit the website often to check my progress and view photos and blog posts from along the route.  Your donations, comments and encouragement are all greatly appreciated.  Thanks so much for supporting me on my amazing journey!

9 months, 3 weeks ago 0

Day 13 – Monroeville to Sandusky

16.4 miles today 200.8 miles from coast to coast! I thought today would be very emotional and I would be teary-eyed for most of the day, but I could’t seem to get the smile off my face! I arrive early in the morning into Erie County, the final county on my journey About 7 miles [...]

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Day 12 Plymouth to Monroeville

Miles today: 17.6 Miles to date: 184.4 Off to a bit of a late start this morning due to some “technical difficulties” with the radio. First few miles were on a somewhat busy road that had a decent berm. 99% of the people I passed in cars have been careful to give me plenty of [...]

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Day 11 Ontario to Plymouth

Miles today: 15.9 Miles to date: 166.8 Big thanks to friends Gary & Julie Mummy for welcoming me into Ontario in style last night with a big banner and steak at Steve Dakota’s Steak House. Had a great time laughing and being silly! Spent the night in the Home Depot parking lot. Not my 1st [...]

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The end is near!

Planning to arrive at the Lake Erie shore, Lion’s Park on mid-afternoon Thursday. Anyone who wants to walk to the end can park at Toft’s Dairy and walk with me the final mile to the finish. We’ll head back over to Tofts for ice cream after arriving at the lake.

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Day 10 – Belleville to Ontario

Miles today: 14.4 Miles to date: 150.9 Absolutely gorgeous morning walking. Route 546 was continuous rolling hills with the views to match. Had a great time walking until we went through Lexington and the traffic picked up considerably. Early on, I had a wide berm to walk on, so it wasn’t a problem, but it [...]

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Day 9 – Mt. Vernon to Bellville

Miles today: 17.4 Miles to date: 136.5 Sorry I didn’t get this posted last night. Our campground did not have wifi and we were tired and not in the mood to drive around and look for it. Really enjoyed the sights in downtown Mt. Vernon this morning. Hills weren’t really as bad as I expected [...]

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Day 8 – Newark to Mt Vernon

Miles today: 18.1 Miles to date: 119.1 Had a great start to day 8. Met a group of friends and family and we walked 4 miles to Early Birds Breakfast. The gang at Early Birds did a great job as usual and I had a yummy blueberry pecan pancake. After breakfast, I headed up the [...]

10 months ago 0

Day 6 Thornport to Newark

16.6 miles today 101 total miles The last week seems surreal.  Did I really just walk through southern Ohio?  Interesting day today.  Started as soon as it was light enough to see since there were storms forecast for this afternoon.  Had some time on extremely busy roads today.  The cars themselves didn’t bother me so [...]

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Day 5 – Bremen to Thornport

Today’s miles = 16 Total miles = 84.4 Nice morning in spite of the fact that I was on busier roads than I am comfortable walking on.  Mostly corn and soybean fields today.  I had an incredible urge to pick and ear of corn and eat it as I was going down the road, but [...]

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Day 4 – Logan to Bremen

 Miles today: 15.4 Miles to date: 68.4 Started this morning out of Kachelmacher Park and through downtown Logan. It was a nice change to be in a populated area for a little while. Didn’t take long for us to head back out into the country. More beautiful countryside for us today almost all day long. [...]