I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more (and then another 1200 miles) just to be the man (and woman) who walk a thousand (really 2200) miles to fall down at your door. Da da da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da da dun diddle un diddle un diddle uh da

(Flashback to 1988 here)

We crossed the 500 mile mark (our 43rd day on the trail) in the Grayson Highlands. The highlands are known for their wild ponies, and today while walking through a downpour we got to meet some ponies.

As a recovering strategist, I can think of no better way to celebrate our first 500 miles than to create a chart… not the best chart I’ve created (bear with me though, I did this on my phone), but what you should be able to see is that we’re speeding up! On average we’ve walked a little under 12 miles per day now, and over the last two weeks we’ve actually been doing just over 16.2 miles per day. Included in these numbers are four zeros (days off) and a few special days (that Jess will explain in a later post). We’re speeding up!!

Here are a few glimpses of what I’ve seen recently.

Bye for now