The Great American Journey

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Tuesday/Wednesday - July 29/30, 2008
Day 146/147 0.0 miles
Total Maine miles - 174.2 Walking Days - 70
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1179.6
Well, Tuesday was a real wipe-out for me. I woke up with a pain
in […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Monday - July 28,  2008  Day 145   31.1 miles
Total Maine miles - 174.2     Walking Days - 70
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1179.6
Today was a great day, though not as much mileage as Saturday.
However, I’m thinking that is probably a one time thing, so lest
you expect to see 35 miles […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Sunday - July 27,  2008  Day 144   0.0 miles
Total Maine miles - 143.1     Walking Days - 69
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1148.5
A day of rest for us. Well, rest from walking anyway.  It really is
mostly a restful day. Sunday morning church is always special,
and today was no exception. We […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Saturday - July 26,  2008     Day 143   35.0 miles
Total Maine miles - 143.1     Walking Days - 69
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1148.5
No, that number is not a mistake - it really is 35 miles that I
walked in one day! Please note that Connee also broke her
record today by walking […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Friday - July 25, 2008 Day 142 28.0 miles
Total Maine miles - 108.1 Walking Days - 68
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1113.5
Well, maybe it’s getting to be “Old hat,” but I did it again -
broke my record, as you […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Thursday - July 24, 2008 Day 141 27.1 miles
Total Maine miles - 80.1 Walking Days - 67
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1085.5
Well, I did it again - broke another of my records.
Connee started with me, and did four segments totaling […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Wednesday - July 23,  2008    Day 140   0.0 miles
Total Maine miles - 53.0 Walking Days - 66
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1056.4
Moving day - a time to rest from walking, but much else to be
done. Of course much of our day was spent traveling from
Madawaska to Sherman, ME, though […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Tuesday - July 22,  2008 Day 139   26.3 miles
Total Maine miles - 53.0 Walking Days - 66
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1056.4
Today was pretty fun, though tiring. Connee and I both started
walking, and Connee stayed with me for three segments. We
started out with a climb, but it wasn’t steep […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Monday - July 21,  2008  Day 138   26.2 miles
Total Maine miles - 26.7 Walking Days - 65
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1030.1
Another record day for me. By the way, yesterday was my
record lowest mileage day. But today was my record highest day
for this walk. Today I walked a marathon!
Connee […]

GAP WALK JOURNALS - V
Sunday - July 20,  2008  Day 137   0.5 miles
Total Maine miles - 0.5  Walking Days - 64
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6   Cumulative miles 1003.9
This morning we all got to sleep in a little bit, but not a lot. We
had breakfast in our room, then got ready for church. Russ and
Connee had […]