04/01/24 – Day 280 – Mile 1901 All’s quiet on the Eastern front (of Lowndes). It’s also flat and bristling with pines. Having completed walking that side of our parish, I now turn toward the north. I’ll start by exploring the length of Radar Site Rd at Moody Air Force Base….which brings me to the Obi Wan title of this post. I’ve yet to find anyone who will sponsor my access onto base to walk their own Burma Rd., and all the others with storied names. And so, it’s time to cast a wider social media net to land that… Continue reading→
DON’T FORGET TO WRITE HOME Day 272 / 1874 miles. I’ve been AWOL for the recent weeks, eschewing my writing for an attempt at video posts from the outposts. I attempted the change cause Kin Folk said “Jed, move away from there. Said video Reels is the place ya aughtta be. So I loaded up m’words and moved to movieeees”. Actually, making reels of my walking tracks is far more complicated than posting a Tic-Tok. Who knew? Theres Google Earth plug-Ins, GPS and software compatibility, and copyright issues to list just a few of the challenges. So, I decided to… Continue reading→
A river runs through it.
01/13/24 – DAY 235 – MILE 1609 Today, I finished the northern East -to- West leg across the top of the county, crossing over the Withlacoochee and Little Rivers in the process. Peters, Cat, Beatty Mill, Franks, and Meeting House Branch Creeks were traversed as well. Tomorrow I’ll head South to the Withlacoochee River again where it crosses US 84 West (just the other side of Ousley) on my way thru Clyattville, to the Florida line. It looks like the Jumping Gulley Creek will be the last drain flow I’ll step over as I make my way back to the… Continue reading→
Life is a Highway
1/09/24 – Day 232 – 1587 miles I’ve missed you. I took the month of December off (Hey! Its Christmas dammit! Cut me some slack will ya). Actually, it feels good to be plodding the byways again, or to paraphrase Van Morrison “Hark now hear the walker’s cryWalk the street and feel the skyLet my soul and spirit flyInto the mystic”. A few of you (very few) may recall I’d taken a sabbatical from the quest back in the fall to mend some fences, which of course I never got roundto. Well those fences got mended during the break. Specifically,… Continue reading→