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→

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→

11/16/23 / Day 225 / Mile 1533 To be more accurate, I’m Back in the HOKA’s again. After a short sabbatical to mend a fence, (which I never did) I decided to stop the lollygagging and get back out there. As dad used to say, “Those roads aren’t gonna walk themselves ya know”. (He never said that). To be more accurate, it was the Wif who twisted my ear and sent me back out on the trail. (I get the feeling she doesn’t like my retirement as much as I do). Welp, it feels good to be upright and singing… Continue reading→

Day 218 / 1492 Miles Today I reached another waypoint in my journey (one even Christopher Columbus would take note of) which is that, save for one ellipsoid portion in the heart of the city, I will have completed walking all (and more than) I had initially set out to do. As mentioned, this quest was/is a consolation adventure to take the place of my life held desire to walk from Katahdin Maine -to- Springer Georgia on the Appalachian Trail. As you can see, I’ve fallen waaay short of matching that ~2200 mile trek. Therefore, I’ve selected a dozen rural… Continue reading→