At the end of August I was near White Cloud, Iowa, which appears to be a spot on a road, not quite halfway from Omaha to Missouri. This weekend I will still be in Iowa, but the next week will get me to Missouri. The journey through Iowa is a short one, through the southwest corner.
For the first time since March, I averaged less than 12,000 steps per day for the month, although not a lot less. This comes despite several days in the 14,000-15,000 range, but I suppose I am backing off a little on my day-to-day distances. Still, I walked at least 10,000 steps every day, and my average for the month was 11,900 steps, so not completely slacking. I am up to 149 days in a row over 10,000 steps per day.
A couple of things should help me keep my steps up. First, I have been playing bridge, so far only once per week, but could get up to two times. Unless it is really hot, I walk to the clubhouse to play, which adds 7,000 steps to my day. Second, I have been walking with Joel on Fridays when we both are available, and we take a long morning walk. My bridge days and walk-with-Joel Fridays account for those 14,000 to 15,000-step efforts I mentioned.
I will hit 3,750,000 steps today, so another quarter-million steps in the books. My goal is to reach Miami on June 28 of next year, but I am five days ahead of schedule and getting further ahead by two to four days each month (remember, I used to be fifteen days behind.) For now, I feel good and see no reason to think I cannot make it to Miami as planned.
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