Week 78: Cross City, Florida

Cape Canaveral

Even Florida, which is slightly smaller than Washington State but with three times the population, mostly consists of small towns and areas between small towns. Cross City, Florida has a population of less than 2,500, and the route we are taking goes through the middle of the state, away from the big population centers on the two coasts, until we get very close to Miami.

We are in countdown mode now. This is week 78, and I should be done by week 88, in 68 days in fact, if all goes according to schedule.

Not everything went according to schedule this week, as I slept poorly Thursday night and woke up tired and out of sorts Friday and only walked 4,000 steps. I was still tired Saturday and came up short, then had a thing to do Sunday night and missed again. I have always known that this sort of thing could happen - illness or injury or other activities - but thanks to Covid isolation and good fortune, my walking has not been interrupted much.

Today, Monday, I will get over 10,000 steps again.

Despite the last few days, for the month of March I averaged over 11,600 steps per day. In any good week, I can get an extra 10,000 steps or so in by walking to bridge plus walking with Joel, so that makes up for an occasional bad day if needed. Also the weather is slowly getting warmer, and Arlo and I can take longer walks more often.

10 weeks to go, 68 days, 750,000 steps, 375 miles. Keep pushing, let's get this done.