Week 86: Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee

I am finally moving from the middle of the Florida peninsula toward the East Coast, and this week that takes me close to the south shore of Lake Okeechobee, the biggest lake in Florida by surface area, and the 10th largest in the United States, meaning fifth after the five Great Lakes. It is not as big as the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 3.5 times the surface area of Lake Tahoe. So pretty big.

The theme nowadays is that I am closing in on the finish line. Eighteen days left. That isn't many. It looks like I will arrive on June 15th, six days later than I once expected, but still ahead of my June 28th goal. That assumes that I will not get run down again - I am trying to stay positive.

I hit a couple of milestones this week: I passed the 600th day of my trip on Tuesday, and I passed 3,400 miles yesterday, meaning I have less than 100 miles left to go. Since May 17, my pace has been back up to over 10,000 steps each day, so there is no reason to think these last few weeks will not go according to schedule.