Week 87: West of Parkland, Florida

Key West

The last part of my walk will take me through a section of the greater Miami area, a strip maybe 20 miles wide at the widest part but more than 50 miles long, with Miami near the south end and West Palm Beach in the North. In between are Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and more, and it appears to be one large uninterrupted metropolitan area.

To the west of this thin strip of populated area is the Everglades, all the way across the state, and this is where I find myself this week, near a place called Swamp Monster Airboat Tours, a couple of days away from Parkland, a suburb just west and south of Boca Raton. Once I enter Parkland and civilization, it is a straight south shot down city streets to Miami. When I get to those roads, I will be on the very last stretch of my trip.

Today, I passed 6.9 million steps, and the only question left - barring disaster, we have to add that disclaimer - is whether I will finish the remaining less-than-100,000 steps in ten days or nine. I'm betting on nine.