This week, I am near Atlantic, Iowa, on the last Iowa trail segment, 70 miles from Nebraska. As I write I am just 1,000 steps short of 4,500,000 steps for the trip.
Pictures on Bing Images (screw Google) of Atlantic are mostly not very interesting, so I copied this picture of Atlantic resident Jerry Overton from his obituary in the local paper. Don't worry, Jerry was not a little kid when he died; he was 88. His obituary was not very remarkable - he like to read old books, play the piano, tend to his yard. Pretty tame.
I mentioned that to Jackie, and she challenged me to write my own obituary and see if it was any more interesting. Well, that's a tough one. My first thought is that I might want to talk about getting my bridge Life Master, tracking my walking for 10,000 miles, and visiting all 7 continents and all 50 states plus DC. Only problem is, I have not done any of that stuff yet. Better keep at it.
Walking is challenging now, because the weather is in the twenties at night and low thirties when we walk in the morning, but the days are getting longer, and it won't stay this cold forever.
Stay tuned for my obituary. I think I will give that a shot.
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