Wabash, Nebraska

A windmill and tree near Wabash, Nebraska

Wabash, Nebraska is a named place, but it would be an exaggeration to call it a town. It is a place where two roads cross - Alvo Rd. and 322nd St. It looks like there are between 10 and 15 houses there. Agricultural fields surround the small area of lawns and houses.

These are some other street names at Wabash:

Olive St.
Pearl St.
North St.
Pauline St.

In fact, those are all of the streets at Wabash. It's a small place. The name Wabash, by the way, was bestowed on the area by settlers from Indiana, home of the Wabash River.

I find it is not so easy to average 10,000 steps a day when I count every day, if on some of those days I am driving to a bridge tournament or playing in one. Here is why: when I play bridge, I sit a lot, so I walk less than 10,000 steps. Trouble is, it can be a lot less, like I take maybe 4,000 steps some days. Do that for a few days, and suddenly I am 20,000 steps behind, and while it is easy to walk far fewer than 10,000 steps in a day, it is not so easy to walk a lot more. Some days I walk about 12,000 steps, but not often much more. It is difficult to catch up.

All of that is an explanation why, in March, when I have no tournaments all month, I am suddenly having a much easier time getting my steps in. Through 14 days, I am about 10,000 steps ahead of the 10,000 per day pace, on pace to walk farther than any month last year. (Best month last year was March, probably because there were no tournaments then, either.)

The weather is a bit nicer too. Still, could be better.

We are about two-thirds along the first Nebraska trail segment, walking between Omaha and Lincoln, the two largest towns in Nebraska. By this time next week, I should make it to Lincoln.