Monday, December 14, 2009. We stayed the night on the west side of the valley so we didn’t have to basically DRIVE it too as we would have been crossing it that morning to get back to our starting point. The blisters were really improving, even after going over 11 miles on Day 3. I [...]
These old shoes helped me finish the walk Day’s 3-4… and yes, I walked with them just liked that. Day 3 (December 13, 2009) begins and I am feeling good that I made it. We’ve decided to take it slow and see how far I can go. Both Dave and Chrystyna are encouraging in that [...]
As Day 2 came to an end, we had covered just under 30 miles. Six miles into this second day, I really started to struggle with the blisters on my feet. I didn’t look at them, but I could tell they were getting worse because I couldn’t walk right. I kept thinking about how embarrased [...]
Day 2 began where we left off in Old Town Scottsdale, Patties Bar and Grill. CJ, the owner, had coffee ready for us. The morning was a bit cloudy. I was moving a little slow and was concerned as Day 1 had ended with my feet developing some major blistering. I doubled up on the [...]
December 11th had finally arrived and we were actually going to do this thing. I had gone to bed with some real anxiety. What if something happened? The day before a co-worker asked if we were walking through a particular section of town I asked why? He said that it was pretty dangerous. I had [...]
Preface: Before writing about Day 1, I thought it relevant to note the training and preparation taken or lack thereof before we began the walk. There really wasn’t any training. Yet, just how tough could walking across a fairly flat valley turn out to be? Well, in one way it isn’t. But it is amazing [...]
From the beginning, I thought of the crossing of the valley as an east to west walk. I suppose this was a result of the talks with Steve Garufi we always discussed the walk in those directions. Of course, he had crossed it from west to east on his bike ride across America. Ironically, it [...]
