Day 45: Crossing into Indiana
In the morning a cop pulled into the church parking lot by our tents. As usual, we explained our story and he was friendly to us. We set...
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jamesandsam617
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Day 44: feeling fresh
Still feeling refreshed from our stay in Columbus, getting out of the tents was not much of a hassle today. I (Sam) left slightly before...
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jamesandsam617
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Day 43: Our Favorite Animal
We set out at 10:30am after Sam bought a $9 pair of sneakers from Walmart in hopes to alleviate his blistering problem. We walked the...
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jamesandsam617
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Day 42: acts of kindness
In the morning, we woke up to a cop outside our tents. He had received a call about people sleeping in the park. As usual, we explained...
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Aug 3, 20221 min read
Day 41: finally leaving
Today we finally left Columbus. While this seemed bleak at first after lounging around until around 2pm, we eventually got our strollers...
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jamesandsam617
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Day’s 38-40: Our Time in Columbus
On Day 38, my (James) girlfriend Claudia (who also runs the blog) drove down to Columbus with Ethan and Isabelle (her brother and sister)...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Day 37: Welcomed by the Bull family with a Bullhorn 📢
We woke up under the shade of a canopy next to the church we slept by last night. After talking to a man who was mowing the lawn, we were...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Day 36: happy Friday
My apologies for the delayed blog posts. If I can walk 25 miles during a hot day I should be able to write a 5 minute recap while cozily...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Day 35: 3500 Calories of Denny’s
After over 17 hours on the road yesterday, we slept in until 10:30am. We made it to Denny’s a mile down the road around noon. We couldn’t...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Day 34: Our Longest Day Yet
Today we spent a total of 17 hours on the road, likely our most yet. We started our day off with a nice country breakfast at a diner...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 23, 20221 min read
Day 33: Hillside Views
We were both tired in the morning after a long day of walking yesterday. I (James) headed out around 9:40, and Sam left about 50 minutes...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 23, 20221 min read
Day 32: border into Ohio
After an impromptu rest day at the church, we were once again on our way. We finally got out of Pennsylvania and into West Virginia,...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 23, 20221 min read
Day 31: Missing Goat
After a sleepless night in the violent thunderstorm, I (James) got out of my tent around 8:00am and let Chop out of his cage. We went up...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Day 30: Meet Chop, a New Member of Our Crew :)
We left the wonderful Gordon home after taking our last showers in the morning. Shadley left us with some snacks to take along with us,...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 21, 20221 min read
Day 29: a nice day in PA
In the morning, we came downstairs to find a nice breakfast that Shadley had left for us. We then headed to the country club - Bobby had...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 21, 20221 min read
Day 28: Staying with the Gordon’s
Today was our last morning in Pittsburgh. We ended up leaving a little after 2, having said our goodbyes to Fionn and Kalan. It was...
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jamesandsam617
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Day 23-27: 5 days staying with Fionn and seeing James’ dad in Pittsburgh
It was a short 10 mile day to get to Pittsburgh, where we stayed with our dear friend Fionn and his friend Kalan. We ended up spending 5...
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