Earthwalk Day 860 (31 May 2024), 8522 km

Cutting northwest across northeastern Oregon. I’m now just south of Hutchinson, which just barely exists: The Hutchinson post office opened in 1900 and closed in 1902. There’s nothing but farms visible there in Google Maps satellite view.

In May my average steps per day was a little above that in May 2022 and 2023, though lower than February through April of this year. But that’s in part because of four bike rides that helped put my average distance per day higher than the previous three months and in a dead heat with the previous two Mays.

These past two weeks I got one of those rides in — considered another one today but decided tomorrow would be better. A week ago I spent the day getting to Vermont for the Marlboro Morris Ale, so didn’t get much walking done that day — on the way home on Monday, though, I stopped in Amsterdam, NY for a walk on the Canal Trail. Nice weather lately, no rain-outs.

A map showing my progress is here, a spreadsheet with progress detail is here, and a Google Earth KMZ file is in this Google Drive folder. Present coordinates: 44.947°N, 117.982°W.