Earthwalk Day 1147 (14 March 2025), 11,496 km

February was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month and the first week or so of March wasn’t much of an improvement. Bad weather in February knocked a few days out and a cold put me out of action for nearly a week. Ice deposits made walking treacherous especially on the recreational trails. Average steps and distance for the month were both record lows.

By March I was starting to feel better but then I lost a weekend to a trip to Massachusetts and another day to a trip to Cooperstown. Wednesday this week was the first time since Feb. 11 I walked more than 10 km, and the day before — when it got up to 21°C (70°F)! — was my first bike ride since Dec. 29. After that, with the ice and snow gone for now, I got a few good long walks in, so I’m on my way back to my previous pace.

My pathetic progress through last Friday got me just about through the mountains. This week I entered the Central Valley, skirted Visalia, and entered Tulare via the Tulare Santa Fe Trail. That puts me 47% of the way through Leg 39 — my spreadsheet seem to think the other 53% will take even longer than the first near-half, but I think it’s the other way around.

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: 36.219°N, 119.316°W.