Happy New Year! Around the USofA I go

I'm walking (virtually) a circuitous route that takes me through all the state capitols of the United States. Every day on which I walk for exercise, I record my mileage on the World Walking site. (The blue line shows my progress.) For no particular reason, I chose to walk a ridiculous long route; it's unlikely I'll finish this in my remaining life, but it's fun to see how far I get and collect photos from the site of the obscure roads I'm traveling.

The full route. Click to enlarge.

Starting in Washington State, I've progressed south on the West Coast.

  

Olympia, WA

Through Oregon.

Salem, OR

South along the western slope of the Sierras.

Sacramento, CA

Then north past Lake Tahoe and into the desert.

Carson City, NV

For now, I'm slogging on toward Boise, ID and then Helena, MT. 

 

This year I covered a little over 1000 miles. I won't be surprised if I'm still in Montana or perhaps Wyoming on New Years 2027. Those western distances are long.

Actually, I've done this before. Back when I was a long distance runner, I recorded my virtual progress on The Transamerica Bicycle Trail across the country, bumbling and stumbling 4064 miles between August 4, 2007 and February 11, 2011. That was the short way.