500 Mile Journey

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Week 11 We did it!!  100 miles walked.  We took ourselves to the beach, at Fort Bragg Ca.  Where each morning it was foggy until 10 a. m. and the high temperature were in the 70's . We loved it!! Jean and kerry in Ft. Bragg, CA  Celebrating with a local wine, cheese,  peppered salami, and french bread Add caption Enjoy the beach, we sure did!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuhLuCcsMxg There is nothing like the sound of the ocean.  We spent three wonderful days, walking, eating, and taking in the sites.  Progress Report  Miles walked: 109.4 Kayaking miles : 10.1 Total miles :  119.5 Miles to complete our 500 miles goal:  380.5 Let's Get Walking Kerry and Jean 

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!   I've been working on designing  Walking Journey T-Shirts We are not one but many out walking the world.  Right now I just have women T-Shirts,  but soon I will have men's too.  Designer Walking T-Shirts with positive walking quotes.   https://www.zazzle.com/collections/walking_journey_t_shirts-119561391246098934 Kerry and I prefer the long sleeve shirt to protect us from the sun's strong rays.  I also have a collection of sun glasses with encouragement and power words on them.  https://www.zazzle.com/collections/sunglasses-119682961439147926 Right Now they are on sale!! Let's Get Walking! Kerry and Jean 

500 Mile  Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Week 10 We made it and beyond.  100 mile milestone!! We sure hope you are enjoying your summer.  This week we have mostly been kayaking!!   Morning Kayaking  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2w4c3nEXoY  I used my  "Map My Walk" and it will record the miles we kayak. Come along with us on a kayak ride.  (click video to watch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMT2aYV3WI It's time to celebrate!! we are making plans for the 100 mile celebration.  Two Minutes in Nature  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcypWadK5tk Progress Report  Miles walked: 96.2 Kayaking miles : 8.1 Total miles :  104.3 Miles to complete our 500 miles goal:  395.7 Let's Get Walking Kerry and Jean 

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  We're back to walking today!! Finally the temperatures came down  into the  60's this morning.  It's was great to have a few days of rest.  But it felt even better to get walking again.  This morning when we saw that the temps were going to be lower   before 7 a.m.  we both quickly put our walking shoes on and jumped at the chance to walk.  I've been asked how do we know how many miles we walk each day? It's been made pretty easy to figure out with cell phones and GPS's.  I use a app on my phone called   Map My Walk. It can  literally map out the route we take. It records the miles we walk, duration, avg pace min per miles, calories and steps, along with elevation.  It will analyze your work out for you.  I save them and then at the end of the week it will total our miles.  We hav...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  "All truly great thoughts are  conceived  by walking." Fredrick  Nutzsche What a week we have had! While Kerry and I walk, we talk! It's a great way of sharing our thoughts and bouncing of new ideas off each other.   We are so very close again to our next milestone of 75 miles.  Soooo, we're planning something really cool for next weeks celebration.  This week we kept close to home with our usual walk around the marina. Occasionally, we get lucky and see a big bird fly by, like when we caught the pelican taking off.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmYsznrt8M&t=9s  Spring Creek Marina is getting ready for their 4th of July celebration. They're offering a Freedom 5K walk early in the morning on the 4th with a pancake breakfast. Of Course Kerry and I signed up! We will be walking over to the Marina before the race and hanging arou...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking!  Progress Report Time It's Sunday Morning.  It's official  Summer's here.  Today we walked up to our little market and got coffee and donuts.  We're trying to see if we can add miles by going to different places each day, just to mixed it up a bit.  However, we are finding that the most fun and interesting daily walk is around the  Spring Creek Marina with the birds migrating.  If you are just joining us this week,  we have just completed our second milestone of walking 50 Miles.  Here is our celebration. https://500mileswalkingjourney.blogspot.com/2017/06/500-mile-walking-journey-50-mile.html We celebrated with our daughter, Sarah and our grandson James for a hike and picnic in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada.  Now that we are retired, and have all the time in the world, we thought we would walk, hike, and spe...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  Let's Get Walking! Kerry and Jean with their Teton 5k medals It's Progress Report Time After returning from our 5k in Rexburg last week,  we spent the next week preparing for company. We went to the California Trail Center. We walked around their outdoor exhibits,  inside the museum. Kerry and I checked out a dirt trail we will be doing in the future.  http://www.californiatrailcenter.org/ This week we only managed one walk around the Spring Creek Marina.  Kerry's new trash picker upper has come in, he now picks up trash on our walks.  It's amazing how much trash he picks up everyday!! Kerry with his trash picker upper and Charlie dog. We are so close to our 50 mile goal. Where would we be if we were doing the  Camino de Santiago walk in Spain.  If I were to walk this path, I would start in France, and do the French Way. Here i...

500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean  We did it! 25 miles of walking. 500 Mile Walking Journey  Today is Memorial Day We want to Thank all the Veterans who have made it possible for all of us to have freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKl49z6T39I&t=18s Today we walked 3.4 miles in beautiful Lamoille NV. That brought us to our first milestone of 25 miles of the 500 Mile Walking Journey. This little town of Lamoille is at the foothills of the Ruby Mountains, with lush meadows, and snowcapped mountains. It's still spring here with a little nip in the morning air, and clear blue skies.  We ended the walk at the Lamoille Grove.  It's time to celebrate!! We have food, drinks, and medals!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0zrYbTwRE Roads get messy feet get wet  Kerry and Jean with their medals What do the medals say? Kerry's says,  "May you al...

500 Mile Walking Journey Progress Report  Once a week we will be reporting on our progress.  500 miles for 2017 Look forward to the PARTIES when we get to miles stones.  25 miles 50 miles 100 miles  200 miles 300 miles  400 miles  500 miles HUGE PARTY!!!! WEEK 1  TOTAL 22.6 MILES  The first days of the walk were the hardest for me. I got blisters,  sunburned, and my lower back and hips were sore. My body wasn't use to walking 3 miles everyday. We decided to stick close to home for the first week, just walking around our neighborhood. We walked around the Spring Creek Marina because its close, flat, and, it also is a wonderful place to see the migrating birds. Later we added a bit of an incline with walking up the hill for breakfast at JJ's and picking up our mail on the way home. A 3 mile walk for us will take us an hour, sometimes longer if we stop for photo's and water.  This is a journey, not a ...

  500 Mile Walking Journey with  Kerry and Jean Keeping the sun to our backs it's just the two of us walking the 500 mile walking journey. Let's Get Walking! Here we are this morning in beautiful Nevada.  We had to revise yesterday's walk to add a few more miles.  This walk is 3.6 and will take us to JJ's restaurant for breakfast, pick up the mail, and then loop home.  We will do this walk once a week.  Our first home base walk is around the Spring Creek Marina, 3 miles, everyday. Second home base walk is to loop around for breakfast and pick up mail, 3.6, once a week. Once a week, field trip for a hike somewhere in Nevada.  5k's, we like to travel and make 5k's our destination.  Today's walk and talk. Spring Creek Marina Meet Kerry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvmU4DXN8VE Let's Get Walking! Kerry and Jean  Come along and join us on our 500 Mile Walking Journey.  Subscribe, like, s...

500 Mile Walking Journey Today we are going to take our second home base route.  The first one is walking around the Spring Creek Marina, which we do everyday.  The second is once a week to get our mail.  This route is from our house to JJ's for breakfast,  then on to the mail box, and then home.  The miles are small 2.7, but, the breakfast is so worth it.  This means that we will have to do another walk this evening to keep the miles close to 3-5 miles each day. I like to take videos of where we walk. I'm new to film making and they don't always turn out the way I would like them to. I'll get better at this because once a week we plan on going on a field trip outside of our neighborhood.   This is just the beginning of our journey.  So far we are up to 17 miles.  I hope you are thinking about sharing your walking journey with us here.  We would like to start a global community of walkers.  Here is...