Tybee Island, United StatesMaps, colds and Crab CabsDay one done!A bridge too farShorter day today, but lots of nice pine trees!25 miles to PembrokeClaxton, United States, GeorgiaPembroke to ClaxtonShorter day to Collins todayCollins to VidaliaMt. Vernon, United States, GeorgiaMt. Vernon to Little Ocmulgee ParkVery tiring day today - time for a rest tomorrow!99% humidity today...I love air conditioning!, Bit cooler today, much more pleasant!, Unadilla to MontezumaNice day's walkingShort...but nevertheless tiring!Montezuma to EllavilleEllaville to Buena VistaBuena Vista to CussetaCusseta to Columbus, without bags...makes it so much easier!First stop in Alabama!Finally in Tuskegee!A nice night's sleep in ShorterIn Montgomery, after traversing many a very busy roadWet and wetterCold and creepy to the creekTo SelmaOur longest day so far...very tiring!A long day to DemopolisTowards Bellamy...but not quite there!To Cuba. No, not that one.26 miles to MeridianNick's ankle goes kaput!Through the national forest to...ForestPausing for XmasWalking off the Christmas dinner52 miles in the past two days...tiring....To the MississippiBridge, crossed!Not the Indian one...Rayville, United States, LouisianaRest day tomorrow, woo!To CalhounCalhoun to RustonTo Arcadia, the home of the Bonnie and Clyde ambush26 miles to MindenTiring, tiring, tiring!Our last day in LouisianaTexas, baby!Long day to LongviewBig day to Big SandyA wander to MineolaDay 2 of the long long stint...25 miles to EdgewoodFinal day of the long haul, woo!Dallas approaches...To the CowboysFort Worth, United States, Texas94 miles in four days, time for a break!Up coffee creek without a stirrerCoffee Creek to Cactus RoseRanger TX, United StatesCisco TX, United StatesCisco to BairdBaird to AbileneMerkel, United States, TexasMerkel to Sweetwater223 campgroundColorado City, United States, TexasAnother cold night in the tent!To the middle of nowhere...Grey day in the oilfieldsFirst day with trailer!100 miles in four days...tiring!Sandstorm, duck!To nowhereOla Pecos!In the middle of nowhere!Chihuahuan Desert TX, United States, TexasChihuahuan Desert TX, United States, TexasVan Horn TX, United States, TexasA long walk to Sierra BlancaCamping out on the Mexican borderHot, hot day!Finally in El Paso0.3 miles left of Texas!Hello New Mexico!Las Cruces Airport NMAkela NMDeming NMNice day walking by the railwaysAn exhausting day!Into Arizona!BowieTime for a rest...our first major town in Arizona.Staying on a ranch...how cool!Short but beautiful day through a Disneyland style canyon!Vail, AZTucson AZ, United States, ArizonaMarana AZ, United States, ArizonaHot, hot, hotThis is far too hot for us! Bring on British cloudiness...Staying at an Indian Casino. What hardship, eh?Sonoran Desert AZGila Bend AZ31 miles of bumpy roads and non-roadsSampled a date milkshake today....never again.20 miles and then air conditioning :)Rest day today, 12 miles in the morning and then relax!20 miles done before middayYumaQuechan Casino CAMiddle of nowhere CA, United States, CaliforniaEl Centro CA, United StatesOcotillo CA, United States, CaliforniaAgua Caliente CA, United States, CaliforniaButterfield Ranch CA, United States, CaliforniaJulian CA, United States, CaliforniaRamona CA, United States, CaliforniaSan Diego outskirts CA, United States, CaliforniaSan Diego CA
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Savannah, United States, Georgia
Bridges are clearly unsafe. Four piddly little pillars hold up a huge piece of concrete, with hundreds of vehicles crossing at 70mph each day, with perilous drops towards certain death either side.
Yesterday’s walk took us across four bridges in total. Clearly, this was an example of Lucy’s poor route planning (NB: Lucy wishes it to be noted that this is not the case, and that there were no other possible routes. I still blame her, mind. Her and the bridge manufacturers). These weren’t small footbridges over babbling brooks either (that would be bad enough anyway), but major crossings of large rivers by Highway 80. With no pavements.
Somehow we survived, and I didn’t even need to sacrifice Lucy to the Bridge Gods (believe me; if I needed to, I would have). Certain death unsurprisingly occupied the front of my mind for most of the day; I only broke from it to discuss with Lucy that the massive birds flying over our heads were probably eagles (or other large birds of prey) and not pigeons (NB: this version of events is disputed). Unfortunately, this is not a new conversation, as Lucy often manages to completely skew the sizes of various animals (giraffes are tall, but they’re not the same size as a ten storey building).
In other news, today we didn’t walk (well, not very far), as Savannah’s a very nice place and we thought better to take our rest day here. It also gives the weaker one of the couple an extra day to recover from her cold. Of course, it has nothing to do with the fact that our motel does Krispy Kreme donuts for breakfast.
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