tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23873141608734031512024-03-13T17:28:07.186-04:00Walking to somewhereWelcome to Walking to Somewhere, a virtual hike where we plot our mileage against a common goal to give each other group support and encouragement.
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<a href="http://walkingtosomewhere.blogspot.com/2008/02/appalachian-trail-info.html">our current walk</a>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.comBlogger683125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-60283966920892464362016-05-11T13:51:00.003-04:002016-05-11T13:52:20.145-04:00Silk Road mapsOh, look, maps! All of which are taken from <a href="http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/toc/index.html">The Silk Road Foundation.</a> Obviously, there's quite a bit of overlap here. (And I'm having trouble getting it to actually display the maps, so you might need to click them to see the whole things. :P )
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You might also find interesting their chronology of <a href="http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/artl/srtravelmain.shtml">travelers over the Silk Road.</a>Erin M. Hartshornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07266817608093831779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-244351255476839362016-04-28T20:58:00.001-04:002016-04-29T13:25:18.433-04:00Walking the silk road? We're still here. Or maybe I should say we're back again.
We're thinking of walking the Silk Road. Erin has some maps to post.
Where do we want to start and end?
Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-28602998143946587372012-10-02T09:39:00.001-04:002012-10-02T09:39:56.898-04:00Anyone still interested?<div><p>Is anyone still interested in doing another walk? Would we want to pick another trail, or maybe post our mileage along with pictures or fun facts about places we have been walking?</p>
<p>With daughter I have been getting out more to different parks and wildlife areas. It might be cool to share local spots with each other while walking. And this is a good time of year as the colors start to emerge in the fall foliage.</p>
</div>Claire Govertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186520237984343706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-4532991000577658292011-02-28T17:58:00.003-05:002011-02-28T18:59:30.198-05:00I'm sorry for being MIAI was sick all through January, and it turned out to be a sinus infection. So I was on antibiotics for half of February. I'm finally caught up, though, and should be able to get our mileage widget set up soon. Knock on wood; they're saying another flu epidemic is going through the region...Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-79212328240439375932011-01-16T02:40:00.000-05:002011-01-16T02:40:02.297-05:00Through Jan 15thHere's what my week looked like:<br />
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Steps: 32035<br />
PED Miles: 13.63<br />
Non-PED Miles: 5.86<br />
Total Miles: 19.49<br />
YTD Total: 32.71<br />
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How's everyone else doing?Margaret M. Fiskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537558539259791284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-41027455973025669352011-01-09T02:13:00.000-05:002011-01-09T02:13:20.352-05:00Through Jan 8thIf we'd started a week earlier, I'd have had over 30 miles to contribute, but here's my piddling start to the year. I'm hoping for that to improve :).<br />
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For the week:<br />
Steps: 19656<br />
Total Miles: 12.11<br />
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YTD Total: 13.22<br />
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How's everyone else doing so far?Margaret M. Fiskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537558539259791284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-22736550164946645452011-01-05T09:00:00.000-05:002011-01-05T09:00:58.483-05:00Through January 4I know Bonnie's been under the weather and hasn't had time to set us up on our new walk yet, but I'm sure most of you have been walking the trail anyway.<br />
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Here's my total through Tuesday, January 4:<br />
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Steps: 15,585<br />
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Distance: 8.35 milesJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-62929852075232054762010-12-14T10:26:00.001-05:002010-12-14T10:27:39.381-05:00update: starting January 1<em>Cross-posted to <a href="http://bonniers.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/walking-blog-update/">Cowgirl in New England</a><br /></em><br /><br />I'm not sure how many people are in on this -- November was a bad time to suggest starting, what with NaNoWriMo and all. And now the holidays are upon us. <br /><br />But we did decide that instead of keeping separate tallies, we're going to count as a group. So each person's individual daily total will be added to collective mileage. This will accomplish two things: <br /><br />1. Make it possible to finish the Pacific Crest trail in only a year or two<br /><br />2. Make sure the slower walkers don't get left behind to straggle in by themselves. I know this discouraged several people last time. <br /><br />2a. Also, people will be able to join whenever they want to. <br /><br />I need to track down maps and locate or write an appropriate widget. Shouldn't be too much work if I can find time to do it in the next couple of weeks.Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-3948061438750916942010-11-30T13:36:00.002-05:002010-11-30T13:41:08.984-05:00Day 30I haven't calibrated the pedometer for distance yet, so I've been tracking steps. Average stay-around-the-house days are about 3,300; days when I run errands are between 5,000 and 6,000 steps. (And I typed "words" first instead of "steps." Talk about dreaming!)<br /><br />I was going to set a goal for myself for December of 6,000 steps a day -- a bit more than my max, but doable, without too much stress, and because I do have so many stay at home days, a definite net increase in activity. My bout with bronchitis is making that take a back seat -- I might aim to start around December 15, but we'll see how I'm feeling.<br /><br />Sometime this week, I'll total active vs. passive days and post my best guess for mileage so far.Erin M. Hartshornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07266817608093831779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-47901613594502179832010-11-17T09:39:00.002-05:002010-11-17T09:42:22.120-05:00Day 17I'm at 32 miles for the month. I'm pretty sure I have more than that but I forgot to write down a couple of days. Oh well. <br /><br />I looked at options for making a trail map for us, but haven't had time to work on it yet. Maybe after NaNo.Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-53796913654061792162010-11-08T17:00:00.002-05:002010-11-08T17:01:37.055-05:00Day 7 -- how are we doing?I'm at 16.2 miles for the first week. How's everybody else?Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-493028060143605202010-11-04T21:11:00.004-04:002010-11-04T21:23:52.557-04:00different way to count?I had an idea the other day. <br /><br />One of the problems we ran into with the AT is that we all have significantly different paces, from at least two people who had to really work to get a mile, to people knocking off 6 or 7 miles a day easily. So I was wondering whether it would work better to total everybody's mileage and move ourselves along the trail at a collective pace? We'd still keep track of our individual miles however we wanted to, but the group would all stay together. <br /><br />What do you think?Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-53388419376247420442010-11-04T21:03:00.002-04:002010-11-04T21:08:20.489-04:00Day 4, and I hope others are off to a better startDay 1 was spent between my sewing machine and my computer -- and no matter how much I use my foot pedal for sewing, I don't think that counts for walking. Distance: 0<br /><br />Day 2, I dug out my pedometer and clipped it to my waistband. Despite the fact that I made a trip to the store, at the end of the day, it said I'd only done about 150 steps -- which is equal to 5 trips up and down our staircase. Hmm. Distance: 0.5 mile<br /><br />Day 3, I tried the pedometer on a different pair of pants -- and lost it. No clue where it got to. Had to do a couple of errands, so I know I got off my duff, anyway. Distance: 0.25 mile<br /><br />Day 4, still no idea where the pedometer is. Walking limited to up and down the stairs and out to the mailbox. Got a decent word count, though. Distance: 0<br /><br />I have to go to the store tomorrow anyway. Maybe I'll see whether they have pedometers.<br /><br />How's everyone else doing?Erin M. Hartshornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07266817608093831779noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-59793397892303639662010-10-30T09:56:00.003-04:002010-10-30T10:32:06.781-04:00Hey walkers! Let's get to walking again!We'll be starting a new round on November 1, hiking Vermont's 273-mile <a href="https://www.greenmountainclub.org/images/1917map1.jpg">Long Trail</a>. This will give us time to get into shape while we decide on a longer trail. I was thinking of the <a href="http://www.pcta.org/about_trail/overview.asp">the Pacific Crest Trail</a> -- any other suggestions? Something in another country would be cool. <br /><br />The Green Mountain Club website describes the Long Trail this way: <br /><br />"Hiking the entire 273 miles of the Long Trail from the Massachusetts to the Canadian border, is a unique and wonderful experience. People of all ages and backgrounds can be found amongst the list of Long Trail end to enders. Many do it in one hike, taking anywhere from 20 to 30 days. Still others take 20 years to complete the 273 mile trek. Most hikers hike from shelter to shelter stringing together many hiking days at a time. Others complete the trail by taking only day hikes. There is no prescribed mode for doing it, only that you cover the entire length of the trail on foot."<br /><br />Here's a pointer to <a href="https://www.greenmountainclub.org/images/1917map1.jpg">a map from 1917 :)</a> I hope I can find a better one, or at least a description with mileage!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-56670654636032535092010-07-07T09:24:00.002-04:002010-07-07T09:27:15.866-04:00Day 962, Tuesday 6 July 2010Finished!<br /><br />July: 24 miles<br />Year: 424.1 miles<br />AT total: 2168.2 (2167.1 to end of trail)<br />AT remaining: 0!!!!<br /><br />/me dances happy dance around the campfireBonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-51305037994772077462010-06-29T16:24:00.000-04:002010-06-29T16:26:07.553-04:00Day 954, Monday June 28 2010June miles: 92.5<br />Year: 397.6<br />AT total: 2141.7<br />AT remaining: 25.4<br /><br />Almost there!!!!!!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-77205716635984880192010-06-13T11:01:00.002-04:002010-06-13T11:03:49.017-04:00Day 938, Saturday, June 12, 2010June miles: 41.1<br />Year: 346.2<br />AT total: 2090.3<br />AT remaining: 76.8<br /><br />Still on target to finish over the Fourth of July weekend. Gotta figure out a special hike for that!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-87099440400413560142010-06-08T13:04:00.002-04:002010-06-08T13:15:54.670-04:00Day 933, Monday, June 7, 2010June miles: 25<br />May miles: 102.6<br />Year: 310.3<br />AT total: 2074.2<br />AT remaining: 92.9<br /><br />Still I push onward through the wilderness, alone. Tonight I'll be at Chairback Gap. Maybe I'll run into some other hikers there. The silence is starting to get to me...Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-44333961737745969662010-05-24T09:53:00.003-04:002010-05-24T09:57:32.748-04:00Day 818, Sunday, May 23, 2010May miles: 70.4<br />Year: 275.1<br />AT total: 2014<br />AT remaining: 153.1<br /><br />Plodding onward. I'm in Maine now -- almost to Caratunk, Maine, to be precise. Still on target to finish in early July.Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-41120488007616882072010-05-09T13:58:00.002-04:002010-05-09T14:08:53.451-04:00Day 802, Friday, May 7, 2010May miles: 22.6<br />Year: 227.3<br />AT total: 1966.2<br />AT remaining: 200.9Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-82221984426195041322010-05-01T08:50:00.001-04:002010-05-01T08:51:46.398-04:00Day 794, Friday, April 30, 2010April miles: 82<br />AT this year: 286.7<br />AT total: 1943.6<br />AT remaining: 223.5Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-54018258283884527062010-04-29T08:52:00.001-04:002010-04-29T08:54:15.962-04:00Day 792, wednesday, April 28, 2010April miles: 75.9<br />AT this year: 280.6<br />AT total: 1937.5<br />AT remaining: 229.6Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-4715461192477356712010-04-20T08:23:00.004-04:002010-04-20T08:33:41.486-04:00Day 783, Monday, April 19, 2010Just checking in. I just discovered I finished the Trail on March 31, so that means I must have been wandering lost in the Maine woods since then.<br /><br />Monday was spent leaning into and bailing out the hot tub, so not a lot of miles or steps there.<br /><br />Steps: 3532 for 1.89 miles<br /><br />YTD miles: 276.87<br />Virtual Walk Miles: 2320.47<br />AT Miles: 2167 (at terminus)<br />Extra Miles wandering the Maine woods since March 31: 55.65<br /><br />I think I'll follow Val to the International AT. I need to figure out how to change the spreadsheet to properly reflect the change. My passport is still good, it looks like a lovely trail, and the weather should be good.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-77063132459292999112010-04-19T10:34:00.004-04:002010-04-19T10:41:48.979-04:00Day 782, Sunday April 18, 2010April: 47.6<br />Year to date: 252.3<br />AT to date: 1909.2<br />AT remaining: 257.9<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/dperry3568/AMC2010Trips?feat=email#">Some photos Neil took of the AT in New York</a>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895569211498067204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387314160873403151.post-32636233628277110812010-04-11T03:37:00.002-04:002010-04-11T03:37:33.933-04:00Day 774, Saturday April 10, 2010I swear the world's against me. Stil getting over my bad back and now my neck is shot. Didn't quite make the minimum for the week :P.<br />
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Steps: 19668<br />
PED Miles: 8.36<br />
Non-PED Miles: 8<br />
Total Miles: 16.36<br />
YTD Total: 251.83<br />
AT Total: 2094.08<br />
Virtual Walk Total: 2155.74Margaret M. Fiskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537558539259791284noreply@blogger.com0