The Route
East to west on the TransAmerica Trail: from Assateague Island on the Atlantic coast, across Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho into Oregon – then down the Pacific coast to San Francisco. Roughly 5000 miles.
Click the red dot to see the post made at that location. Green dot shows the finish in San Francisco (dashed line = the bit we never got round to blogging...)
| Date | Post | Where | By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2009 | Go time. | London, UK | Christiano |
| 26 Jun 2009 | Day (-1) Washington DC Hostel | 1333 11th st NW, DC | Dowds |
| 27 Jun 2009 | Day 0 – Assateague Island | Assateague island, va | Christiano |
| 28 Jun 2009 | Day 1 – Across the Delmarva (77.7 miles) | Janes island state park, crisfield, md | Christiano |
| 29 Jun 2009 | Day 2 – Across the Chesapeake Bay | Fairport, VA | Christiano |
| 30 Jun 2009 | Day 3 The Millionairre of Tappahannock | Tappahannock, VA | Dowds |
| 1 Jul 2009 | Day 4 – The Disadvantages and Advantages of Laziness (58 miles) | Ashland, va | Christiano |
| 2 Jul 2009 | Day 5 – Charlottesville or bust (102 miles) | Charlottesville, VA | Christiano |
| 3 Jul 2009 | Day 6 – Hills, Hangovers and Cookies (27 miles) | Afton, va | Christiano |
| 4 Jul 2009 | Day 7 – 3 Brits in a military town on Independence Day | Lexington, VA | Christiano |
| 11 Jul 2009 | Day 14 – Booneville, KY | Booneville, KY | Christiano |
| 12 Jul 2009 | Day 15 – Berea, KY | Berea, KY | Christiano |
| 13 Jul 2009 | Day 16 – Lincoln Homestead State Park | Lincoln Homestead State Park, KY | Christiano |
| 14 Jul 2009 | Day 17 – Bardstown, KY | Bardstown, KY | Christiano |
| 15 Jul 2009 | Day 18 – Rough River Dam, KY | Rough River Dam, KY | Christiano |
| 16 Jul 2009 | Day 19 – Sebree, KY | Sebree, KY | Christiano |
| 17 Jul 2009 | Day 20 – Cave-in-rock, IL | Cave-in-rock, IL | Christiano |
| 18 Jul 2009 | Day 21 – Goreville | Goreville, IL | Christiano |
| 19 Jul 2009 | Day 22 – Carbondale | Carbondale, IL | Christiano |
| 20 Jul 2009 | Day 23 – Ozora | Ozora, MO | Christiano |
| 21 Jul 2009 | Day 24 – Centerville, MO | Centerville, MO | Christiano |
| 22 Jul 2009 | Day 25 – Houston, Texas | Houston, MO | Dowds |
| 23 Jul 2009 | Day 26 – Awakened by tramp-song | Marshfield, MO | Christiano |
| 24 Jul 2009 | Day 27 – Lits go a-hunt’n | Everton, mo | Dowds |
| 25 Jul 2009 | Day 28 – Lazy day (66.8 miles) | Pittsburg, KS | Christiano |
| 26 Jul 2009 | Day 29 – Long Day (120 miles) | Eureka, KS | Christiano |
| 27 Jul 2009 | Day 30 – Silly day (73 miles) | Newton, KS | Christiano |
| 28 Jul 2009 | Day 31 – Bad day (35 miles) | Hutchinson, KS | Christiano |
| 29 Jul 2009 | Day 32 – Planned Rest Day | Hutchinson, KS | Dowds |
| 30 Jul 2009 | Day 33 – Straight Day (78 miles) | Larned, KS | Dowds |
| 31 Jul 2009 | Day 34 – Windy Day | Ness City, KS | Christiano |
| 1 Aug 2009 | Day 35 – AMERICA Day (81 miles) | Leoti, KS | Christiano |
| 2 Aug 2009 | Day 36 – Hot Day (79 miles) | eads, co | Christiano |
| 3 Aug 2009 | Day 37 – PUEBBBBBLO (~115 miles) | pueblo, co | Christiano |
| 4 Aug 2009 | Day 38 – Day off in Pueblo | Pueblo, CO | Dowds |
| 5 Aug 2009 | Day 39 – Off to meet Yogi ~ 60 miles | 81212 | Dowds |
| 6 Aug 2009 | Day 40 – Odd Day – 66.5 miles | Fairplay, Co | Dowds |
| 7 Aug 2009 | Day 41 – Hitting the Summit – 105 miles | 80451 | Dowds |
| 8 Aug 2009 | Day 42 – Time Drags on – 63.5 miles | 80480 | Dowds |
| 9 Aug 2009 | Day 43 – Across another Border – 68.2 miles | 82331 | Dowds |
| 10 Aug 2009 | Day 44 – Easy day – 41 miles | 82301 | Dowds |
| 11 Aug 2009 | Day 45 – Stupidly Long – 130.8 miles | Lander, WY | Dowds |
| 12 Aug 2009 | Day 46 – Lander Day Off | Lander, WY | callum |
| 13 Aug 2009 | Day 47 – Lander – Dubois (78 Miles) | Dubois, WY | callum |
| 30 Aug 2009 | Day 64 – We’re in bloody Oregon! | Mt Vernon, OR | Christiano |