Days 121 & 122.
The final days of the walk were… interesting.
Saturday started with the Lollipop Run.  We brought out the wall in all its 21-foot glory.  Two friends came with their mothers to write their own goals on the wall.  The mothers both wrote goals about doing more yoga, but the real fun came when [...]

We’re done!!!
I will write a more detailed update soon, but it’s been an amazing journey, and this weekend was an eventful send-off to say the least!
Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible and good luck to all of the 8,000+ students who we’ve met along this journey.  The next steps are up [...]

Day 120.
Last school day ever at Sullivan Middle School in Fairfield.
That’s it.  That’s all.  Today was our last classroom workshops of the walk.
I say “classroom”, but today was actually in a multipurpose room with stage, kitchen and cafeteria.  Even when the 100+ kids were quiet, it was loud.
The teachers’ side conversations didn’t help.  They expected [...]

Day 119.
Walking the Golden Gate Bridge & San Francisco – 10 miles! (8 miles + 2 miles)

When I was 10, we walked the Golden Gate Bridge on a school trip.  My memories of that trip are hazy at best, but I do remember dragging my feet along this bridge that would never end…
Oh, how [...]

Day 118.
Estero Trail at Drake’s Bay, Point Reyes – 6 miles.

The trailhead is in the middle of no where.  There’s a tiny sign that directs you down a long, one-lane road.  Not one-lane like each direction gets one lane, but one lane as in if there’s a car coming in the other direction, one of [...]

Day 117.
Walking day on Bear Valley Trail at Point Reyes – 13 miles!!!
Today was awesome:
- We walked our longest distance yet (a cool 13.3 miles!)
- The trail was perfect (flat, dirt, stunning and with free parking!)
- The route was gorgeous (first all rain forest-y through the forest then Christmas tree-filled and finally popping out on [...]

Day 116.
Walking day – San Rafael (12 miles)
First things first – today is the last Monday of the Walk!  We are officially on our one week count-down!

We have four “extra” walking days this week after that school cancelled, so Ma and I spent our first “extra” day walking the coast of San Pedro Bay in [...]

Day 115.
Walking day around Pacifica (4.5 miles) and the western shore of San Francisco (4.6 miles).
In Pacifica, we walked the shore out to Mussel Rock Park.  This is apparently a hot spot for experienced paragliders and hang gliders.  There were all of these little flat clearings spread out along the volcanic rock path and signs [...]

Day 114.
Sweeney Ridge – 11 miles.
Today we hiked to the place where the San Francisco Bay was discovered.  Most bays are discovered by boat (not surprisingly), but the SF Bay was actually first seen by land.  The Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola overshot Monterey Bay, laid anchor near Pacifica and hiked to the 1,200-foot summit [...]

Day 113.
Walking day on the Crystal Springs Trail – 12 miles.

We spent all of today’s walking on the Crystal Springs Trail along the Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo.  The reservoir is a giant lake along the San Andreas fault (which is apparently named after San Andreas Lake just north of here).  The reservoir is [...]