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Get to know the people behind the walk, stay up to date with news from the road, and see how the story is being shared in the press. From personal reflections to public milestones, this is where it all comes together.
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DAYS 46-48 - Dubois, WY - 907 miles from home
Yes, I'm covering three days in this post.... Apologies, but two of those days have been "zero" days - days to run errands and just to...
Esther Lisa Tishman
1 day ago4 min read


DAYS 44 & 45 - Moran, WY - 869 miles from home
Over the weekend it rained, it stormed (lightning on the mountain top, oh my), it even hailed. We crossed the Continental Divide on Day...
Esther Lisa Tishman
4 days ago2 min read


DAYS 42 & 43 - Colter Bay Village, WY - 812 miles from home
"Manifestation" is one of those new age words that I've always been a bit allergic to... What some folks call The Law of Attraction -...
Esther Lisa Tishman
6 days ago3 min read


DAY 41 - Ashton, ID - 773 miles from home
Writing this on the morning of Day 42, August 14th. We're staying two nights in Ashton, being spoiled rotten by the incomparable...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 144 min read


DAYS 39 & 40 - Rexburg & St. Anthony, ID - 755 miles from home
I don't want to blend too many of our separate adventures into one blog post, but the last two days share a common host - the Upper...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 132 min read


DAYS 37 & 38 - Idaho Falls, ID - 717 miles from home
Oh, the luxuries! We really hoofed it last week, adding extra miles to our walks where we could - which wasn't a hardship, because we're...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 113 min read


DAYS 35 & 36 - Mud Lake, ID - 717 miles from home
I'm writing this on the morning of day 37, August 9 , from the Community Church of Mud Lake. We've walked more than 700 miles - with the...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 94 min read


DAY 34 - Howe, ID - 668 miles from home
I keep calling this journey a pilgrimage - but maybe the term is misleading, if it conjures up a merely individual, personal pursuit - a...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 73 min read


DAY 33 - Arco, ID - 651 miles from home
I'm writing this on August 6th, the morning of Day 34, as I sit and cool my heels by the Arco fairgrounds - just next to a plaque that...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 64 min read


DAY 32 - Craters of the Moon - 632 miles from home
I am writing this on the morning of Day 33 - having yesterday walked a mile upwards, toward the moon. Okay... we only gained 1000 feet...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 53 min read


DAY 31 - CAREY, ID - 614 Miles from home
[written on the morning of Day 32 - August 4th] I'm beginning to think we've got it all backwards. They say: you don't have to like each...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 43 min read


DAY 30 - Richfield toward Carey, ID - 593 miles from home
[written on the morning of day 31, Aug 3] Little things, big things. We're moving slowly, 20 mile increments, and at the same time we're...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 34 min read


DAY 29 - Richfield, ID - 573 miles from home
Quaking Aspens grow fast - 2-5 feet a year, apparently; maybe even more in "ideal" conditions - but still and all: it's quite something,...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 13 min read


DAY 28 - Gooding, ID - 552 miles from home
[written on the morning of Aug 1, day 29...] Pilgrimages are lonesome - but not necessarily lonely. Lonesome as in solitary, reflective....
Esther Lisa Tishman
Aug 13 min read


DAY 27 - Bliss, ID - 532 Miles from home
People. I'm beat. I'm bunking down in the RV hookup section of a Love's truck stop. My first time "Loving" it... The guys are across the...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 303 min read


DAY 26- Glenns Ferry, ID - 513 miles from home
And just like that, we've covered more than 500 miles. The milestone was pretty anticlimactic in certain ways: another long, straight,...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 294 min read


DAY 25 - Mountain Home, ID - 491 miles from home
I'm sitting here at the Gem State RV Park with a Dead Guy... Somehow this brew keeps following me on my journey.... I first drank Dead...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 282 min read


DAY 24 - En Route to Mountain Home, ID - 465 Miles from home
[Written on Monday July 28] I'm trying to remember what our host in Kuna, Ginny, said to us about this portion of our route. There was a...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 283 min read


DAY 23 - Outside of kuna - 444 miles from home
[written on Day 24 - July 27] Okay. This was a rough day - with a nonetheless smooth finish. There were some fiddly bits with today's...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 274 min read


DAY 22 - Kuna, ID - 424 Miles from Home
[written on Day 24 - July 27] Friday we walked from Caldwell to Kuna - a trek that reminded me of our very first day on the road, when we...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 273 min read
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