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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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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


DAY 21 - Caldwell, ID - Zero Day! (still 404 miles from home)
What we say at Liberty Walks: The Walk keeps Walking . In order to manage 2800 miles in just five months, we need to keep up a nearly...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 243 min read


DAY 20 - Caldwell, ID - 404 Miles from Home
Today we officially made it to Idaho. But we've nonetheless managed to cross the Snake River - the natural border between Oregon and...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 233 min read


DAY 19 - Nyssa, OR & Payette, ID - 384 Miles from home
[Written on Day 20 - July 23] Bob and I left Vale at dawn, and I met him in Libby about 7 miles into his morning hike - so that he and I...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 234 min read


DAY 18 - Vale, OR - 365 Miles from Home
Lightning keeps striking. Today the Vale Pool - the only active swimming facility in the 9930 square miles of Malheur County - was closed...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 213 min read


Day 17 - Brogan & Vale, OR - 342 Miles from Home
I met Matt Davila today. "We love Vale! We moved here from Elko, Nevada. That was not a good place to live." BUT, here, Matt tells us,...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 203 min read


DAY 16 - En Route to Brogan, OR - 320 miles from home
"There's a whole lot of nothing between here and Ontario," Julia told us yesterday. Today Bob and I walked a lot of that nothing, and it...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 193 min read


DAY 15 - Unity, OR - 300 Miles from home
Julia bought the Stratton Station in Unity, Oregon three years ago. Built a cabin. Made Unity her home - coming out west from southern...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 182 min read


DAY 14 - Bates, OR - 283 Miles from home
There's something lonely about a forest road... especially if you're literally walking it alone.... I found myself melancholy today, high...
Esther Lisa Tishman
Jul 172 min read
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