To Davis

2/12/10 We walked a total of 5 miles today heading towards Davis on rd 31. Alex got hassled by the sheriffs here. He was stopped twice on the walk. He had dropped me at winters went 5 miles down the road then started walking towards me. During that time he was made to put his hands on the sheriffs car and was padded down and asked a bunch of questions. He said the sheriffs made fun of what we were doing. Then before he could reach me they did it again. I asked if he was angry about it, he said no. All's well that ends well. We found 1dollor 81cents.

Putah Creek and Winters

2/6/10 We walked a total of 9.5 miles today along the Puta creek all the way until we reached the town of Winters. the walk along the river was beautiful with many ducks and lots of rolling hills and green blue water . Once we got down to the flat lands it lost its beauty . Mostly just walnut tree orchards and small family ranches with some animals. when we walked along the high school the students were being let out of school we seemed to draw some interests with them joking at us . All in good fun. We found 10 cents.

LAKE BEREYSSA

1/31/10

Today we departed from near lake Berryessa and we walked a total of 6.5 miles. not as much as usual due to our business backing up and not enough time. It was crazy! Motorcycles speeding along hwy 128 probably because of the perfect riding weather. We ended up at a nice camp ground called Canyon Creek resort. The weather was perfect . The walk quick only 2,5 hours but some of the nicest scenery to date. We found a total of 59 cents.

FROM NAPA TO LAKE BEREYESSA

1/23/10
we had the most beautiful scenery today since we had begun walking. the oak tree is this are full of a hanging moss it must be just the right elevation along with temperature and humidity to allow the moss to grow so long. It made for a surreal look to the forest something like out of a movie. we walked also the longest as for the time on foot at 4hrs and twenty minutes of nonstop walking, I know it doesn't should like that long , but as bad a shape as I'm in its hard to do , any way working on that. We are just about reaching lake Berryessa and should be walking past that on next trip, we did 9.5 miles this trip it was up and down walking in the mountains so the distance was not as far as I had expected. we found 75 cents this walk

FROM NAPA TO LAKE BEREYESSA

We walked about 6 miles today less than usual because 3 miles was up a steep grade on hwy 121. There was little room on either side of the road and you needed to be careful as to not get to close to the traffic. It was perfect weather for walking, perhaps 65 , I was in a t-shirt most of the 3 hours. It is a very beautiful walk with a great deal of green mountains and valleys to look at . The foliage is dense and we did not see any animals. we stopped and gave two guys directions using Alex's gps to where their roofing job was and a police man gave a warning ticket to Alex about where he parked along the road. Alex follows me by parking perhaps 3-5 miles ahead and then walking towards me until we meet then does it again where we finish. This way we have a car when were done, yet I walk the full distance. Starting again exactly where I left off. We found 88 cents today.

SONOMA - NAPA

1/12/10 Walked thought the town of Napa started a mile and a half from town and ended up where the hill area starts climbing up the coastal range on the way to Lake Berryessa on hwy 121. We walked a total of 9 miles. The town of Napa was nice I liked the main park area and the stores and shops on 1st street. Met a guy there that asked us where we were headed and cheered us on when we told him we were planning on walking across the US. He also saw the flag on my walking stick and thought it was great idea to display it. I think I'm starting to lose a little weight the pants I have mostly been wearing need to be pulled up a couple of times, so I think it might be working a little. We are planning in going again in 2 days. Found 23 cents today.

PETALUMA - SONOMA

1/2/10
Was raining a light rain when Alex dropped me off about 3 miles before Petaluma. was not much to tell about walked through the city and ended up at a little bar. We stopped for about 1/2 hour at a star bucks I had a hot tea and a chocolate cupcake Alex had a hot tea, there were a ton of pretty girls that came and went from the Star Bucks the walk took about 3 and 1/2 hours for a total of9.9 miles. We found 64 cents on the walk.

1/6/10
it was very foggy when we left the bar for a walk towards Sonoma today departed at 9;05 walked for a total of about 8.3 miles it took about 3 hours and 10 minutes. I had a couple of revelations today that the walking seems to clean me somewhat. it feels as if my body is becoming cleaner and my mind seems more at peace . you tend to not think of the traffic as it zooms buy but more tune it out and enjoy the walk. we did less miles today because we went through a rather dangerous area where the road was without much shoulder and lots of turns so I wanted to go at it slower than usual. no animals were seen to speak of and the fog never cleared. we found 23 cents on the walk today.

1/9/10

Amal came along on this walk he did great for a 11 year old he walked with me for about 8.5 miles we stopped in a small cafe on hwy 121 and ate breakfast with Alex the food was very good it was all homemade style the orange juice hand squeezed by the taste of it. I tied an American flag on my walking stick today. we would have walked father but I had stomach problems all that morning and felt uncomfortable with the walk . We saw lots of vineyards on this walk and we stopped about 1.5 miles shy of Napa on old Sonoma road it was a lot of fun with amal walking with me he did a great job and never complained we found 25 cents on the walk.