Day 5 – 5/13 – Glouster to Logan – 24 miles
Jason runs a small business in Logan, Ohio, a small town best known as the stepping-off point for visits to Hocking Hills State Park and its famous Old Man’s Cave. He anticipated that 2020 would be his best year ever; instead, he’s been sitting around idle for much of the time. Since he doesn’t have […]
Days 3 & 4 – 5/11 and 5/12 – Belpre to Glouster, OH – 61 miles
And suddenly, I was back to where I started. Way back in August, I flew into Cincinnati to start my journey on the ADT, leaving Ohio twice over the course of that day, first going into Kentucky and then Indiana. That said, I can’t claim to have made any real, lasting impressions of the state–that […]
Day 2 – Petroleum, WV to Belpre, OH
A cold night makes for a very effective alarm clock. We emerged around 5:30am, just as pre-dawn light repelled the dark of night, and awkwardly fumbled through the deconstruction of our sleeping set-ups with stiff and uncooperative fingers. It was good to be moving, blood flowing, and back on the trail. While we had a […]
Day 1 – Pennsboro to Petroleum, WV – 20 miles
I woke up in Marietta, Ohio. The town held no appeal beyond proximity to Parkersburg and its position on the Ohio side of the river; across the way in West Virginia, hotels announced strict limitations to essential workers, so it seemed better to circumvent than test those. Yesterday’s flight from Portland was met with an […]
Day 0 (Part 3) – Fear and Loathing
The drive home from Parkersburg, West Virginia took two-and-a-half days, replacing a walk that should have lasted another four-and-a-half months. I took the most direct approach. At times, that brought me in line with towns I would have encountered along the walk–Logan, OH, North Platte, NE, Twin Falls, ID. The whole final approach, along I84 […]