This was Larry’s last day walking with me before he returns home tomorrow. We’ll be leaving Morro Bay before sunrise to get him to San Luis Obispo for the Amtrak train to Union Station, then I’ll ‘book it’ up to Cambria to catch the bus to my start point in San Simeon. Spotlights This Week:…

Larry & I had an amazing day. The weather was magnificent, traffic was light, the road was flatter and straighter, and we had some fun wildlife sightings. Spotlights This Week: Always: Hope Chapel Missions Charity Spotlight: Desire Street Ministries Church Spotlight: Lompoc Foursquare Church – Lompoc, CA After Mile 1, Ragged Point was our final ‘oasis’ on the…

The 10 miles today with Larry included a majority of the challenges that I’ve dealt with in the past, plus a new one – the possibility of ‘slides’. Spotlights This Week: Always: Hope Chapel Missions Charity Spotlight: Desire Street Ministries Church Spotlight: Lompoc Foursquare Church – Lompoc, CA The shoulder was often nonexistent, the road was incredibly curvy,…

Before I start tonight, I first have to apologize… As I mentioned when I posted the final update from my most recent walking cycle, I had everything ready to go – then *poof*! I lost it all and had to start over, late at night and with much frustration. Unfortunately, when I did it over…

Once again (as happened earlier in this walking cycle), after investing a significant amount of time writing this blog post, it disappeared right before I hit ‘send’! I have to admit, I’m fed up with it. I wanna cry, but here’s another go at it… I’m already 2 days late with this post – but…

Today the houses were few and far between.  We started out on the wild coast and ended there as well – passing through the tiny town of Lucia about 8 miles in, perched on the side of a cliff. Spotlights This Week: Always: Hope Chapel Missions Charity Spotlight: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Church Spotlight: Harvestlands Foursquare Church – Salinas,…

Once again, my start/stop points didn’t include any towns, so they can only be defined by Monterey County mileposts. Interestingly, today seemed like it was going to be one of the more ‘remote’ days, but in reality there were quite a few houses. Actually, I doubt we ever went more than a half mile without…

The earlier predictions of rain today gave way to sunshine – it was one of the most perfect weather days we could have ever asked for, and the forecast is for more of the same. Spotlights This Week: Always: Hope Chapel Missions Charity Spotlight: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Church Spotlight: Harvestlands Foursquare Church – Salinas, CA We had coffee…

The short story about today is that it was GREAT! Totally beautiful. The road was narrow and winding, and it was remote – but we had lots of tourist ‘company’ and traffic was light. Spotlights This Week: Always: Hope Chapel Missions Charity Spotlight: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Church Spotlight: Harvestlands Foursquare Church – Salinas, CA As I went out…

Everything went great today for Shani’s first day of walking with me, and also for our shuttle from Shelley – thanks SO much! The day started out really foggy, but quickly cleared up to sunshine.  If today is any indication, we’re in for 5 days of beautiful scenery. (Though possibly some rain Wednesday.) Spotlights This…