A great morning: cool breezes – cloud cover – several stops from curious locals – and a GREAT historic town: Helper, Utah – love this…

Pictures from today:

Helper, UT

CLASSIC place to stop & eat - such history here - Balance Rock Eatery & Pub!

enlarged post card of 'Helper miner boy' - loved it - in old storefront window

Video from today: OKAY – nevermind. Youtube decided to not cooperate w/video uploading today! – SO – I will hopefully have a video to you soon from Helper, UT. Ahhh, the joys of on-foot uploading!

Off to the mountains…

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After three 20 mile days – we are loving and soaking up a day off here in Price. As we relish the beautiful landscapes of Utah I am continually reminded that we are SO fortunate to still be healthy and well taken care of by supporters & locals along the way. This ‘walk across America’ goes well beyond the physical challenges and triumphs – it is a constant exploration of mind, body, soul, spirit & earth. There is nothing more beautiful than the: curious & encouraging smile of a local - hard winds dancing w/piercing colors during a sunset/sunrise - euphoric feeling when the sock comes off while lying down after a long day’s walk…

On another the note, the video below was taken about 5 minutes before a young kid threw a large green slime bomb on me. It came up from the ground and my imagination told me that he was laughing and screaming as he passed by “Bob” & I at 65 mph. A few seconds of awkward silence and screaming, I came back to earth and realized Bob’s left rear tire exploded w/the green ‘puncture prevention’ slime. Fun. I enjoyed a very ‘heated’ 15 minutes of pumping, filling, and maneuvering cheap ‘shopping-mall trycycle tires’ on the Bob to ‘hopefully’ get me into Price – I will look for stronger one’s this afternoon!

Okay – enough blabbing. I am also roping you all into a trench of thought in my video – so be careful – and cover your children’s ears as I quickly and ‘mindfully’ vent in frustration towards a driver…

Pictures from our last couple days:

Thanks again Bill & Jane Schroeder from Delta, CO for helping us in Moab & Green River!!

...an amazing 'mid-day-heat' break in highway underpass - great for napping!

great sunsets & sunrises - stunning out here...

THANKS Wes for making a water/dr pepper/sunflower seed drop!

love the late evening light... so much!

Price, UT!

THANK YOU Holiday Inn of Price, UT for taking care of us last night!

Woke up fighting the comforts of my warm sleeping bag to very cold winds – actually pulled out the long johns! (first time since Maryland in March). We tackled another long 20 mile day – passed by hundreds of semi-trucks and enjoyed the comfortable company of the Book Cliffs. SO PROUD of my cousin Matt who contiues to battle the open roads w/me – blisters and all. He has trekked over 400 miles now!

Talked to several curious locals today as we actually moved through Wellington & Price, UT. It was close to heaven walking into Holiday Inn in Price. SO THANKFUL to them (and Teri Finan) for helping us out tonight!

Will upload pictures & video tomorrow from local library.

Cheers for now,

Jonathon

…a long and beautiful day here in Utah. Loving the open skies – festival of stars – and a sea of ever-changing rock… all while embracing the struggle to keep puonding the pavement in the hot & challenging weather.

Loving the book ‘Better World Handbook’ as well (see book list below)

Cheers for now (there are updated pictures on our Facebook page!)

Jonathon

THANK you Wes for doing a water drop today!

Considering we are back in the great Utah wilderness, I figured I would update from our first stopping point while I have service. We are tackling our first of three days on hwy 6 towards Price, UT. It is SO beautiful having the San Rafael Swell to our left and the Book Cliffs to our right.

We had such an amazing time in Moab & Green River and are so thankful to ALL of those that helped us along the way!

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Okaaaay…onwards – another 17 miles to go!

Cheers,

Jonathon

Another day of rest here in BEAUTIFUL Moab! We enjoyed the company of TeriAnn Tibbetts last night w/her friends on her wonderfully artistic property – w/blue cheese burgers, a few beers and quality conversation… finishing with a cool night sleeping under the stars. Blessings continued as we met up with recent hosts: Bill & Jane Schroeder from Delta, CO who drove up to help us get into Green River tomorrow. We ventured off into Canyonland country – spectacular – another monumental paradise in SE Utah.

We will be taking off from Green River, UT tomorrow morning and potentially out of touch again for another three days as we make our way towards Price. There is nothing for water, food and/or plug-ins for 60 miles via hwy 6 – so we will see what happens along the way!

Here are a couple videos & pictures from last night & today:

Video tour of TeriAnn’s artistic home here in Moab:

Canyonlands National Park:

an incredible 'free meal' program that is open to the public for a free lunch everyday here in Moab - outstanding

SUCH a creative woman - who was SO helpful to us here in Moab - THANKS TeriAnn!

beautiful: Canyonlands National Park!

THANKS Caron & John for taking us in again!!