Welcome to my organic, rough, and ever-changing route…. ; ) Please see the UPDATED version below!

You can always email me to get updated route information: kivawalk@gmail.com

FYI: In the chance that ‘our’ safety is at risk due to weather, trip duration, and/or physical health, we are open and willing to take ‘minimal’ strides via car/bus. Please understand that we are committed to walking as much as we can (hopefully, the entire way)!

UPDATED: 7/24/2010

UPCOMING ROUTE (estimated):

8/2 – 8/8

Monday – HOME
Tuesday – HOME
Wednesday – HOME
Thursday – (CO rd 3 & Hwy 50 intersection) Outside of Canon City, CO – Texas Creek, CO (15 miles) – WESTCLIFFE??
Friday – Texas Creek, CO – Coaldale, CO (Hwy 50) (12 miles) – WESTCLIFFE??
Saturday – Coaldale, CO – Howard, CO (CO Rd 45) (9 miles)
Sunday – Howard, CO – Salida, CO (13 miles)

8/9 – 8/15

Monday – Salida, CO – Poncha Springs, CO (5 miles)
Tuesday – Poncha Springs, CO – Monarch, CO (14 miles)
Wednesday – Monarch, CO – Sargents, CO (14 miles)
Thursday – Sargents, CO – Parlin, CO (Camp before Parlin) – (20 miles)
Friday – Parlin, CO – Gunnison, CO (11 miles)
Saturday – OFF in Gunnison
Sunday – Gunnison, CO – Blue Mesa RV Ranch, Gunnison, CO (13 miles)

8/16 – 8/22

Monday – Blue Mesa Ranch, CO – Lake Fort Campground, CO (13 miles – off hwy 92) (Dillon Pinnacles)
Tuesday – Lake Fort Resort/campgrounds, CO – Pleasant Valley Campgrounds, CO (16 miles)
Wednesday – Pleasant Valley Campgrounds – Kiniken Heights Intersection & hwy 50 (13 miles)
Thursday – Kiniken Heights Rd & Hwy 50 – Montrose, CO (9 miles)
Friday – DAY OFF Montrose
Saturday – Montrose, CO – Olathe, CO (11 miles)
Sunday – Olathe, CO – Delta, CO (11 miles)

8/23 – 8/30

Monday – Delta, CO (Bridgeport Rd & Hwy 50) – Whitewater, CO (16+ miles)
Tuesday – Whitewater, CO – Grand Junction, CO (10 miles)
Wednesday – DAY OFF Grand Junction
Thursday – Grand Junction, CO – Fruita, CO (12.5 miles)
Friday – Fruita, CO – Mack, CO (9 miles)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Mack, CO – Thompson Springs, UT (maybe services in Cisco, UT – 65 miles) – (Hwy 6 & Frontage Road) (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)

8/31 – 9/6

Tuesday – DAY OFF Thompson Springs ? (Maybe)
Wednesday, Thursday – Thompson Springs, UT – Green River, UT (31 miles) (Valley City Road/191/off road going West & Business hwy 191)
Friday – DAY OFF in Green River, UT
Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Green River, UT – Price, UT (via ride to 6 hwy off Major Hwy) (60 miles) (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)

9/7 – 9/12

Tuesday – DAY OFF Price, UT
Wednesday, Thursday – Price, UT – Fairview, UT (Consumers & Coal City in between) (50 miles)
Friday – Fairview, UT – Fountain Green, UT (13 miles)
Saturday – Fountain Green, UT – Nephi, UT (14.5 miles)
Sunday – DAY OFF Nephi, UT

9/13 – 9/21

Monday – Nephi, UT – Leamington, UT (28.5 miles) – (pick up lift for a few miles!?) (via hwy 132)
Tuesday – Leamington, UT – Delta, UT (21.5 miles) (via hwy 132 & hwy 6)
Wednesday – DAY OFF Delta, UT
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – Delta, UT – Ely, NV (144 miles) – avg: 20 miles a day (Border Inn – UT/NV) (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)

9/22 – 9/28

Wednesday – DAY OFF Ely!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday – Ely, NV – Eureka, NV (75 miles) (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)
Tuesday – DAY OFF Eureka, NV

9/29 – 10/8

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday – Eureka, NV – Austin, NV (70 miles) (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (110 miles) Austin, NV – Fallon, NV (WATER & FOOD DROP HELP)

10/9 – 10/17

Saturday – DAY OFF Fallon, NV
Sunday, Monday – Fallon, NV – Fernley, NV (30 miles)
Tuesday – Fernley, NV – Silver Springs, NV (14 miles)
Wednesday – DAY OFF Silver Springs
Thursday – Silver Springs, NV – Dayton, NV (24 miles)
Friday – Dayton, NV – Carson City, NV (11.5 miles)
Saturday – DAY OFF Carson City, NV
Sunday – Carson City, NV – Glenbrook, NV (15 miles)

10/18 – 10/24

Monday – Glenbrook, NV – South Lake Tahoe, CA (14 miles)
Tuesday – South Lake Tahoe, CA – Echo Lake, CA (11 miles)
Wednesday – Echo Lake, CA – Kyburz, CA (17 miles)
Thursday – Kyburz, CA – Pollock Pines, CA (18 miles)
Friday – Pollock Pines, CA – Placerville, CA (14 miles)
Saturday – DAY OFF Placerville, CA
Sunday – Placerville, CA – Folsom, CA (24 miles)

10/25 – 10/31

Monday – Folsom, CA – Sacramento, CA (21 miles)
Tuesday – DAY OFF Sacramento, CA
Wednesday – Sacramento, CA – Davis, CA (14 miles)
Thursday – Sacramento, CA – Dixon, CA (10 miles)
Friday – Dixon, CA – Fairfield, CA (21 miles)
Saturday – Fairfield, CA – Napa, CA (20 miles)
Sunday – Napa, CA – Sonoma, CA (13.5 miles)

11/1 – 11/5

Monday – Sonoma, CA – Petaluma, CA (14 miles)
Tuesday – DAY OFF Petaluma, CA
Wednesday – Petaluma, CA – Novato, CA (13.5 miles)
Thursday – Novato, CA – Larkspur, CA (16 miles)
Friday – Larkspur, CA – Golden Gate Bridge, CA (11 miles)

(into San Francisco – 2nd week of November – Specifics: TBD)

ROUTE HISTORY

WEEK 16 (June 14th – June 20th)
Olathe, KS – Edgerton, KS
Edgerton, KS – Ottawa, KS
Ottawa, KS – Williamsburg, KS
Williamsburg, KS – Lebo, KS
Lebo, KS – Emporia, KS
Emporia, KS – Strong City, KS
Strong City, KS – Florence, KS

WEEK 17 (June 21st – June 27th)
DAY OFF Florence, KS
Florence, KS – Peabody, KS
Peabody, KS – Newton, KS
Newton, KS – Hutchinson, KS
DAY OFF HUTCHINSON (Pawnee Rock – Heartland Farm!)
Hutchinson, KS – Sylvia, KS
Sylvia, KS – Stafford, KS

WEEK 18 (June 28th – July 4th)
Stafford, KS – Macksville, KS
Macksville, KS – Lewis, KS
Lewis, KS – Kinsley, KS (Offerle, KS)
Kinsley, KS – Spearville, KS
Spearville, KS – Dodge City, KS
Dodge City, KS – Cimarron, KS
DAY OFF – JULY 4th

WEEK 19 (July 5th – July 11th)
Cimarron, KS – Garden City, KS
Garden City, KS – Lakin, KS
DAY OFF – Lakin (Garden City)
Lakin, KS – Syracuse, KS
Syracuse, KS – Holly, CO
Holly, CO – Granada, CO
Granada, CO – Lamar, CO

WEEK 20 (July 12th – July 18th)
Lamar, CO – Hasty, CO
Hasty, CO – Las Animas, CO
Las Animas, CO – La Junta, CO
DAY OFF La Junta, CO
La Junta, CO – Rocky Ford, CO
Rocky Ford, CO – Fowler, CO
Fowler, CO – Avondale, CO

WEEK 21 (July 19th – July 25th)
Avondale, CO – Pueblo, CO
(WALKING INTO DENVER from Littleton, CO)
(Weekend Events!) JULY 24th-25th
WEEK 22 (July 26th – Aug 1st)
WEEK OFF IN DENVER (Cousin’s wedding in Steamboat – July 31st)

Week One: (March 1 – March 7)
Mon 3/1 – Cape Henlopen State Park, DE – Milton, DE (13 miles)
Tues 3/2 – Milton, DE – Greenwood, DE (16 miles) – total: 29
Wed 3/3 – Greenwood, DE – Denton, MD (15 miles) – total: 44
Thurs 3/4 – Denton, MD – Wye Mills, MD (14 miles) – total: 59
Fri 3/5 – Wye Mills, MD – Kent Narrows, MD (13 miles) – total: 71
Sat 3/6 – Kent Narrows, MD – Annapolis, MD (16 miles) – total: 87
Sun 3/7 – Annapolis, MD – Bowie, MD (17 miles) – total: 104

Week Two: (March 8 – March 14)
Mon 3/8 – Bowie, MD – College Park, MD (11 miles) total: 115
Tues 3/9 – Takoma Park, MD – Washington DC…and more (7 miles) total: 122
Wed 3/10 – DAY OFF – Washington DC
Thurs 3/11 – Washington DC – Potomac, MD (13 miles) total: 135
Fri 3/12 – Potomac, MD/Great Fall Visitor Center C&O Canal – Edward’s Ferry C&O Canal, MD (17 miles) total: 152
Sat 3/13 – Edward’s Ferry C&O Canal, MD – Point of Rocks, MD (17 miles) total: 169
Sun 3/14 – Point of Rocks, MD – Knoxville/Harper’s Ferry, WV (12 miles) total: 181

Week Three (March 15 – March 21)
Mon 3/15 – Knoxville/Harper’s Ferry, WV – Shepherdstown, MD (8 miles) total: 189
Tues 3/16 – Shepherdstown, MD – Williamsport, MD (15 miles) total: 204
Wed 3/17 – Williamsport, MD – Little Pool, MD C&O Canal (16 miles) total: 220
Thurs 3/18 – Little Pool, MD C&O Canal – Little Orleans, MD (20 miles) total: 240
Fri 3/19 – DAY OFF!
Sat 3/20 – Little Orleans, MD – Town Creek, MD (15 miles) total: 255
Sun 3/21 – Town Creek, MD – Iron Mountain, MD (15 miles) total: 270

Week Four (March 22 – March 28)
Mon 3/22 – Iron Mountain, MD – Woodcock Hollow Road, MD (13 miles) total: 283
Tues 3/23 – Woodcock Hollow Road, MD – Garrett County Line, MD (15 miles) total: 298
Wed 3/24 – Garrett County Line, MD – a few miles before Keyser’s Ridge, MD (10 miles) total: 308
Thurs 3/25 – a few miles before Keyser’s Ridge, MD – Elk Park, PA (16 miles)
Fri 3/26 – Elk Park, PA – Uniontown, PA (18 miles)
Sat 3/27 – DAY OFF
Sun 3/28 – Uniontown, PA – Masontown, PA (14 miles)

Week Five (March 29 – April 4)
Mon 3/29 – Masontown, PA – Waynesburg, PA (13 miles)
Tues 3/30 – Waynesburg, PA – Bristoria, PA (15.8 miles)
Wed 3/31 – Bristoria, PA – a few miles outside of Moundsville, WV
Thurs 4/1 – Moundsville/Wheeling, WV – St. Clairsville, OH
Fri 4/2 – St. Clairsville, OH – a few miles before Barnesville, OH
Sat 4/3 – DAY OFF – St Clairsville, OH
Sun 4/4 – a few miles before Barnesville, OH – Quaker City, OH

PLEASE SEE Blog/Site entries for Mileage!

Week Six (April 5 – April 11)
Mon 4/5 – Quaker City/Salesville, OH – Cambridge, OH
Tues 4/6 – Cambridge, OH – Pleasant Grove, OH
Wed 4/7 – Pleasant Grove, OH – Fultonham, OH
Thurs 4/8 – Fultonham, OH – Somerset, OH
Fri 4/9 – Somerset, OH – Lancaster, OH
Sat 4/10 – DAY OFF – Lancaster, OH
Sun 4/11 – Lancaster, OH – Circleville, OH

Week Seven (April 12th – 18th)
Mon 4/12 – Circleville, OH – Williamsport, OH
Tues 4/13 – Williamsport, OH – Washington Court House, OH
Wed 4/14 – Washington Court House, OH – Wilmington, OH
Thurs 4/15 – Wilmington, OH – Morrow, OH (Detour – Yellow Springs/Fairborne/Glenn Helen Park/John Bryan Park)
Fri 4/16 – Morrow, OH – outside of Cincinnati, OH (Detour – Hamilton, OH into Cincinnati)
Sat 4/17 – Walked around/through Cincinnati, OH
Sun 4/18 – Day OFF! – Cincinnati, OH

Week Eight (April 19 – 25)
Mon 4/19 – Cincinnati, OH – Union, KY
Tues 4/20 – Union, KY – Warsaw, KY (Detour – Anderson Township, OH – Dayton, KY)
Wed 4/21 – Warsaw, KY – Vevay, IN
Thurs 4/22 – Vevay, IN – Madison, IN
Fri 4/23 – Madison, IN – Chelsea, IN (Detour – Clifty Falls State Park/beginning of trip)
Sat 4/24 – DAY OFF!
Sun 4/25 – Chelsea, IN – Charlestown, IN

Week Nine (April 26 – May 2)
Mon 4/26 – Charlestown, IN – Louisville, KY
Tues 4/27 – Walking around (day off) – Louisville, KY
ROUGH ROUTE FROM THIS POINT: (could change)
Wed 4/28 – Louisville, KY – Georgetown, IN
Thurs 4/29 – Georgetown, IN – Milltown, IN
Fri 4/30 – Milltown, IN – English, IN
Sat 5/1 – English, IN – Birds Eye, IN
Sun 5/2 – DAY OFF!

Week Ten (May 2 – May 9 )
Mon 5/3 – Birdseye, IN – Huntingburg, IN
Tues 5/4 – Huntingburg, IN – Oakland City, IN
Wed 5/5 – Oakland City, IN – Princeton, IN
Thurs 5/6 – Princeton, IN – Mt. Carmel, IL
Fri – 5/7 – DAY OFF – Mt. Carmel, IL
Sat 5/8 – Mt. Carmel, IL – Albion, IL
Sun 5/9 – Albion, IL – Fairfield, IL

Week Eleven (May 10 – May 16)
Mon 5/10 – Fairfield, IL – Wayne City, IL
Tues 5/11 – DAY OFF – Wayne City, IL
Wednesday 5/12 – Wayne City, IL – Mt. Vernon, IL
Thursday 5/13 – Mt. Vernon, IL – Ashley, IL
Friday 5/14 – Ashley, IL – Nashville, IL
Saturday 5/15 – Nashville, IL – (detour) Mascoutah, IL
Sunday 5/16 – Mascoutah, IL – Belleville, IL

Week Twelve (May 17 – May 23)
Monday 5/17 – DAY OFF – Belleville, IL
Tuesday 5/18 – Belleville, IL – Cahokia, IL (East St. Louis, MO)
Wednesday 5/19 – Cahokia, IL (East St. Louis) – Bridge into St. Louis/, MO (walking around St. Louis city-center)
Thursday 5/20 – Olivette, MO – Katy Trail (Page Bridge)
***Start Katy Trail (around 200 miles)
Friday 5/21 – Katy Trail (after St. Charles) – Defiance, MO (Katy)
Saturday 5/22 – DAY OFF – Defiance, MO
Sunday 5/23 – Defiance, MO – Dutzow/Marthasville, MO

Week Thirteen (May 24 – May 30)
Monday 5/24 – Dutzow/Marthasville, MO – Treloar, MO
Tuesday 5/25 – Treloar, MO – McKittrick, MO
Wednesday 5/26 – McKittrick, MO – Portland, MO (Fulton, MO – detour)
Thursday 5/27 – Portland, MO – Tebbetts, MO
Friday 5/28 – DAY OFF – Jefferson City, MO
Saturday 5/29 – Tebbetts, MO – Jefferson City, MO
Sunday 5/30 – Jefferson City, MO – Centertown, MO

Week Fourteen (May 31 – June 6)
Monday 5/31 – Centertown, MO – California, MO
Tuesday 6/1 – California, MO – Tipton, MO
Wednesday 6/2 – Tipton, MO – Otterville/Smithton, MO
Thursday 6/3 – Otterville/Smithton, MO – Sedalia, MO
Friday 6/4 – DAY OFF in Sadalia, MO
Saturday 6/5 – Sadalia, MO – La Monte, MO
Sunday 6/6 – La Monte, MO – Warrensburg, MO

Week Fifteen (June 7 – June 13)
Monday 6/7 – Warrensburg, MO – Holden, MO
Tuesday 6/8 – Holden, MO – Pleasant Hill, MO
Wednesday 6/9 – Pleasant Hill, MO – Lee’s Summit, MO
Thursday 6/10 – Lee’s Summit, MO – Vineyard, MO
Friday 6/11 – DAY OFF Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Saturday 6/12 – DAY OFF Kansas City
Sunday 6/13 – Walking w/in Kansas City, MO/KS

Please contact me at: kivawalk@gmail.com if you know anyone who might want to take us in and/or walk with us in these areas! THANK YOU!

ROUGH ROUTE FOR Denver, CO – San Francisco, CA – As many of you know our journey WEST of Colorado will be VERY different than the first 2 legs of this trip. CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE MAP/INFO I would LOVE any/all feedback and/or suggestions on this: kivawalk@gmail.com

American Discovery Trail (ADT)
I have decided that I will still use the ADT as a ‘rough’ tool in helping to carve my route. I have copied the exact ‘southern’ portion of the ADT below and will update the best of my ability the current route as I go!

ADT ‘Southern Route’
Mileage & percentage below is strictly on the account that I stay only on the ADT.

Delaware
Total Miles – 44.6 (1%)
Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes – Maryland State Line

Maryland
Total Miles – 270 (5%)
Delaware State Line to Chesapeake Bay — 41.9 miles
Chesapeake Bay to Greenbelt Park — 43.5 miles
Greenbelt Park to Georgetown, Washington, DC — 17.4 miles
Georgetown to Oldtown, MD (C&O Canal Towpath) — 167 miles

West Virginia
Total Miles – 288.6 (6%)
Maryland State Line to Streby — 59.5 miles
Streby to Nestorville — 69.7 miles
Nestorville to Wilsonburg — 84 miles
Wilsonburg to Ohio State Line — 75 miles

Ohio/Kentucky
Total Miles – 524 (10%)
Belpre (WVA border) to Chesterhill, OH — 33.4 miles
Chesterhill, OH (begin Buckeye trail) to East Branch Church Road/SR 78 — 15.5 miles
E. Branch Church Road/SR 78 to Ohio SR 664 — 56.2 miles
Ohio SR 664 to SR 327 — 42.5 miles
Ohio SR 327 to Pike Lake State Park — 62.0 miles
Pike Lake State Park to Beaver Pond Road — 52.4 miles
Beaver Pond Road to Long Lick & Sunshine Ridge Roads — 44.5
Long Lick & Sunshine Ridge Roads to Ohio SR 774 and Oakland-Locust Ridge Road at — 62.9
Ohio SR 774 and Oakland-Locust Ridge Road to Eden Park, Cincinnati — 67.1
Eden Park, Cincinnati to Elizabethtown to Indiana — 27.7

Indiana
Total Miles – 366 (7%)
Ohio state line (Greendale) to Clifty Falls State Park — 70 miles
Clifty Falls S.P. to Deam Lake Campground — 54 miles
Deam Lake to Corydon — 48 miles
Corydon to St. Meinrad — 96 miles
St. Meinrad to Evansville — 65 miles
Evansville to Illinois state line (Wabash River) — 33 miles

Illinois
Total Miles – 284 (4%)
Indiana State line to intersection with the River to River Trail — 41 miles
Harden County line to Grand Tower — 127 miles
Grand Tower to East St. Louis (Missouri state line) — 116 miles

Missouri
Total Miles – 343 (7%)
St. Louis to St. Charles — 33 miles
St. Charles (Katy Trail) to Boonville — 154 miles
Boonville to Kansas City (Kansas state line) — 156 miles

Kansas
Total Miles – 570 (11%)
Leawood (MO line) to Lawrence — 52 miles
Lawrence to Herington — 127 miles
Herington to McPherson — 58 miles
McPherson to Great Bend — 75 miles
Great Bend to Kinsley — 56 miles
Kinsley to Dodge City — 53 miles
Dodge City to Garden City — 64 miles
Garden City to Coolidge (CO line) — 78 miles

Colorado
Total Miles – 1,153 (22%)
Southeast segment, Kansas to Canon City — 219 miles
Front range segment, Canon City to Denver — 158 miles
Northeast segment, Nebraska to Denver — 241 miles
East mountain segment, Denver to Buena Vista — 227 miles
West mountain segment, Buena Vista to Redstone — 130 miles
West segment, Redstone to Utah — 178 miles

Utah
Total Miles – 593 (11%)
CO Border to Moab — 113 miles
Moab to Hite (Colorado River) — 174 miles
Hite to Boulder — 89 miles
Boulder to Circleville — 74 miles
Circleville to Beaver — 28 miles
Beaver to Nevada State Line — 115 miles

Nevada
Total Miles – 496 (9%)
Utah State Line (Baker) to Preston — 87.4 miles
Preston to Duckwater — 45 miles
Duckwater to Moores Station — 55.5 miles
Moores Station to Pine Creek Campground — 43.9 miles
Pine Creek Campground to South Twin Campground — 36.2 miles
South Twin Campground to Ione — 43.7 miles
Ione to Middlegate — 40.7 miles
Middlegate to Virginia City — 98.9 miles
Virginia City to California Line — 44.6 miles

California
Total Miles – 376 (7%)
Nevada State Line to Hwy 89 at Truckee River Bridge — 22 miles
Hwy 89 to Lewis Campground at French Meadows Reservoir — 27 miles
French Meadows Reservoir to Foresthill — 46 miles
Foresthill to Auburn — 33 miles
Auburn to Sacramento at Discovery Park — 52 miles
Sacramento to Antioch at Contra Loma Regional Park — 73 miles
Antioch to Walnut Creek at Heather Farms Park — 35 miles
Walnut Creek to Golden Gate Bridge at north end — 47 miles
Golden Gate Bridge to Limantour Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore — 43 miles

Please contact me @ kivawalk@gmail.com if you or anyone you know would be willing to host a tall guy and his pup along the way! (…even if it is permission to pitch a tent on their property!)