He’s done with the eight leg of his journey.

All that’s left now is the stretch of Russell Road from US-31 to Owasippe. Today’s trip took him up from Grand Haven and into Muskegon. He left Muskegon and headed out to US-31 where he stopped in order to make the final push tomorrow morning and report for his very first day on staff at Owasippe. His gear is loaded and will make it’s way up to join him for the rest of the summer.

Much of today was about anticipation and a sense of accomplishment with less than 20 miles planned for the day, it was the least he’s walked in a week now. But as any of us know when you know you’re close those last few miles seem to stretch out just a bit longer.

Upon arriving at his destination for the day he was whisked away to Whitehall for a traditional friday evening of Big John’s Pizza and Dog N Suds Root Beer. Not exactly a great menu plan for a diabetic, but a well deserved one after the feat he has come so close to accomplishing.

His cumulative total is 180 miles.