Alternative Avenue

I got that title curtusdy of Alex Bea, and I probably spelled it wrong but I dont care.



Today we started in Spencer Mass and ended in Northborough, walking through Worcester and Leicester. The weather was a little warm but we had lighter packs so the walk was very doable.Big positive thing about today was that Alex and I talked alot so that passed the time. We did some good Top 5's including Top 5 Douchebags that we knew. I forgot to mention this when it happened but I will now.When we crossed the Ct. River I was singing that song "Come on Ride the Train", which was a staple at every 7th and 8th grade dance. When I finished the chorus Alex sung a whole verse and had some nice moves to go with it. That must have happened three days go and I am still laughing at it.
I do not like walking on this Route 9. It is busy and the views are not that great. I missed the small towns with their twon squares and parks and walking past dairies and farms. Today was pavement and concrete for most of it not very inspiring. I am sure those towns are very nice but I did not see the nicest parts.

A big advantage to being this late in the walk is that you kind of get used to it. The cars don't make you as nervous as they did in the begining. Your feet and knees still hurt but not as much. My favorite thing is that to me it is normal to just pee on the side of the road. Hey I gotta go and I don't know how long it will be to the next restroom so I just go. Today I did pee behind a bank because I knew it was closed, again to me it seemed perfectly fine.

When people hear that Alex and I asked for people to donate to Sloan Kettering, or the Jimmy Fund or St. Judes they ask us how much money we have raised. To be honest I have no idea, for all I know we raised a dollar. Before the walk I really wanted to contact the charities and let them know what I was doing. I even thought about raising money by asking busineses and people I knew, but I did not.

I was afraid that I wouldnt be able to finish or people would think I was full of it. Now, looking back I kind of regret not telling more people I was doing this. Maybe I could have raised alot of money, maybe people would have thought I was doing it for the attention..who knows.

Apparantly new blisters can form right where ones that you popped used to exist. It was nice to welcome back old familar pains to certain parts of my feet. Since
One final piece of news there will be a slight change to the Walk. Now dont get your Nomar shirt in a bunch hear me out. Pat tolds us that most of Route 9 is going to be an unpleasent walk, worse than today. He suggested that we take the route they use for the Boston Marathon. Alex checked it out online so that is what we are doing. Now since we have 30 miles left in the walk we are going to walk that distance starting on the Marathon route, so no miles will be lost and no shortcuts will be taken.

Tomorrow is our last 20 mile day and unfortunatly the weather is supposed to be lousy and rainy. I hate walking in the rain alot but I am trying to be positive.

Night