Zero!

Day 14 (116) Miles: 0 Mileage: 2,390.6 Today we slept in, ate pancakes and pizza and popcorn and ice cream, soaked in the hot tub and laid about for hours. It was a lovely break for our feet and a wonderful opportunity to shower again, for no particular reason at all. Tomorrow we continue north!

Zero in Fargo

Day 23 Miles: 0 Mileage from start: 1,965 Our last zero in Waterton Village was unlike any off day I’ve had during an endurance trip. We slept, we ate, we chilled out. I was beginning to think that thrubiking was just so chill in comparison to thruhiking where zero days are filled to the brim […]

ZERO!

Day 12 Miles: 0 Miles from start: 944 Sleep, eat, sleep, boat ride, eat, sleep, eat, shower, sleep. That’s about how the day went. And how a zero should be, I think. Rest and energy consumption.  Breakfast was eggs Benedict at the hotel restaurant with goat cheese, tomatoes and spinach. Then a nap, followed by […]

The unanticipated zero

Mileage: 0 Never mind the miles, my body said. You’re not going anywhere.  And so I sat, and Richard sat with me, in our motel room for another day and night.  Time was spent on the toilet, listening to podcasts and catching up on lost sleep and fluids.  Around 10 a.m., the unprepared cleaning lady […]