Since arriving, the week has been a whirlwind. I’ve had some down moments, and have enjoyed the peaceful feeling of not needing to research and plan any more committed miles. My Washington-to-Washington commitment is complete!
That said, plenty has been occurring in the DC metro area itself, and I do plan to eventually post many more pics and write about meeting and being hosted by Eric, Ali & Alex, Sam, and others soon as well. My blog-writing pace may slow to 1 per week for a while, but depending on what the future brings, I may end up writing much, much more as well.
I fly home this coming Tuesday. Rocio will arrive later that night, from Atlanta, and spend six days with me in the Pacific NW. It will be her first time in the Portland/Vancouver area. She’ll be meeting my family. I then will be meeting her family in August, in Peru, where we’ll spend a couple of weeks.
“What will you do after arriving to D.C.?”
This is a question that has been asked of me time and again across the miles. Pretty consistently, my response has been: “Well, have walked from the state of Washington to southern California, to the Florida panhandle, if I were to simply walk another 600 miles to Portland, Maine, that would complete the four corners of the Lower 48 states. I don’t know how soon I’d complete such a mission, and I will not commit to doing so before reaching D.C., but I’m strongly leaning toward continuing on.”
Well, now that I’ve completed my Washington-to-Washington commitment, I’m finding that I really don’t feel like “committing” to more at this point. However, especially after walking so many Pacific Ocean miles, I do still feel a calling to walk to at least the Atlantic, and very likely to reach Portland, Maine, someday as well. That said, I have no clue how soon I’ll commit to the whole package. I’ll be leaving my stuff in the D.C. metro area for now though, preparing to at least do some more walking later this year. I’ll wait a while before making any devotion on just how many more miles I’ll walk, and how soon that will occur.
I’ll follow the golden voice of intuition through the remainder of this year and into 2014 as well. Intuition guided me onto the Walk, and will continue to light my path ahead as well. I look forward to whatever is to come, where I’ll be going, whom I’ll meet, etc, etc!

Much Love, Strength & Peace to You All!!