March 25th

We walked 12.7 miles today from Moreno Valley, California to within a mile of Beaumont, California. The walk started out with sidewalks in the suburbs of Moreno Valley and ended in hell. When we got on Highway 60, west of Beaumont, we couldn't get on the other side of the road because there was a divider . We had to walk with the traffic, which was heavy, and there was hardly any shoulder. Cars and big trucks were whizzing by constantly. We walked on the other side of the guardrails when we could. It was very slow going and very uphill. We finally got a chance to cross over to the other side and made it to the top of the hill. Then, after a few more miles, we got stopped by our first state police officer. He informed us that we couldn't walk on this particular highway because it's considered a freeway/interstate and that we couldn't we walk any farther. We explained to him what we were doing and it wasn't very far to Beaumont, so he said be careful and that he wouldn't harass us anymore. Today I found 2 sockets, a 5/16 and a 7mm, a socket wrench handle, a General Mills plastic car, a miniature Angels baseball cap, and a plastic hardhat. I put 12.7 miles on my New Balance 926s. Stay tuned.