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cath04 05/05/2011

So how is everyone doing that is taking part in this amazing challenge.

As of today 5th May - I'm 402.3 miles into Virginia, so over halfway through Virginia which has a total of 737.7 miles.

I'm on a country road that bends to the right, there is a lane that goes up to the right, and there is a garage on the corner. I have 11.76 miles to go to Max Meadows.

Let us know how you are all doing ..........

JoyceMarilyn 05/06/2011

I am about 25 miles behind you! Looks like I am just coming into a town as I see a large building on the right.

cath04 05/07/2011

Hey Joyce, finally I've overtaken you :-), your doing well, we are both now over half way through Virginia, here's to the other half and moving on to the next State.........

Kahlua13 05/31/2011

Yay! I finally made it into Kentucky!

cath04 06/01/2011

Well done Kahlua I''m now 509.6 miles into Virginia, so only got another 228.1 miles left to go, so should get out of Virginia some time in July at the rate I'm going at present as I did 131.8 miles in May.

Enjoy Kentucky and don't eat too much Kentucky Fried Chicken !!! :-)

Kahlua13 06/01/2011

I, like you, thought it was 737 miles to KY. We were wrong. the first map is 737 miles, which includes the beginning of Kentucky. Virginia is only like 600 or so miles. (I don't know exactly as I was behind in putting my miles in and put a whole bunch in at once. next thing I knew, I was in KY!) I have 635.2 miles total, so I am not too far ahead of you.

cath04 06/01/2011

That's good to hear, I have nothing against Virginia, but would love to get out of there and into a new state for a change.........so your only 125 miles ahead of me, never know I might eventually catch you up !! :-)

Will have to keep an eye on it each time I enter my miles once I'm around the 600 mile mark and see when it switches over.

See you in Kentucky - and remember not too much of that fried chicken !

cath04 06/01/2011

OK you can tell from this that I'm at work doing a waking night shift, and nothing much can be happening as I must be ultra board to work this out.

After playing around on the website and inputting lots of different figures, I've worked out that Virginia is 555 miles (well the route we are doing is) and not the 737.7 that I thought it was as Kahlua found out...........the first map carries on into KY.

That means I'm 90% of the way across Virginia and only have 45.4 miles left to go before I also am in KY

Well suppose I had better get on and do some work :-) after all that is what they are paying me for !!!

Kahlua13 06/02/2011

It was cool! I actually got an email from the web site:

You have now crossed into the state of KY

Congratulations!

Your total mileage of 557.2 mi now puts you in the state of KY on the TransAmerica trail.

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