Marching Through Georgia

On the treadmill, I ran/walked for 3.37 miles. This is 5.42348 kilometers.

This means that when people brag about completing a 5K, I complete one of those...three times a week. Wow. Didn't see that coming, not by a long shot. I know a guy who walks over an hour to work; he can probably cover 3.37 miles four or five times a week - going to work, and then coming back.

Let's see how far I can "run", then. At this rate, I should be able to run across the entire United States in about 1000 days or so. Let's start on the shores of Savannah, Georgia and end up somewhere in Westport, Washington.

Where I start: The Tybee Island Lighthouse, Savannah, Georgia.
Where I end up: Off the Fort Pulaski National Monument, somewhere off State Road 80, Savannah Georgia.
Total distance on map: 5.023 kilometers
Spare kilometers for next run: 0.4 kilometers

Across the road as I end, to my left is a bending river and to my right is the Fort Pulaski National Momument. Fort Pulaski guards the entrance to the Savannah River, which I suspect is on my left. This could have been an important port for the Confederacy, but since they didn't think Union troops would land on Tybee Island, they abandoned the island.

Guess what? Union troops landed, bombarded the fort and took control. That was the end of Confederate shipping through Savannah.

And that's one to grow on.