It started in January, when Tracy Whittaker and I were walking at lunch. We thought it was possible with the amount of steps we walk each day, we could sum them up to the entire distance across America. I did some calculations and its seemed like a doable goal. That would be about 16,000 steps a day. So, on January 21st we started at Santa Monica Pier. Each day we would count our steps with our pedometer and report them in www.walkertacker.com. You can see my progress at their site, walkertracker.com/douglas. On November 30th, right before I went on a business trip, I reached the shores at Jacksonville, Florida. Below is the some data and the map of the journey.

  • Total Miles 2,458.4
  • Total Steps: 5,024,726
  • goal: 16,000 goal of steps a day 15,801 actual steps average

Viturally Across America in One Year!