Complet - Fini - Done

Cali and I walked every street in Corvallis in 90 walks. You can read more below.

The Numbers

In 90 walks, Cali and I completed our project to walk every street in Corvallis.

We walked about 262 total miles and covered about 189 miles of Corvallis streets.

Here's our summary data:

For most walks, we drove to a starting/ending point. That's why this project required almost 450 miles of driving. We tried to be as efficient as possible, but cul-de-sacs and other retracings forced us to walk quite a few (about 73) extra miles to cover everything.

Here are some other interesting numbers.

Zero

• The number of socks that either Cali or I wore on these walks

• The number of injuries on this project - great to stay healthy!

• Zero is also the number of rude or mean or difficult people we met during this project. Some of the people we met were indifferent, but most of them were friendly and welcoming and sometimes curious about why we were doing what we were doing.

One

• The number of pairs of footwear that I wore. Cudos to my favorite Clarks' sandals: 

• One is also the number of difficult dogs that we met. All in all, pet owners in Corvallis have dogs that behave very well. We only had one instance of an aggressive dog that bit Cali, and that resulted when an owner (near home) did not have their dog on a leash. In 90 walks, we probably met more than 200 well-manered dogs. This was not a problem.

Two

• The minimum number of goofy looks from Cali on any given walk. Cali loved this project and was an awesome companion.

Five

• The minimum number of things that Cali liked best about this project. They include smelling everything, cats, chickens, sticks, and people (especially Matt). Cali has a great sense about who is a "dog person" and whom to avoid.

17:01

• Average time per mile that we walked

47:54

• Average walk time

50

• Number of bird species we saw

74:14:41

• Total walk time - 74 hours, 14 minutes, 41 seconds
• That's more than three full 24 hour days.

297

• Average number of calories I burned on each walk (two beers)

570

• Average ascent/decent (feet) per walk

27,638

• Total calories that I burned (178 beers)

53,000

• Approximate total ascent/decent (feet) -  about 10 miles

496,300

• Approximate number of steps that I took on this project

1,590,000

• Approximate number of steps that Cali took on this project:

Three Views of Our Project

Here are three views of our "Walking Corvallis" project.

The first is a view of how Cali recovers from each walk after finishing my Yoplait.

The second view is a "movie" of all 90 walks. Click it if you need a seriously boring view of a little dot tracing our entire project.

All 90 Walks at EveryTrail


The third view is the final map of our walks. Green ones are just Cali and me. Martha joined us on the red ones. Matt walked with us on the blue ones. All four of us walked on the single purple one.

Walk #90

With a 5.55 mile walk in the fog, we completed our project to walk all of the streets of Corvallis!! This morning's walk was one of my favorites, and I had been saving it for the end. We walked on Campus Way west through OSU (pinned photos) then through the covered bridge (pinned photo), past the llamas (pinned photo), to the fairgrounds and then north on 53rd and home (another pinned photo).

Walk #90 at EveryTrail

Walks #88 & #89

We finished the SW section of Corvallis in the fog this morning. On the way home, we stopped and completed the western section of Harrison Blvd. that we hadn't yet walked.

Walk #88 at EveryTrail


In the midday sun (70F), we did "a walk" that was really three pieces of the Corvallis map that we hadn't yet done. That means we're almost done with this project!

Walk #89 at EveryTrail

Walk #87

We continued to walk in SW Corvallis this morning. With the morning dew, we're now seeing spider webs on the wires (pinned photo) rather than the shoes we saw near student housing.

Walk #87 at EveryTrail

Walk #86

Although it was foggy again this morning, the temperature was a bit warmer than it has been recently (47F). That made things look very interesting with dew highlighting spider webs. It was nice to be able to see them and avoid running into them as has usually happened during this project.

Walk #86 at EveryTrail