Walk #25

On an overcast an cool morning, we walked through the OSU campus at about 8am - a perfect time for Cali to meet and greet a lot of people! We also found a barber shop (check the pins on the map) that had dog treats and invited Cali in to meet everyone. Nice walk!

Walk #25 at EveryTrail

Walk #24

Another very fine morning! We started and ended at St. Mary's and walked under clear skies with refreshing 60F air.

Walk #24 at EveryTrail

Walk #23

Cooler morning walk with Matt - almost finished with the OSU campus.

Walk #23 at EveryTrail

Walk #22

On a beautiful Sunday, Matt walked with us on the west side of the OSU campus.

Walk #22 at EveryTrail

Walks #20 & #21

On another beautiful morning, we walked through the OSU campus. It was almost completely quiet on this Saturday in July. Check the map pins for photos - including Martha's upcoming new Beaver Store location.

Walk #20 at EveryTrail


With a cooling trend starting, we did a second walk this evening and picked up three cul de sacs near home that we hadn't yet walked in this project. It wasn't efficient at all, but it was nice to walk in our own neighborhoods again.

Walk #21 at EveryTrail

Walk #19

We continued our plan to walk in areas around the OSU campus while things are calm. It was another beautiful morning (70F) that will turn into another very hot day.

Walk #19 at EveryTrail

Walk #18

I decided that it would be a good idea to start walking the streets around the OSU campus before students return and parking gets difficult. It was fun to walk streets that I walk almost every day during the academic year. We saw quite a bit of construction and quite a few shoes hanging from wires (check the photos under the pins on the map). Cali liked the fact that there were more people to meet and greet.

Walk #18 at EveryTrail

Walk #17

We started early this morning to beat the heat - should reach upper 90Fs today in Corvallis. Check the photos under the pins. Cali heard chickens again! The community garden beside Calvin Presbyterian Church is looking great.

Walk #17 at EveryTrail

Progress Snapshot

Here's a look at where Cali and I have walked so far. Green paths are just Cali and me. Red includes Martha. Blue includes Matt. Purple includes Martha and Matt. We're starting to make progress filling in some sections on this map!

Walks #15 & #16

On another beautiful morning, Cali and I walked all of the streets east of 29th that we hadn't already walked on this project.

Walk #15 at EveryTrail


Then, after a break to get a haircut, we went out again and walked more streets to the west that are easily reached from home.

Walk #16 at EveryTrail

Walk #14

We had another perfect morning - 65F, sunny, and a light breeze.

Walk #14 at EveryTrail

Walk #13

By the time we started today, the temperature was already 76F, so we only walked 1.4 miles.

Walk #13 at EveryTrail

Brief Break

We're taking a couple of days off for last evening's Paul McCartney concert at Safeco Field in Seattle. It's a good time to recap progress so far.

We've completed 12 walks for a total of about 26.8 miles at an average pace of 17:43 per mile. (We've actually walked about 29.9 miles on those 12 walks, but some of it was retracing previous streets to get to the new ones before we started driving to new starting points.) If our friend's experience of walking about 250 miles holds for us, we're just over 10% complete. It's looking like this project will take about 100 walks.

Walk #12

This was another perfect morning for walking - sunny and 65F. It's nice to walk near campus when things are more calm.

Walk #12 at EveryTrail

Walk #11

Another cool and cloudy morning - check the photo under the pin on the map - don't even think of dumping your leaves here unless you're a Corvallis city employee!

Walk #11 at EveryTrail

Walk #10

Cooler weather today with scattered showers - good day to cover a boring section of town. It turns out that Cali loved it - one cat and plenty of interesting smells on garbage pickup day. Cali didn't notice or care that we walked through one of the poorer neighborhoods in Corvallis.

Walk #10 at EveryTrail

Walk #9

On a perfect morning for walking, we saw a chainsaw bear carving dressed like Uncle Sam. Click on the pin on the map to see it.

Walk #9 at EveryTrail

Walk #8

Today's late morning walk was perfect - sunny, 75F and slightly breezy. Martha and Matt joined Cali and me for this one. We walked through the interesting older homes west of the OSU campus.

Walk #8 at EveryTrail

Walk #7

Nice evening walk with Cali and Matt ... Cali found some backyard chickens and Matt found the first tasty and delicious and edible blackberries of this year's season.

Walk #7 at EveryTrail

Walk #6

It was a perfect morning to walk - sunny, breezy and cool (65F). Cali and I covered quite a few new streets with minimal overlap.

Walk #6 at EveryTrail

Walk #5

Nice cool morning for a sunny walk!

Walking Corvallis #5 at EveryTrail

Walks #3 & #4

This morning's walk with Matt covered more trails than streets, but it's some of our favorite terrain.

Walking Corvallis #3 at EveryTrail



This evening's walk was another warm one - 80F. Pictures are under the pins.

Walking Corvallis #4 at EveryTrail

Walk #2

Today was another warm (82F) afternoon walk. We squeezed it in while washing the throw rugs at the laundromat. It was pretty hot for Cali. We'll try to avoid that from now on.

Walking Corvallis #2 at EveryTrail

Getting Started - Walk #1

Cali and I are going to walk on every street in Corvallis. The idea came from hearing about people doing this in New York City and elsewhere. One of Martha's friends did it a few years ago in Corvallis. Here's her story.

If each walk is two or three miles, it should take about 65 walks to cover the 164 miles of streets in Corvallis. Doubling back in cul de sacs will add some miles. So 65 walks will probably grow to quite a few more. Friends who did this thought they walked about 250 total miles. We'll log all of the miles we walk on this project - including "doubling back" on cul de sacs. 

We started from home today. It was sunny and about 80F. We intended to go further but stopped when Cali overheated.

You can click on the "push pins" on the maps to see photos.

Starting our project to walk all of the streets in Corvallis at EveryTrail