The Lindsay Walks Podcast - Lindsay Walks Across America

This week, Lindsay goes to urgent care, is separated from and then reunited with Cynthiana the dog, and takes some much-needed R&R.

You can see the video of Lindsay falling down a ravine at https://www.facebook.com/monroelindsay/posts/10200274301642683 .

If you missed the episode where Lindsay and Logan talked about their decision to stop walking together, you can find it at http://www.lindsaywalks.com/lindsay-walks-podcast/2017/5/29/lindsay-and-logan-part-ways-bonus-episode-29a

This is the lightly-edited audio from a Facebook Live event in which Lindsay and Logan discussed their parting of ways, and asked each other questions about their journeys and related matters. You can see the video, and hear the unedited audio, at https://www.facebook.com/loganmayberry69/videos/10154655898446794/ .

We also plan to record a regular episode, and hopefully it will be out in the next day or two.

This week, Lindsay is happy to be back walking again! She and Logan talk about the interesting people they've met since we last talked, the pleasures of getting a haircut, and what it's like to run into fans of one's Youtube channel.

In this short episode, Lindsay and Logan rent a car so they can quickly visit a bunch of national parks and monuments, Cynthiana the dog gets to spend some quality time at a gas station, and Lindsay falls into a ravine. (She got better.)

If you think that America's national monuments are as important as Lindsay does, then please consider taking action to protect them.  You can use this form to send a message to the Secretary of the Interior about it!

https://nextgenclimate.org/act-now/act-now-protect-national-monuments/

Lindsay is also looking for someone who might be willing to transport Cynthiana from Salt Lake City to Prague, Oklahoma.  If you might be able to help with that, please get in touch with Lindsay on facebook!  You can find her at https://www.facebook.com/monroelindsay .

This week, Lindsay and Logan continue walking through Arizona, and they address an important question: What's the biggest threat on a cross-country walk: mountain lions, human beings, or rotisserie chicken?

We mention a couple of facebook videos in this episode. One's a little music video:

https://www.facebook.com/loganmayberry69/videos/vb.675061793/10154592482656794/

and the other is a video that Logan made before he met up with Lindsay, one evening when a wild animal was prowling outside his tent:

https://www.facebook.com/loganmayberry69/videos/vb.675061793/10154492713696794/

When last we talked to Lindsay, she was just about to meet another cross-country walker, Logan Mayberry, and start traveling with him. This week, she talks about adjusting to traveling with another person, and we meet Logan and find out some of his story. Lindsay and Logan have also experienced snow, 80 degree weather, and spiders. There's a lot going on!

This week, Lindsay meets up with family and goes to a graduation party, plans meeting up with another cross-country walker (Logan Mayberry), heeds warnings about walking through Death Valley, and considers the question of down time on the road.

Logan has a youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/loganmayberry .

This week, Lindsay crossed the border into New Mexico, entering her ninth state and third time zone! She also encountered some bad water, met a truck driver's dog, and stepped on something unfortunate. We also address a question about hats, and give some advice about dealing with customer service folks.

This week, Lindsay checks in from Amarillo, Texas, where she is preparing to forge on to Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 300 miles away. It might take a little while to walk there.

Since the last time we talked, she's gotten tips on stealth camping from another long-distance walker, experimented with Facebook Live, and visited a Cadillac graveyard. We talked about those and other adventures, and we also discovered that we have remarkably similar advice to give to people contemplating entering a food-eating contest or engaging of street harassment of women: Don't.

Not mentioned on the podcast: Lindsay's hometown newspaper, the Landmark, recently ran a story about her, which you can read at http://www.thelandmark.com/articles/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other/ .

This was recorded the morning after Lindsay crossed the Texas border! She broadcast the crossing via Facebook Live -- you can see the resulting video at https://www.facebook.com/monroelindsay/videos/10200145935833618/ .

She also met and walked with another cross-country hiker -- Donald Akins, an ex-Marine who is carrying a large cross to the west coast.  In this episode, she talks about that, the further adventures of Cynthiana the dog, and the unexpected link between hikers and truckers, among other things.  She also addresses a frequently asked question: How many pairs of shoes has she gone through?