In the last three weeks, Chad Devoe, Kevin and Lucy (the dog) have covered about 350 miles. They are now entering New York State and are feeling very confident that they will reach their goal before the end of summer.

“After a 35 mile slackpack we finished New Jersey in only 2 days. The 2nd half was much better than the first. The trail was marked and maintained much better. We hiked through some very nice parts of NJ including a National Wildlife Refuge and a sweet boardwalk with lots of good waterfowl to observe. Lucy enjoyed the slackpack too.” –Chad

“Today we hit the 9th state, my home state of New York. I haven’t been here in nearly 3 months so it was nice. Mr Barry, my former host teacher from Homer, sent me a compact fishing pole that I used for the first time today. All I caught was a small Northern Pike which was too small to cook up.” –Chad