Gary 'Walkingman' Hause

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2012-2013 Pre-Walk Article
Just finished up working the summer at Lake Powell Resort near Page, Arizona, and ready for my next big walk. Leaving Page, Arizona November 3rd 2012 and walking south for Mexico. Just going to amble along and enjoy myself, no hurry, no worries, as the Australians say. Will probably do a loop around southern Arizona, Nevada, southern Utah, and back to Page, Az by spring. About 1800 miles over 4 months. Will take a break for Thanksgiving to spend time with family, then another break for Christmas to go back to Page Arizona and spend it with family.

Just got married in the spring to Denise Boldin. She has 4 kids, with two still in Page schools, so she can not come walking with me yet. She said I can still keep walking around the world for 3 or 4 months a year till all her kids are out of the house and into college. Not sure if she will walk with me then, or maybe bicycle tour. She likes to travel, but is used to staying in hotels and cruise ships. Been looking at building a small gypsy wagon with 4 biclycle wheels that we could both push to walk around the world with.

Started a Facebook Page just last week. I have a smart phone with camera now that I can post photos on my facebook page with. So I think I will continue writing a 2 page article and emailing it out to all my email friends, (reply with a delete message in the subject field if you do not want my articles) and posting it on my website. Also I will take photos every day when I see something interesting and post it on my facebook page with a short note. Facebook is new to me, so it will take me a while to figure out how to do all this new stuff. So feel free to check out my Facebook page and friend me, gary hause, page arizona.

So far I have walked about 24,649 miles across the USA, Europe, UK, Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. I have about 14,000 more miles to walk across Asia, Africa, and South America to break the Guinness Book World Record of 38,000 miles for walking around the world, set by Arthur Blessit (www.blessitt.com).

Every night right after sunset I pitch my tent just off the road and get a good nights sleep. Up one hour before sunrise every morning, I cook up a single pot of oatmeal, with 2 eggs, instant coffee, sugar and sometimes chocolate stirred in, while lying in my sleeping bag. Then I break camp and start walking just about as the sun rises. Usually I average about 20 to 25 miles a day, stopping to shop for food, take rest breaks, talk to locals, go swimming, and enjoy observing the local plants, animals, and people. Lots of nice people stop to talk and ask me what I am doing. People are always giving me food, drink, advice, and some times invite me into their home for a home cooked meal, hot shower, and to stay over. Always makes me appreciate my favorite things in life, a hot shower, home cooked meal, and friendly people.
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