Didn't get any walking in yesterday, but I went to my friends for a BBQ and went swimming in her new pool. Oh, I love the water and I was in there swimming, playing, treading for over an hour. It felt great!

Got a question for you all. Does any one have trouble with swelled ankles during the hot summer months. Mine get so bad they hurt sometimes. Walking helps, but they don't go all the way down to normal until the weather cools down.

Date: 5/17
Miles:4.6
Total so far: 90.9

Sorry to hear about your ankles, Kristine. I hope this summer is easier on you.

Misti, have fun on your cruise. I'll try to keep up with the total miles but I warn you, I'm not reliable.

Date: 5/17
Miles: 4
Total Miles for this Challenge: 90.5

Are we out of South Dakota yet? I've driven the length of the state, and it is definitely very, very long!!

Days that the steps or miles were logged: 5/16
Steps/miles for that time: 2.5 mile
Total number of steps/miles, to date in the challenge: 109 miles

I hope we are finally out of SD. GO GO GO>>>

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!

We are just entering Sundance WYOMING! Yes... you heard me right... WYOMING!!! Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that sure was a long walk across SD!! Whew!!!

Our total is 1950.98 miles!!!

Jayde thanks for keeping score... and hey don't worry; this is not meant to be scientific. No guarantees I haven't messed it up along the way either LOL. But considering I was not the scorekeeper.... (Actually I don't mind when I am here; it's kind of fun.)

Kristine, sorry about your ankles and hope they get better. Mine don't swell I don't think... but my feet definitely hurt more and feel like they are "on fire" in hot weather; but I am a total wimp in the sun LOL.

Ok.. did some searching to find some info on Sundance, WO.

Sundance was named for the annual Plains Indian sun dance celebrated in the area.

Established 1879

Elevation (ft.) 4,750
Population in 2000 1,161
Population in 1940 985

The town of Sundance was named for nearby Sundance Mountain where the Lakota and their allies held a religious ceremony each summer. Festivities lasted several weeks and centered around a four-day period in which young men fasted, prayed, blew whistles made of eagle bones, waited for visions, and danced around a ceremonial altar pole adorned with an eagle nest and a buffalo skull. They intensified their suffering by cutting small pieces of flesh off themselves or by running thongs through their back or chest muscles, then attaching the thongs to the central pole or to buffalo skulls that dragged behind. They would continue to dance until the thongs tore through their flesh. The sun dance was an important communal and religious event, and forms of it are still practiced by some Plains Indian groups.

Sundance is also the town where Harry Longabaugh received his outlaw title the Sundance Kid. He was convicted of horse theft and served out his term in the local county jail, since the state penitentiary was full. The county museum has some interesting memorabilia highlighting the celebrated outlaw's career.

Between Four Corners and Sundance lies Inyan Kara Mountain, a sacred place to the Lakota. In July 1874, it was the setting for a rather bizarre episode of Wyoming history, in which General George Custer presided over a sort of military flower-power celebration in the heart of Lakota territory. Custer and his huge expedition (10 cavalry companies, plus 100 Indian scouts, a full military band, and 300 head of cattle) were on a scientific mission to determine once and for all whether there was gold to be found in the Black Hills.

Apparently the Lakota were willing to let them do their thing, and the whole expedition took on overtones of a summer vacation. Custer indulged himself with a climb to the top of Inyan Kara where he carved his name into a rock. (His graffiti is still there, but the land is privately owned and access is restricted.) The expedition camped along Spring Creek in an area that Custer christened "Floral Valley" where they held a May Day celebration a few months late. The soldiers decorated themselves and their mounts with wild flower wreaths and the military band situated itself on a high ledge and played party music including "The Blue Danube," "The Mocking Bird," and selections from Il Trovatore.

The expedition’s discovery of gold started the Black Hills gold rush and the resulting Indian conflicts led to Custer's spectacular defeat at the hands of the Lakota at the Battle of the Little Big Horn just two years and nearly two hundred miles away.

Thanks for the good info, Annie! I love the name Sundance so it is good to know its origin etc.

I redecorated my ticker in honor of crossing the state line.

Hi Michele... wow you had a busy day! AWANA can sure keep you hopping LOL. I used to work with Cubbies and Sparks!

LOL you are a little ahead of me on the miles... since we started the challenge I am at 298.79. Counting the chick march I have 473. Wow no wonder we are getting in shape!

Days that the steps or miles were logged: 5/17
Miles for that time: 2.42 miles
Total number of steps/miles, to date in the challenge: 107.73 miles

I was to sick to walk yesterday but I will be getting back into this today!!

Have a great day all!!!!!

5/17
Miles: 10.23
Total miles: 24.03

Good morning everyone! You all have come a long ways! Wyoming is a rather pretty state. I've driven across a good portion of it.

Well, I had a good walking day yesterday. One of my best ever I think! Between my morning walk, a 2 hour shopping trip, house cleaning and my hour afternoon workout, I really got some miles in. I felt every one of them too! Went to bed and was out so fast, I don't remember a thing.

Congrats to everyone who got their miles in! Good job.

Oh my goodness I didn't realize that I had been gone so long...here's my update! And you are all so right...SD is huge! and we made it! Yahoo!..
Date: 5/11-5/17
Miles:17.5
Total so far: 140.5
I wil try to be better about posting....

Thanks for the new thread Misti ...

I've racked up three more miles this week. I didn't do them all today, but I'm going to list them under today's date just to keep it simple.

Date: May 18, 2006
Miles: 3

I was feeling a bit off yesterday (kind of dizzy from a new medication I'm on) so I didn't do a lot of walking. Better today though so hopefully I'll get a bit more done.

Date: 5/17
Miles: 1.5
Total so far: 61.5

WOOHOO! We're in Wyoming! Go us!