Red Fork Hippie Chick here, reporting in with a tidbit of news from the road:
A member of Steve Vaught's Yahoo! group (which you can join here if you are interested) reports that Steve finished his cross-country walk this evening in New York.
Steve set out walking from Oceanside, Calif., on April 10, 2005, as part of a quest to lose weight and do some serious soul-searching in the process. Today, approximately 2,833 miles later, he is in New York, a lot lighter and a lot wiser for his efforts.
I know how awesome it feels to cross the finish line in a marathon. I can only imagine what it feels like to cross the finish line after hauling your butt roughly 110 times that distance.
Congratulations, Steve. Somewhere, Andy Payne is smiling. And here in Red Fork, the Hippie Chick is hoisting a big glass of Gatorade in your honor. We've been cheering for you all the way. Bravo!
UPDATE: Here is a story from a newspaper in Steve's home area of San Diego.
Here's the AP story.
Here are a bunch of photos of Steve at the end of his trek.