Day 25: January 15, 2010

Today, it felt like summer as I walked from Haines City on Route 27 west towards Winter Haven. It felt fantastic to be back in my hometown area, Imperial Polk County! During this leg of my trip, I spent some time with a photographer from the Winter Haven News Chief and then made good time walking past orange groves and many of the beautiful lakes this part of Central Florida has become known for. After six and a half miles of highway, we grabbed some lunch and headed for a TV show taping in Tampa. Arriving back in Tallahassee after midnight, I realized it had been another long but great day on the road.