(Today’s Weight: 213, Total Miles Walked: 248)

Happy New Year! I’ve been slacking a bit on updating this site, due mostly to laziness, but also due to the fact that I’ve had a lot of time off from work and haven’t walked much since the last post. However, today, I’m going to guide you through my virtual walk through Farmersburg, Indiana.

I’ve managed to consume a huge amount of holiday treats, thus reducing the accumulated weight loss a bit. That’s alright, it happens every year, and I didn’t expect this year to be any different.

I hope everyone’s holidays were great and exceeded your expectations. I have no complaints about mine. We didn’t get to see all of the immediate family, but we’ll be visiting the rest of the bunch within the next month or so. It’s always nice when your family understands that the actual day of a holiday doesn’t matter and that being able to flex a schedule around is no big deal.

Virtual Walk To Chicago

After some discussion, I’ve decided to make my posts a bit more detailed about the cities that I’m virtually walking through. I’ve tried to figure out where to take this blog long-term. I think people would get bored with a bunch of posts that just said things like “I walked 10 miles today!”, “Yay, this treadmill desk is great!”, and “Check out the view from my window again today!” So, here’s my updated map for roughly 248 miles worth of walking.

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All About Farmersburg, Indiana

Here's what the Farmersburg Bank looked like in the late 1800's. To be honest, it looks the same now. Even the people are dressed the same!

Today marks my virtual journey into the lovely town of Farmersburg, a small community of nearly 1200 people just south of Terre Haute, Indiana. 1200 is even smaller than my hometown which had around 2100 people. The entire town is less than 3/4 of a square mile, so it really is one of the “blink and you’ll miss it” type of places.

As I was virtually walking past Farmersburg’s North Central High School, I noticed that the fightin’ Thunderbirds were practicing for a big basketball game. Good luck, guys, go get ‘em! The school has an 87.5% graduation rate, which I believe is above-average these days. So, congratulations to the North Central High Thunderbirds for maintaining high academic standards!

By the way, tomorrow is Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce day in the cafeteria, so someone please make sure to eat an extra Texas Toast for me!

Somewhat off-topic, here’s an interesting and lengthy tale about a Farmersburg native who fought in World War II, Jim Nickless.

That’s really all I can tell you about Farmersburg without taking a trip there myself. I hope it has inspired you to take a visit to this quaint little town and see all that it has to offer. If you have been to this town yourself, I’d love to hear more about it below in the comments section. Educate us!