Walk of Faith, Miami - Andytown

My first day of walking is finally here. I have been prepping since September and with my 45 pound pack, $80.00, and lots of motivation I'm really to start hiking. Just one mile at a time, right? My good friend Tim Kotsis agreed to walk with from Miami to Ocala to help me get started. It will be nice to start the walk with a friend. We started on the West side of Miami at US 27 (also known as the Okeechobee Road) and the Florida Turnpike. It rained almost all day and I'm really tired. 9 people honked there horns at us as we were walking. We stopped at a little house and got some much needed water. I feel like I'm going to learn a few lessons about walking fast, like you have to carry water. A few miles away from the house I realized that I left my walking cane. I hate that but I guess I really don't need a walking cane for this trip. Everything is just so wet and with wet comes weight. My pack is heavy but everything fits okay so I feel good about that. We stopped walking around 18:00. Everything is swamp, there is the road we are walking on and then there is swamp on both side of the highway. And the first day ended just as it begun, walking in the rain but I must say the motivation is high and I'm ready to take on the next day. We camped out behind a truck stop called "Jo-Mo City." It was once located in Andytown, Fl but the town was destroyed to make way for the interstate highway in 1979. All that is left is Jo-Mo, I have no idea how the place got its name. But that was day one - The Lord is good and mighty and his strength with endure.