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This article is to fulfill a request of my daughter and to have a bit of fun with a calculator.

She wanted to know how long it would take to walk to Grandpa and Grandma’s homes. Well, we do not live that close to any of them so that became a bit of a fun challenge. Do not take any of this seriously outside of we did the math right.

Here are a few things that you need to know so all of the numbers make sense. First, my daughter and I walk at a rate of 2 miles per hour. Yes, I know the average person walks at a rate of 3.1 mph but I’m short and my daughter is shorter (for now).

We live in the South East corner of Wisconsin. Goryo’s parents live in Central Wisconsin. My Mom lives in Geneva, Switzerland. My Dad lives in General Santos, Philippines.

Since there are a few minor things in our way such as the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, please grant us the superhuman ability to walk across water and ignore terrain like mountains.

Since we need to get to the locations at the fastest possible time, please grant us the superhuman abilities to never get tired or need to eat or relieve ourselves. That means no sleeping, resting, eating, drinking, or answering the call of nature.

With all that said, here is how the numbers come out. From our place to Goryo’s parents’ place, it is 124 miles. That will take us 2 days and 14 hours of non-stop walking to get to their front door.

From our place to my Mom’s place in Switzerland, we would need to walk 4326 miles. That would take us 90 days and 3 hours or assuming 30 days a month 3 months and 3 hours.

From our place to my Dad’s place in the Philippines and winging by Manila to see what is new there, we would need to walk 8,750 miles. That would take us only 182 days and 7 hours or 6 months, 2 days and 7 hours.

So if you can’t catch me on the phone for 6 months, I have somehow found a way to walk across water, over mountains to fulfill a statement I said in my first year of marriage when I was really, really homesick.

Barring becoming a superhuman with lots of extra time, I’ll just leave this post for what it is worth.

Thank you,

Anah

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