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An illustrated itinerary

The walk, stop by stop

The 5 stops of Into the Skagit, in route order.

Planned dates
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Planned walking distance
306.2 miles
Planned days
45
Itinerary stops
42
Choose a chapter: Into the Skagit

Into the Skagit

  1. Gouache illustration of railway tracks branching through dry golden grass toward low homes and distant coastal water.

    Day 5 · Scheduled earlier

    Kruse Junction

    Marysville, Washington

    The planned 11.9-mile leg continues through the Marysville area to Kruse Junction. Railways and timber helped shape the city through which this stage passes.

    11.9 planned walking miles
  2. Painted view from a wooded bluff over two river channels meeting around gravel bars, with a town, fields and blue mountains beyond.

    Day 6 · Scheduled earlier

    Arlington

    Washington

    Day 6 is planned as 12 miles to Arlington. River travel, the railway and the Centennial Trail each leave a different layer in the town’s history.

    12 planned walking miles
  3. Gouache view of flat golden fields beside a country road and drainage ditch. A tiny walker in coral heads toward farm buildings and distant mountains.

    Day 7 · Scheduled earlier

    Bertelsen Winery

    Starbird Road, Mount Vernon, WA

    The planned 15.1-mile stage ends at Bertelsen Winery on Starbird Road. The family-owned winery opened in 2014 on a hillside in southern Skagit County.

    15.1 planned walking miles
  4. Painted riverfront with brick buildings behind a concrete flood wall, an ochre railing in the foreground and blue mountains beyond the bend.

    Day 8 · Scheduled earlier

    Mount Vernon

    Washington

    The itinerary reaches Mount Vernon after 8.6 planned miles. Its riverfront combines public space with flood protection, and its cancer center serves communities across several…

    8.6 planned walking miles
  5. Gouache illustration of an empty bench beside a low river wall. Buildings and trees on the opposite bank cast warm reflections across blue water.

    Day 9 · Scheduled earlier

    Bone Marrow Awareness Day — Mount Vernon

    Downtown Mount Vernon, on the Skagit River

    The second planned Awareness Day remains in Mount Vernon. It carries no planned route miles and offers a place in the itinerary to distinguish registration from donation.

    Awareness DayNo planned route miles
The flyer: STOP BLOOD CANCER set in tall letters over a dark plum page, a quote, and a QR code beside a text-to-join line for the U.S.One standing face of the table tent: the same headline and quote on the left, a large QR code on the right.

Take it off the screen

Print it. Put it where people already stand.

A coffee counter, a church foyer, a break room, a race table. Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk, and a number to text for anyone who would rather not scan — no app, no wifi, nothing to hand back.Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk — nothing to install, nothing to hand back. The number to text printed beside it is for joining NMDP, which registers people who live in the U.S., its territories and the freely associated states. If you live anywhere else, find your country’s registry.

Everything else for running a drive

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