Extra Miler Club
Sherman County , Oregon. Photo by Lynda Bell
Extra Miler Club
Sherman County , Oregon. Photo by Lynda Bell
About Us
Update: Change of Time Special Event!
EMC President Reid Williamson is set to complete the country on October 8, 2022 in Carteret County, North Carolina. (This is his post-January 1, 2001 completion. He already completed every county in 2007. The only counties he has not gone to twice are those in Alaska and Hawaii that he went to the first time after 1/1/2001.)
On Saturday, October 8, he will take two ferries to Cedar Island, NC, in Carteret County.
If anyone is interested in joining Reid when he arrives in Carteret County, you can contact him by email (geopathman@gmail.com). He does not expect to change plans unless there is a hurricane!
This is how Reid is going to get to Cedar Island:
Saturday, October 8: Manteo to Hatteras via ferry (free) to Ocracoke Island via toll ferry to CEDAR ISLAND, NC.
From Manteo via free ferry to Ocracoke Island is less than three hours - including the one-hour ferry ride. The ferry dock for Cedar Island is at the other end of Ocracoke from the Hatteras ferry.
He's booked on a ferry to Cedar Island, NC, which is in Carteret County. The ferry should arrive at 3:30 pm.
It is also possible to get to Cedar Island without using the ferry.
The Cedar Island ferry dock is east of Morehead City about 40 miles on US-70 and NC 12. Morehead City connects with numerous other locations by land.
Reid will buy dinner, perhaps at Cedar Island, but more likely in Morehead City, for anyone who shows up!
Reid Williamson, President
Reid Williamson, President
(Manakin-Sabot, Virginia)
Reid, an inveterate collector (counties, picture postcards, license plates, birds, trivia), joined the EMC the day he met co-founder Roy Carson in 1991. Serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the EMC for thirteen years allowed him to see America through the eyes of the many club members who sent in their travel reports. He completed his visits to all U.S. counties in 2007, but having completed the lower 48 states in 2000, he started keeping track again on 1/1/01. He's now at over 99% for the new Millennium! He has been President of EMC since 2016.
Chris Hulse, Vice President
Christopher Hulse, Vice President
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Chris joined EMC in 1997 and currently has around 2500 counties and nearly 80% of the USA complete. He has 29 states (+DC) completed so far, and has been to all 50 states, a dream he has been pursuing since his grandfather promised to take him to Alaska when he was 12. Chris finally made it happen in 2021. Besides collecting counties, Chris is a Distinguished Toastmaster (which means he gives public speeches for fun!) and enjoys climbing lighthouses, collecting official US state and Canadian provincial/territory maps, and visiting river headwaters and confluences.
Valerie Naylor, Secretary
Valerie Naylor, Secretary and Website Coordinator
(Hill City, South Dakota and Alpine, Texas)
Valerie enjoys traveling the world, often to unusual places like Cuba, Samoa, and the Marshall Islands. Domestically, she travels with her cats (Spirit, Diablo & Sunlight) and dog, Jillirue, in a Sprinter camper van. In addition to collecting counties, she also collects birds, national park sites and state high points. Her cats also log their counties. She enjoys long distance bicycling, short distance hiking, and hanging out in the desert.
Sarah Bone, Treasurer
Sarah Bone, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor
(Death Valley, California)
Sarah is an obsessive compulsive hiker, runner, and traveler. As a park ranger she answers questions for a living. As your treasurer and newsletter editor she is happy to answer questions for free. She loves lists and organizing them.
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Our History
The Extra Miler Club was founded 49 years ago, in 1973, by Ed Dietz, NE-1, Roy Carson, NV-2 and Tony Burdett, UT-3.
Ed Dietz, NE-1 completed all of the counties and equivalent jurisdictions in 1976.
Roy Carson, NV-2, completed all of the counties and equivalent jurisdictions in 1985.
All three founding members are now deceased. We thank Ed, Roy and Tony for starting us on this very long path!