Derek Garde, left, Nick Streibick, center left, Isaac Beal, center, and Jake Essig, center, right, walk together along route 127 outside Fayette on the 11th day of their walk.
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Isaac Beal, left, and Nick Streibick, right, snag some shade as they break for lunch.
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Friends Jake Essig, left, Derek Garde, center left, Nick Streibick, center right, and Isaac Beal, right, walk together.
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Isaac Beal stands with the tethered soccer ball he and his three friends are kicking 250 miles to Toledo.
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Soccer coach Russ Lawson, left, talks with Isaac Beal, right, during a break over lunch.
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"Every day we wake up in pretty good spirits," Derek Garde, center, said of himself and his friends, who are in the tail end of their trip.
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Derek Garde, left, Nick Streibick, center left, Isaac Beal, center right, and Jake Essig take a break in the shade.
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Nick Streibick tosses up the soccer ball as he and four of his fellow soccer players hit the road together.
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Marsha Beal, center right, smiles as she hands out suntan lotion to her son Isaac Beal, center, and his traveling companions Nick Streibick, left, and Jake Essig, right.
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