Excellent suggestion Chris but it depends on the locals. I did a series of week-long walks, as a prayer for peace and healing, back in the early '90s and sent letters to each County Sheriff's Office detailing what I was doing and when I expected to be walking through their county. For the most part the deputies I met on the walks were polite and professional and a few were very interested in what I was doing and friendly. In one county however, various deputies stopped by at least 3 times a day (their record was 7 times in one day) and tried to convince me to let them give me a ride to the next county. It took 2-3 days to get to the other side of that county and I was very glad to put it behind me each year.