May 17


Ruth took us out to the starting point on a foggy, chilly morning. John and I started walking and in about an hour, the sun was burning away the fog and we had a pleasant morning.

This is farm country. There are fields of rice, corn, wheat and we think soybeans. Farm equipment and tractors are going up and down the highway. We saw a type of tractor that I had never seen before. Instead of wheels, it had two tracks. Probably good for wet fields.

We walked through the small community of Grady. Grady is John's middle name and also the name of one of his grandsons. John had me take a photo of him next to the Grady city limits sign so he could send it to his grandson.

We came upon the Cummins and Varner Correctional Institutes. There was a sign just before we got there warning motorist not to pick up hitchhikers. Also, don't pick up strange old men wearing orange.

Just as we entered a construction site, Ruth and Carol were there to pick us up. More about the construction site tomorrow. We found a bungee cord and .03 cents. Stay tuned ...