May 7

John and I started out at the Valero station on Airport Road and headed for the Hot Springs Municipal Airport where the Habitat staff had organized a reception for John and I and Ruth and Carol.

 

When we arrived at Cheswood Plaza, Debbie Scrivner and the Spa Pacers were waiting for us. The Pacers were going to accompany us to the airport and a police motorcycle escort was there also, thanks to Shawn and John.

 

We posed for photographs, pulled out our Coast to Coast Walk banner and we were off. Carol decided to walk with us too. On the way, several friends passed in their cars and shouted encouragement, Bill and Mary James, Rick James and Bill Pool. Bill slowed down enough to hand me a bottle of Gatorade. Thanks Bill !

 

About 50 people were waiting to welcome us when we arrived at the airport. I met Kateena Walker and her two daughters for the first time. Kateena will be the homeowner of the Coast to Coast Walk Habitat house and she was very excited.

 

Thank you everyone for coming to the airport to congratulate us for walking from Capistrano Beach, California to Hot Springs and to encourage us to continue Brunswick, Georgia. Thanks also goes to Darleen Sellers, who presented Carol and I with feet cookies, very creative. And a special thank you to the Habitat staff, SueAnn, Courtney, Joyce, Donna and Robert for putting this all together. You did a fantastic job! Stay tuned ....