Thursday, September 29

What a difference a day makes. This morning the weather was perfect and the traffic was light. John and I started at the MS/ALstate line about 7 am. No gas stations, no towns and just a few houses.


But we did discover something that has been missing since Texas, mile markers. You wouldn't think something as simple as a mile marker would be so important, but they are. Odometer reading are subject to human error. If you forget to set the trip odometer, then you are just guessing as to the mileage. But mile marker are infallible. At least we are going to pretend they are infallible.

After several miles, a car pulled over to our side of the road. We thought, "Not another interview". It was not a reporter, but Kathy Arinder, executive director of the Columbus Habitat affiliate. She drove out to find us and to thank us for all the publicity that we created for the Columbus affiliate. Our interview was interspersed with clips of the blitz build that they are dong right now.

We thanked her for going to the trouble of finding us and she was on her way. Then we kicked ourselves for not getting a photo of the encounter.

We walked until the 12 mile marker where Ruth and Carol were waiting. We found a fork in the road and .58 cents. Stay tuned...


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