Sunday, October 16

Last night we decide to eat at the 82 Highway Cafe, owned by Mike and Jan Green, owners Greenway Sportsmans Club where we are staying. After a very nice meal, we got up to pay and to our surprise, the tab was on them. Thank you Mike and Jan, that was very nice of you.

 

Yesterday, after the walk and lunch, we were interviewed by Kim Graham and her brother, Johnny Adams. Kim is publisher and Johnny is editor of the Union Springs Herald. I also think they are the only reporters. This is a weekly newspaper and they said that they would mail us a copy of the article.

 

Also, yesterday we decided to walk 6 miles today before church this morning. As we were driving out, 2 deer crossed the highway just in front of us. We are walking today so that we can walk through Union Springs at 10:15 am tomorrow. That is when we have a meeting with the mayor and some other VIPs. Who knows what honors, fame and fortune await us.

 

We did our 6 in exactly 2 hours. We just happened to stop at an intersection out in the country and there was a house nearby. A young woman came over to check on us. Her name was Kristy and she was a special ed teacher in Pensacola, Florida. She was there visiting her mother. She wanted to make sure we weren't stranded. We told her about the walk and I think she was impressed. She asked us if we had lost any weight and I told her if we could stay away from ice cream bars we might have a chance.

 

Ruth picked us up and on the way back, 2 deer crossed right in front of our car. I don't think they were the same deer as this morning.

 

Later this morning, we went to the First Baptist Church of Union Springs, Alabama. Ed Brandenburg is the pastor and members were very friendly.

 

I need to tell the story of "power bill". Ruth and Carol were talking to a lady when we were staying at Maxwell Air Force Base. She saw our dog, Jolie Blonde and said she had a "power bill chihuahua". Ruth and Carol said they had never heard of that breed of dog. The lady went on to explain that she had loaned a friend money to pay her power(electric) bill. When it was time for the lady to pay her back, she held out her hand with a Chihuahua on it. "I don't have any money to pay you back, but you can have this dog" the lady said. So, "Power Bill" dog was born.

 

This morning on our walk, we found .05 cents. Stay tuned ...