We started our walk in ht e suburb of Northport this morning. Before long we had reached the Black Warrior River and started across the Woolsey Finnell Bridge during morning rush hour traffic. I don't want to do that again. There was a 2 foot area to walk on our right and a guard rail on our left, the type that keeps you from falling into the river, it didn't even come to our waist. Total concentration and tunnel vision got us across. (I know, we're walking on a bridge). I don' know what the river looked like, I didn't look down. We were both very relieved when we arrived on the other side. We also came to two other bridges that offered some difficulty.
On we walked passed the campus of the University of Alabama (boo). After that we walked through an area that was devastated when a tornado ripped through here on April 27th. The debris has been removed leaving a very large area devoid on any type of building. Rebuilding will be a long process.
On we walked passed the Best Buy store that John and Ruth had to take their computer, it crashed. They bought a new one and got to talking to the sales associated, Will. It turns out that Will had worked at the Best Buy store in Centreville, VA, where John and Ruth's daughter, Jona, lives with her family.
Will's dad is a helicopter pilot and had just returned home from Afghanistan. A shout out to Will and we are glad your dad is safely home.
We walked on until we got to a Shell station. After using the facilities, we had a snack. A Little Debbie Zebra cake for me and a bag of pork rinds for John.
Five more miles and Carol and Ruth were waiting for us. We found .66 cents today. That includes the .13 cents that Ruth found in a McDonald's parking lot. Stay tuned ...
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