Wednesday, October 12

We didn't need to drive very far this morning to reach the starting point, so we got to sleep late, we left at 7 am.

 

Morning rush traffic kept us off the highway and on the wet grass. Grass walking is much more difficult than walking on pavement. Grass walking is not for sissies.

 

We came to the "Welcome to Prattville" sign, took some photos and headed up a very steep hill. Down the other side and after about 5 miles, came to the intersection of Highways 82 and 31. Highway 82 joins Interstate 65 and since we can't walk on an interstate, we will walk around Montgomery via highway 31 and join up with 82 down the road.

 

Up ahead was the Alabama River with flashing lights on the side of the bridge we wanted to cross on. A crew was making repairs and had one lane closed. We didn't know if they would let us cross or not. John said we would tell them we were with the ABSD, Alabama Bridge Safety Department and we needed to get to the other side. Realizing they wouldn't buy that, John simply said, "Do you think we can get to the other side". One of the crew jumped up and said, "Sure, follow me". We had an escort for a short distance and then a whole lane to ourselves across the bridge. With our orange shirts on, we looked very official.

 

Carol and Ruth were waiting for us at the Relax Inn. It looks like a place where they rent rooms by the hour.

 

Back at Kountry Air, Gigi was fixing us a delicious meal of Chile Relleno or is it Chiles Rellenos ? Help Aaran! Gigi and Don are special people and we hope to keep in touch with them. Thank you for your hospitality.

 

We are moving to Maxwell Air Force Base, but more about that later.

 

Carol found a dime in our car and we told her to make it official, money found on the walk, that she had to drop it on the ground. She did and we found .10 cents today. Stay tuned ...