Saturday, November 19

The Coast to Coast Walk is history. At approimately 10:15 am, EST we walked on the beach at Jeklly Island and looked out at theAtlantic Ocean.

 

Would anyone like to hire two unemployed walkers ?

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Thursday and Friday, Carol and I and John and Ruth just laid back and took life easy. I went to the ReStore on Thursday and talked to manager, Ginny for some time.

 

Then Friday we toured Fort Frederica on St Simon Island.

 

Today we drove to the Comfort Inn where John and Ruth's daughter, Jona, was staying with her family. They had driven down from the DC area the evening before. Also present was John and Ruth's son, Rick, who had flown directly from Australia to be with his parents today. They weren't expecting them and it was a real surprise.

 

We all started walking the two and a half miles to the beach. It didn't take long as our step was easy and we had much camaraderie.

 

At last we had arrived. The mysterious Jeklly Island and it's beach. We unfurled our banner and headed for the Atlantic Ocean. We had done it. Walked across the United States, 2612 miles.

 

We posed for pictures and then walked to the picnic area where we met Trip McKinnon, wife Angie, son, Brandon and daughter Rebecca. Trip grilled hot dogs with all the fixin's. Trip and his family are special folks and we appreciated their friendship and kindness.

 

I'll have one more blog to post in a few days with closing remarks. Today we found .28 cents. Stay tuned ...