Saturday, November 12

Ruth and Carol took us out this morning and the word for this morning was "cold". It turned cold last night and was about 31 degrees at the beginning of our walk. As the walked progressed, it warmed up quickly. In fact, at the end of our walk today, the temperature was well in the upper 60's, John and I were in our shirtsleeves.

There is yard sale fever in this neck of the woods today. Carol and Ruth were in 7th heaven. Yards sales all up and down Highway 82.

We passed through the town of Nahunta, stopped at a convenience store and bought 2 ice cream sandwiches. With the temperature still in the 40's, I wonder what the lady thought that sold them to us.

We crossed over the Satilla River and walked through Atkinson. Just beyond was a flea market. We stopped and asked if they had any books. "Yes, we've got lots of books inside", said the man. Inside was a large shed full of everything you can imagine. It was almost total chaos as boxes upon boxes were just set down anywhere. The books were in 3 different places, if you could get to them. We didn't have time to look, so we told the man we would be back and if he could store our jackets until then. By that time, it was getting quite warm.

We were off again until Carol and Ruth showed up. They surprised us as the trunk of the car wasn't full of flea market purchases. We drove back to the flea market, gathered our coats and did manage to buy 2 books.

Originally, I had picked out one paperback book for .50 cents. Carol gave the man a dollar and he said, "Pick you out another one, you already paid for it". So I guess if I didn't find another book, then one book cost a dollar or you could get two book for a dollar. I'm glad she didn't give him a five.

We got our 12 miles in today and found .05 cents. Just two more days of 12 mile walking. Stay tuned ...