Daily Journals
May 12th, 2008 by Lyn Hanush
GAP WALK JOURNALS - III
Saturday, May 10, 2008 Day 66 16.0 miles
Total North Carolina miles - 111.0 Walking Days - 39
Accumulative miles 583.0
This was the last day of walking before leaving the walk for a
couple of weeks to visit Alyce-Kay and family in Tennessee.
We headed out and got started in Clinton where we left off
yesterday. As I started to walk and wave I got some pretty good
responses. Saturdays are pretty good. People are more relaxed.
When I got through the town I turned onto Highway 403. This
was a smaller road, but very pretty. I walked past a church
where a funeral was just getting started. As I walked on down
the road I was passing by a house on the other side when I heard
a woman call to me. I waved and we exchanged greetings, and I
continued walking.
A little while later another woman called to me and asked where
I was going. I went across to explain to her. After a few minutes
she invited me in to have a drink of water or Pepsi or whatever.
I thanked her and followed her inside. Lillie introduced me to
her husband, Henry. They invited me to sit down for awhile and
I had a very good visit with them. We talked about our families
and about the walk and the nation. Before I left we had prayer
together. So beautiful to pray with people like this.
Meanwhile Daryl had driven down the road and stopped under a
tree outside a house where two women were sitting. She asked
them if it would be ok for her to park there in the shade and
explained what we were doing. They assured her it would be
fine, and invited her to sit with them. She had called me to let
me know where she was, and when I left Henry and Lillie I
called her to get a better idea of where she was.
A little bit later I saw the flag she had told me about, and I
looked down to the left and saw the van. I walked on down and
greeted them. Daryl told me that I had a sweet tea in the van, so
I stopped and got it out, then joined them. We sat and visited for
awhile, then prayed together, and I walked on.
Soon Daryl met me again and we stopped for lunch. We drove
into the town of Faison to find a place to eat. After driving
through the town we found a place called Andy’s. It looked
good and we went in and had a delightful time. The manager
was very nice. Back to where I stopped walking, and I got
started again. Just a little over an hour later I walked to Andy’s
where I stopped for the day.
Then we drove back to Lucama where we are staying. After I
showered we decided to have some macaroni and cheese and
stewed tomatoes left over from last night. Becky visited with us
as we ate. Then after our meal Becky brought out the sour cream
and brown sugar to have with our strawberries. This is a treat
suggested by Daryl that she has had a few times. It was
delicious.
Then we went into the other room and watched “What About
Bob.” Then finally to bed.
