GAP Daily Journal - August 18, 2008
Aug 18th, 2008 by Lyn Hanush
GAP WALK JOURNALS - VI
Monday - August 18, 2008 Day 166 20.7 miles
Total New Hampshire miles - 26.3 Walking Days - 81
Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1417.0
A beautiful day - sunshine, a breeze, friendly people, and the
strength to walk, and the freedom to smile and wave with
enthusiasm. What more can one ask for?
Needless to say I had a wonderful day. As I started out this
morning a group of about 20 cars was headed my way. I
breathed a prayer to be able to hold my arm up for all of them,
and I did. Whew - try waving to that many people without
putting your arm down. Much to my dismay only one
responded, and I thought this was not going to be a great day of
waving. I said a prayer for all those people anyway and asked
Him to bless them with joy and safety for the rest of their day.
And then came the next group of cars - from that point on my
waves and smiles were met with many return waves, smiles,
horn honking, and plenty of enthusiasm.
I was on Highway 125 all day, and the cars came in large groups
the whole time, so I was busy. But this is the kind of busy I like.
I didn’t take a lot of pictures today, but my favorite of the day
was an American flag on a stand out in the middle of a pond. It
was surrounded by lily pads and water.
After the third segment we stopped for lunch at Telley’s
Restaurant in Epping, NH. Our meal was delicious and we
enjoyed a good rest before going back out on the road.
The final segment would take us to the town of Brentwood
where we needed to scout out the next segment before walking
it. I told Norma to just meet me there and we would check it out
before going further.
Walking through Epping I noticed a sign for a Wal-Mart
SuperCenter (we needed to do some shopping, so I made a
mental note of this place), and on the other side of the street I
noticed a Starbucks (I also made a mental note of this). 
As I walked that last 5.9 miles I had a car pull up beside me to
ask directions to the gun makers shop. I told the couple I was
from California and didn’t have any idea where it was. The man
asked, “You came from California to walk here??” I explained
what I was doing, and gave them my card. They wished me well
and headed on.
Then just as I was coming to where Norma was waiting for me,
a car pulled up behind me, and the driver said, “My curiosity
needs to be satisfied, what are you doing?” I laughed and told
him about the GAP Walk, gave him my card, and managed to
take his picture. He told me he had been driving the last garbage
truck that I had waved to a few minutes earlier. He was thankful
for my prayers for the country and wished me well on the rest of
the journey.
Then I got in the car with Norma and we pre-drove the start of
tomorrow’s route. We’ll drive it again tomorrow morning before
I walk it so Norma will have a better idea of where to turn. This
section has lots of little turns. This is where we leave Highway
125.
Next we drove back to our motel via Wal-Mart and Starbucks.
A perfect ending to our day. Using our GPS we drove the rest of
the way via a different route than we have used before. This
took us through a part of Dover with some beautiful old
buildings. I noticed the welcome sign for Dover said that the
town was founded in 1623 - wow, that’s the oldest one I’ve seen
yet. Awesome.
At our motel we took our stuff upstairs, then went back to the
dining room for dinner - chili and nachos tonight. Back to our
room after eating to shower, and get ready for tomorrow.
