One Year Ago
Oct 8th, 2009 by Lyn Hanush
October 8, 2008 - Wednesday
Now we were on our way out to pre-drive today’s and tomorrow’s routes. It was a very simple route with only two basic turns. I started on Business U.S. 1 and then went straight onto Hwy 147 when Hwy 1 went to the left. A little further down the road I turned onto Hwy 152. I was on this one most of the day then. There was lots of traffic here, no sidewalks, but very nice wide shoulders. I had no problem walking this road.
It was fun in many ways since there were quite a few truckers who loved honking when I waved to them. That started some of the drivers of cars honking, and every so often cars and trucks coming up from behind me honked. Much of my prayer time today was spent praying for all these people.
I stopped in at one convenience store for the restroom and a candy bar. The clerk noticed I was rather patriotic looking with my flag on the walking stick, and all the red, white, and blue that I wore. I explained what I was doing, and another clerk asked if the lady in the van outside was part of my group. I had been so pre-occupied with watching traffic to get across the road that I hadn’t even noticed that Bonny was out there. I turned around after making my purchase, and there she was. Bonny had seen me come across. 
Soon after this I came to the junction with Hwy 7 where I would be turning for the rest of the day - only 2.4 more miles.
Throughout the day I had been receiving text messages from Sam (my granddaughter) or Alyce-Kay (her mom, & my daughter) with updates about Sam’s condition. It looked like her baby would be born today, but alas, it was not to be. She ended up going home from the hospital to wait a little longer. It should be soon though. Dave and I will get to see this new great-granddaughter and her older brother on our way back to California later on this month. I also spent a lot of time praying for Sam and the family there as I walked.
After turning off of Hwy 152 onto Hwy 7 the road was narrower, and the shoulders hardly there, but the traffic was a lot less. There was usually a grassy area where I could walk if cars were coming. As I entered Baltimore County I had to cross a bridge where the shoulder on my side was non-existent. On the other side it was next to non-existent, but at least there was some space, so I crossed over. I waited for a few cars to pass, then went across the bridge, and I think there were no cars at all while I was crossing. Thank you, Lord.
It wasn’t long after this that I came to the Dew Drop Inn where Bonny was waiting in the parking lot for me. The Dew Drop Inn seems to be closed down, so our parking there was certainly no problem.
After we got all our statistics written down we headed back to our motel via Route 7 which takes us right to Aberdeen and with a couple of turns we end up at our motel. Bonny needed to stop at a couple of stores first. Then we went home to clean up and eat our dinners.
It was a good day. Tomorrow will be on Hwy 7 all day.
