What a Day!

Had a great night with Diane, a lawyer, who opens up her home (a former goat farm), through Warm Showers. What a brilliant woman who has her priorities in life in the right order. To look at her you'd never guess she was a lawyer and such an educated woman. The people we are meeting are the highlight of this experience. Thought today would be easier after sleeping inside and showering. We left at 8:00 and headed for Tallahassee . We encountered so much construction, miles of it. So much traffic and high hills every inch of the way. It was Hard all the afternoon. Winds picked up. Bob thought I had just tired so wasn't able to take the hills. I was working like a horse. He finally stopped at the top of a hill. My arm and leg muscles were trembling I had worked so hard. He discovered that my back bread was stuck. I felt like I was in the Biggest Loser Challenge pushing a truck up the hill.
Three of the guys had flat tires during the day. When we got into Quincy Dave, the retired cop who has the camper and is following us for the week found a field where we could stop. He bought some cheese and crackers and wanted us to take a break. The wind gusts had picked up and we were beat. As we sat around laughing about the events of the day a huge tree cracked off and hit the groud immediately behind where Penny, Bob and Dean were sitting. It his Daves truck and did a bit of damage. Those three were about as close to death as anyone could get. What a scare! We set up camp in a field tonight, showered under a cold hose and some of the guys walked to a church for a chicken dinner. The others of us ate oranges and strawberries. Too tired to go anywhere even for food. Ready to crawl into tents now. Going to go down to 42 tonight. Getting out tomorrow will be difficult. Continue to pray for our safety on the road. Most people are courteous but it only takes one hothead to cause an accident.