<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">SAT AUG 30</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <u>Sterling
to Franklin Grove, IL</u></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">It is a 21
mile day and we got up at 4:30am. The route was simple. It took us through Ronald Reagan’s hometown:
Dixon. When I got to Franklin Grove I asked for directions to the campsite at </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">C</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">haplain Creek Historic Village</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">. It is an area where small buildings have been moved in to preserve history. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Since it was
such a long day’s March the Marchers didn’t start arriving until mid-afternoon.
It seemed that people were exhausted. We had an early dinner and a local couple
visited the campsite and brought some dessert for us. After dinner there were
no meetings because people needed a full night’s rest! I spread my
bedroll out on the porch of the Hillsdale Salthouse. The house was locked so no
one was using the porch and the porch had a nice roof. I was protected if there
had been a rain, but I collected mosquitoes and dew instead.</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br>
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">SUN AUG 31</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <u>Franklin
Grove to the Chicago Skydiving Center (Rochelle),
IL.</u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Since Monday
will be a Rest-Day and Sunday was only 16 miles people were not interested in
leaving early. We circled up at 7:50am. The Chicago
Skydiving Center had a big campsite where we stayed. They also had a bar, a restaurant, a lounge, free WiFi, and
showers. Since we were having a Rest-Day and would be staying 2 nights I got the
Taj Mahal (big tent) out and Izzy helped me put it up. We had to do a temporary
fix on one of the skyline rods because it had broken. All afternoon there
were skydivers coming in. I’m sure you need some training to do this kind of skydiving.
It isn’t a parachute. Its more like a set of wings. And some of the divers came
down awfully fast!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The
Center Bar offered 2 free beers to the Marchers. We had an all-camp meeting
before dinner was ready. At the meeting Izzy offered me a can of beer. When
dinner was ready we served ourselves, and resumed the
meeting. One of the major topics was Non-violent Civil disobedience—in Chicago
and DC. The discussion will continue. After dinner I went over to the bar and
had one of my two free beers. Then it was bedtime.</span> </div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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