*SUN SEP 14* *Good Shepherd Montessori School, South Bend to Unitarian Universalist Church, Elkhart, IN* I went to breakfast and had my yogurt and granola—I miss my own home-made, sun-dried granola. One of the things the March has added to my diet is almonds. There is almond milk at breakfast, and almond butter for lunch sandwiches. Somewhere I remember hearing/reading that almonds are good for you HDLs. I don’t know what my HDL is now but I remember the last test I had showed it as 35: that’s marginal. I usually have 2 checkups a year. I had one in February. I’ll have one when I get back to Carson. Circle-up was scheduled for 7:15am. It still hadn’t happened by 7:45am so I left on my bike. I found the March route more complicated then necessary and took Jefferson Blvd east until I reached Elkhart. Then I stopped and inquired at a MacDonald's about the best route to the church. The church was graciously hospitable. I arrived just after the morning service had been completed. They offered me coffee or tea. A small group gathered to go out for lunch. They invited me to go with them. I thanked them and declined indicating I'd packed my lunch. In the afternoon the pastor let us use her office and her computer. There were two places inside where we were allowed to stay: the auditorium and the Kids House. I chose the latter. A greet and welcome get-together was scheduled at 4pm. Kat conducted the conversation. There were probably as many local residents as there were Marchers. She had a series of questions and circled around the group encouraging everyone to answer the questions. The closing question was “What can you do to help turn the Climate Crisis around?”. There were a lot of interesting answers. At 6pm a potluck dinner was served in the kitchen. Most of the dishes were brought in by the local residents. At 8pm we called it an evening. -- Peace, David