*MON OCT 06** Unitarian Universalist Church, Cleveland Heights to UMC in Macedonia, OH* Dave Finnegan answered my email immediately overnight. He’s been looking for assistance in the Cleveland area! And now he has it. When Rachel asked about breakfast, the evening before, I suggested that we have granola. She was delighted. I got the homemade granola out of the box from Heidi. Peter had been working on a PowerPoint presentation the night before and didn’t have breakfast with us. Rachel took Cocoa (Labrador Retriever) for an early morning walk. I looked at the map I had on my phone for Bicycle that Rachel found for me. I copied the route down on paper so I could look at it on the trip without having to pull my phone out. Rachel came back from the walk and was ready to take me to the church. She woke Peter so we could say goodbye. He came down in a shirt and tie ready for work (Geriatric MD). I told him we had granola for breakfast and offered him some. He declined. We shook hands and I thanked him for the Home-stay. Rachel helped me load my belongings and we drove off to the church. Shortly after we departed Rachel’s phone rang. It was Peter. He told her that I had left my box on the table. Rachel returned, picked up the box, and informed me that Peter had some granola after all! I’ll share the rest with the March at breakfast time. When we got to the church I unloaded my gear, thanked Rachel with a hug. Since I had the route I headed for Macedonia. The bike route directions were much simpler than the March route. When I arrived at the Church I introduced myself. I indicated I was early because I was riding my bike. They asked if I wanted to put my bike inside. I said “Yes”. One reason is security; the second is weather. I picked a room downstairs and near a door to the Gear truck. There was a Jazzercize class in the auditorium adjoining the kitchen so we couldn’t have dinner until 7:15. There were at least 10 new Marchers. Since they come and go, I find it difficult to remember names. There were several long ‘announcements’ that took dinnertime until 8:15. There were 2 meetings after dinner. One to get a consensus on the actions that the March should take in WDC, and the other to reflect on the impact the March has had on us as individuals. -- Peace, David