FRI SEP 12 * Bourissa Hills, New Carlyle to Good Shepherd Montessori School, South Bend, IN* Breakfast was in the Lions Club so I was wakened by the breakfast crew. We finished meal preparation and clean-up and I hauled my gear back to the Gear truck, which was 1/4 mile away. It was a lot of work but I used the hand-truck that Nancy Trask donated to me in Winterset. That made it a lot easier. I’m not getting the messages sent out on gmail unless my phone is connected to WiFi so I didn’t have the day’s route. When I looked at the route posted on the back of the commode I decided that the simplest thing was to take Hwy 20 into South Bend. I did that, stopped at a McDonalds and got WiFi, and asked for directions to the school. That got me there. When I arrived the school was still in session but they gave permission for the early Marchers to come in and relax in the library. We had a 4pm meeting in the sanctuary. It was a conference call with those who are planning our NYC trip. The big issue was changing our original plans to include additional demonstrations. I finally left, chose a spot for my bed, got my bedroll in from the truck and set up for the night. There was to be a potluck at 6pm from several of the local churches. It was scheduled for the school cafeteria. A few locals brought some food, but it didn’t happen so we had to prepare dinner. So dinner was at 7:15pm. One of the couples that visited had a daughter in Carson City. I don’t remember their names or the name of their daughter. They wondered if we were in activities where we might have met, and asked me if I was a ‘birder’. I said “No”. They asked if we lived near the Governor’s Mansion. I said “Yes”. I asked if they had heard of Muscle Powered, a group in Carson City that does a lot of things to make walking and biking safe. They said “No”. I showed them my Muscle Powered T shirt so they would remember the name of the organization and let their daughter know. At the end of dinner there were some local folks who did presentations. Kim helped me get some hydrogen peroxide out of the Gear truck and I cleaned up a scratch that I got cycling through a busy street in Oak Park, IL. Peace, David