Day 64

Slept well and ate a good breakfast and then got ready. I put domino’s shoes on her. It’s the first time she has had to wear them in quite a while. She totally hates them. I put them on her and she wouldn’t move. I couldn’t help but laugh at her all day. I gave her lots of treats to make up for it. She did really well today. Once we start walking, she can move just fine in the shoes.

Anyways, we went through Loogootee and through a small town called Montgomery. There is a huge amish presence here. A lot of beautiful farms. The weather was nice as far as temperature and sunshine, but the wind was 15+ mph all day. That gets annoying but I was ok. I’ve had worse.

I did much better today. I stopped twice to rest and eat and wasn’t rushing at all. I went over a small mountain and into the town of Washington. I really like this town. It has a very nice park with a lake. A carful of college age girls drove by and were yelling out “you’re hot!” Haha. Not sure why they thought that. If they could smell my clothes they would probably think otherwise.

I saw about a million and a half places that I could set up my tent. I looked at the weather and it’s supposed to drop into the low 40s again. MAYvember. After sleeping in temperatures like this before, I made a commitment to not sleep outside if it’s going to be less than 45 degrees if I have the opportunity. There are a few hotels in the town I’m in. I picked the cheapest. Ended up being nice and right next to a grocery store.

I booked the room and went to get some comfort food. I have to go about 24 miles tomorrow. I’ll get a day off after that though so I’m looking forward to it. So tonight I’m trying to rest and recover as much as possible so that I can have a good long day tomorrow. I have plans to talk to a couple of newspapers tomorrow. The small town papers are off on the weekends so I’ve been waiting for Monday to come around.

Just wanted to throw this in here…
I really appreciate all of the donations that I’ve received. It makes this trip so much easier to be able to book a hotel room if I have one accessible and to get comfort foods that help me recover. Domino appreciates it too. She loves to sleep in the tent but not when it’s cold. Some hikers may make fun of me for staying in hotels but that’s ok. I’m not trying to be a hiker anyways. I’m just trying to walk across America. You guys are helping so much. I really don’t think I could do it without all of the support I’ve gotten. Not just financially but in all aspects.

Thank you