Day 65

I checked my email when I woke up and a radio show wanted to do an interview. I told them to call me and they did and I did a live interview over the phone on the Dave and Leslie morning show on 99.5 in Indiana. It was a fun way to start the day!

I had a 22 mile walk ahead of me so that I could get to the next town with a hotel to get out of the rain that is coming. I looked on googlemaps and it showed that hwy 50 had a large shoulder from Washington to Vincennes. The town I started in and the town that I was going to. I decided to take that road.

A little while into the day a woman pulled over and gave me some food. She was nice and I gave her son a high five through the window. A few hours after that another car pulled over. A male and female couple and they both got out to say hey and to see domino. They asked what I was doing and I told them and she started crying. She said that she had drove by me at least 4 times today and every time something was telling her to stop. She finally did. Her brother died 6 weeks ago. I gave her a hug that she needed and that was that.

Whether or not you believe in things happening for a reason, this felt like one of those situations. A few hours after that, a man pulled over and said he heard me on the radio haha. He handed me some money and wished me luck. That one didn’t feel divine but it was still pretty cool!

All day was along a busy highway. A pretty good day. I had music playing and people were being nice and moving over for me most of the time. I must’ve waved to at least 200 people today. Domino rode most of the day because the hills weren’t all that bad.

When I started to get close to Vincennes I was on my phone looking for hotels. None of the ones that I saw would take pets. Most of the hotels were sold out also. I already tried couchsurfing.com and couldn’t find anyone. I decided to call the one hotel left and just not tell them about domino haha. She doesn’t bark and is totally trained. She won’t mess anything up so I don’t feel bad about sneaking her in.

They didn’t have any guest laundry so I had to wash my stuff in the bathtub. I also noticed that I have poison ivy. It’s ok though. It doesn’t really bother me that much. It’s rare that I get it anyways. But when I do, it usually goes away quickly without spreading much. And it doesn’t itch as bad as it does for other people. My sister used to have horrible reactions to poison ivy. I’ve always been lucky that it didn’t affect me the same. I’ll keep an eye on it to be safe but I’m not worried about it.

Tomorrow is an off day for me. I am in the last town in Indiana and am only a mile or so from Illinois!  I’m going to do some media and planning tomorrow while I rest my legs and stay out of the rain. I probably won’t post tomorrow night. My first day in Illinois should be a good one though! Stay tuned…