Our first day of the next three day walk was near perfect – sunny, windy and low 70’s. We walked the entire time on the main Route 30 – a four lane divided highway. Lots of truck traffic and not much to see.
On Day 2, we veered off Route 30 to walk through Warsaw. The downtown area is dotted with sculptures (created by J. Seward Johnson, who is from our neck of the woods) of people in everyday activities – everything from a mailman delivering mail to a mariachi band. Really interesting. After Warsaw we shadowed Route 30 on a smaller, less traveled route. The most interesting thing we saw was a Mennonite man driving a sulky behind a horse up and down the same one mile track of road. They passed us four times. No idea why but gave us something to look at.
On Day 3, the temperature and humidity ratcheted up. To combat this, we started walking earlier in the day and made all of our half gallon fluids Gatorade. An occasional breeze and a mostly-cloudy day made it bearable. Mike and I always walk as far on the side of the road as possible and most people go out of their way to make sure that we have enough room. Today, for the first time, we had someone aim for us. Not even a close call but still obnoxious.
On the plus side, our good luck with dining continued – found another good family restaurant in Warsaw – The American Table. Nice home cooking and an amazing homemade bread pudding with vanilla sauce. Mike was in seventh heaven.
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