One Year Ago
Oct 6th, 2009 by Lyn Hanush
October 6, 2008 - Monday
Our family has had a tradition on October 6 ever since our daughter, Laurie, came, of going out to an Asian dinner to celebrate her arrival. It doesn’t matter where we are, we always plan to go to our Asian dinner. Then we call or e-mail each other to let everyone know we remembered. Tonight Bonny and I went to a Korean Restaurant to have our dinner. It was delicious, and we had a great time.
A few years after the adoption of our daughter, Laurie, we also adopted a five-year-old boy, Darrol. That completed our family - now six of us. All four of our children are grown and happily enjoying their lives in their places of residence.
Now back to this morning and today’s walk. We stopped by McDonald’s for our usual breakfast, then we headed to our start point in Rising Sun, MD. It was actually a chilly morning, and I started out with the zip off legs of my shorts zipped on. I also wore a light windbreaker. As I started out walking I needed to stop at the nearby grocery store to pick up some gummy fruit snacks. Bonny followed me over in the car so that she could take the box from me after I took out what I needed.
This done I walked on. A few minutes later I met a man coming my way. We stopped to talk for a bit. He was heading for the Veterans building, and told me he had served in the Marines. I thanked Tony for serving, and soon we each continued on our separate ways.
I passed some cornfields that had been cut into interesting designs, and cattle standing on a green hill staring at me - well, some of them were staring and some were grazing. A few trees are changing their color and looking grand in their red robes.
Bonny met me at a Convenience Store where we had hoped to use their restroom - it was out of order - bummer. On I went, and soon came to the U. S. 1 Bakery and Market. I thought it looked like a place with a restroom, and went across the street to check it out. The first door was locked, the second one was opened to me by Dennis. He told me they weren’t open today, and that he was just there doing some bookkeeping. I asked if by chance he had a restroom I could use, and he stepped aside to let me in. After the restroom I mentioned that I had hoped to buy a pastry, so he showed me the day-old ones he had. There was a chocolate covered one with custard filling - my favorite. He let me have it for a mere fifty-cents.
As I walked I ate my delectable delight, then washed the chocolate from my face and hands with a “wet-one.” I was one happy walker by now. Soon Bonny and I met at the entrance to the Susquehanna Bridge. I hopped into the van and rode across this very narrow - with no walking space - bridge, then back out on the other side to continue walking.
I missed nine-tenths of a mile on the bridge, so instead of an eleven-mile day, it was only a ten point one-mile day. I saw a lady walking ahead of me, and soon caught up with her. We stopped and talked for awhile, and I learned her name was Shirley. I prayed with her, then we said good-bye and each continued on.
Bonny and I met again at the end point where Hwy 1 and Hwy 440 met. The easy part of the day was done, now for the hard part. After shedding my gear, we headed off to scout the route ahead - a little over four day’s worth. This took us through Baltimore and a little ways on the other side of it.
Some of the route is a little “iffy” so I’m going to look on the maps and see if I can find a way around some of it. There are parts where there is no shoulder against a railing, and with heavy, fast traffic. Please pray I can come up with an alternate route for some of these places.
It was after we got back to Aberdeen that we had our Korean dinner. Then we landed at our motel and got to work with the regular evening chores. Lest I fall asleep again I guess I’d better sign off and get to the next project.
