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Well, our third week of walking is coming to a close! We are currently still in Ely, Nevada at the KOA because campgrounds are hard to come by on HWY 50…so, we’ve been here for 3 nights now. We are actually about to drive to Delta, Utah in 30 minutes…but, I wanted to get a quick post up before I made breakfast. 

On Monday, Josh put me on night shift…I was kinda excited about this because I’ve only been on day shift thus far. So, I tried to sleep all day Monday, but that didn’t really happen. I think we left around 10pm to start walking…but, our start point was like 2 hours away. So, Chris and I officially started walking at 12:08am. Let me tell you—it is the weirdest feeling ever to be on the loneliest highway in America…walking…in the pitch black. Surprisingly, I wasn’t scared at all. But, you kind of get dillusional…like your body is awake, but your mind is asleep. When the sun rises, it’s the opposite–your body is alseep, but your mind is awake.

A Few Days Later: Well, I could only get through 2 nights of walking because of my blisters. So much for those amazing shoes I bought…they suck! I spent all day Wednesday and Thursday at the Rv park doing laundry and cooking. I had to do something to pull my weight since I couldn’t walk! On Friday the 12th, we had to take Josh and David to the airport…and then pick up Dave from the airport. Josh and David went back to Kentucky for a few days for a youth conference. So, Dave came in to help out with the walking since Chris was the only guy left here. While we were waiting for Dave to get here…we parked the Rv in a Walmart parking…so, us girls went shopping for the first time in weeks! (I bought another Jodi Picoult book!)

We stayed in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend with another awesome home schooling family! I’m kind of in my glory with all these homeschoolers we keep meeting. It’s a lot of fun to talk about old home schooling days! Jessica and I were assigned to St. Joseph…because Jess can sorta speak Spanish and we had three Spanish masses this weekend. Well, the communication aspect was becoming a problem when people wanted to give us their prayer intentions. I felt really bad that I couldn’t correspond with anyone. I guess I should have taken Spanish classes instead of American Sign Language???!

Today is Wednesday the 17th…if you are curious. I started this post and had it saved for a few days. I just didn’t get a chance to update it this weekend. I started walking again on Monday…after my dad overnighted my old tennis shoes. I only walked like 8.5 miles on Monday and 6.5 yesterday (because of thunder storms and hail)…but, I guess it is good to start somewhere!

At the church Bridget was speaking at this weekend…a man gave her bags and bags of bandages and such. He included this package of stuff called: 2nd Skin for blisters. It is AMAZING. Basically, it is like a wet-gooey bandaid that you put on raw skin. Love it! Oh…and the lost toenail count is officially= 4 whole, 2 ripped. Craziness.

Well, Josh and David get back today…it’s the last night the core team will be together as a whole until the last week of this walk. Sad story! I can’t believe the 4th week of walking is half-way done. We are a bit behind on miles…like 80. But, I’m sure we’ll make it up. 

My phone has decided that it really loves central time…so, every day it switches from mountain…and everyday I have to manually change it back. So weird! Oh, btw: AT&T sucks in Utah and Nevada. Just saying…there is no reception anywhere!

I suppose I should probably go and organize my duffel bag—it gets to a point every week where I am just shoving things in and out because of the lack of time. By the weekend…everything is lost and wrinkled! Oh…and if anyone is wondering—I think we are in vernal, Utah. That v is supposed to be capitalized…but, somehow the shift button and v don’t work at the same time on Chris’ macbook. hmmm….

Until next time, Michelle