We have enjoyed the people we have met so far, but attitudes have changed and people have not been friendly and open. The only thing that has really changed, that we can think of, is the interstate that we crossed. We are still in the same type of rural area we have been traveling in and we can’t think of any reason why the attitudes of people should change unless it is the influence of the traffic that travels the interstate highway. As we thought about it, people started changing before we got to the interstate and that has lasted for several miles beyond the interstate.
We had an “almost” incident today. This afternoon we were both very tired and we stopped to rest at the entrance to a field. The burrs were so bad that we couldn’t get very far off the road so we spread our tarp and rested near the right of way. The cart was only a couple of feet off the road and we were just behind it. We were so exhausted we both fell sound asleep with traffic only about four feet from us. Traffic has not been heavy but it is fairly steady.
The Lord woke me as a dark blue van went by. I knew immediately we were in for an unwelcome visit. I watched the van and, sure enough, it went down the road a ways, turned around, and came back very slowly. I told Hadassah to get on her feet and get her stick because we had trouble coming. I don’t thin ...
