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7/6/2015

The holidays provided a brief breather for my feet. Before we returned to the road, Crystal and I spent the morning talking to some members of an organization that wanted to help Papa Didos raise funds. Cheryl had come up with many ideas and was determined to help us reach our goals. It was a good to be reminded of our monetary needs. A major focus for stage three was to build funds. We stood very far away from the goal we had set.

After the discussion, Crystal and I had to drive back to where we had left off. I began running from a little flower shop at Streetsboro, Ohio. With two days of rest on my legs I was able to run strong. The roads that led to Akron had plenty of side trails and a couple of turns. I was pretty excited to run to Akron...

7/5/2015

After four and a half years, not much had changed around East Liverpool OH. I ran through there on my first cross country adventure. The people were so good to me, I had to return. My friends Cheryl and Don hosted us for a couple of evenings. They arranged for the paper to do a story and they even put me in front of an audience. One thing I remembered about staying with Cheryl was that I received all the calories necessary to run strong. That was one thing that had not changed. Lightly seasoned frittatas and thick blueberry French toast brought back memories of the journey that started everything.

We spent the third of July seeing the nature around town. As I was taken by the local creek, my legs dangled and relaxed...

7/3/2015

There were very few houses around the church where we parked. The town didn’t even have a chain store. The silence of the night extended into the day. When my legs began to do their thing, I passed large farms where the grinding sound of lawn mowers and heavy machinery made it to my ears. On this day my legs were feeling a bit worn out. I knew the culprit was my footwear. The best I could do under the circumstances was to rotate different shoes which I had previously discarded. I kept a constant pace and blocked out the discomfort. It wouldn’t be long before the warm bright rays of summer were obscured by dark, fast moving clouds. The rain cooled my heated skin for a little while but became irritating when my shoes sloshed.

When I reached Crystal, I found out our next destinat...