Day 35:
I am tired. As soon as I get on the road my eyes become heavy. It's almost like the highway is a sleep aid. And wouldn't you know it, every time I pull off, I, more or less, wake up. I have been significantly slowing my pace.
Today I went to church in a building I haven't seen since I was ten or eleven. There were no pews. Even in the chapel there were cushioned chairs that needed to be set up and taken down. At the maximum, I counted 39 people in the chapel, including everyone on the stage, the two missionaries and myself.
Upon letting on to my name after being asked by the Sunday school teacher, I was delighted to hear that I was "a part of the history." It was delightful to hear their stories about my family, and my dad who served as the Branch President there in a life long ago.
They knew me there, even though I could only recognize some of their names and some of their faces. But I remember pretty clearly Susie Parker. She gave me a huge hug and wouldn't let go until she told me about the time I put my cowboy boots on backwards! And also how I would never wear shoes, inside or out. My thanks go out to the Brooks family for their hospitality.
Right now I am currently taking the Brown family up on their offer to help me find a house and job so I could stay in the Branch and help them out. Yep. This is where my trip ends people. You always knew I was going back to the south.
Ok, I can't elaborate on that one too much further. I'm totally kidding. Although I can't say I wasn't tempted. I'll be back to Utah sooner than I thought.
Since I have nothing else to share, I'll take this time to list the states that I've been to so far.
States in the order I have visited:
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Road Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
If you look at a map the rest of my trip is pretty straight forward. I'm afraid though that I might only have enough money to make it to Alaska and Hawaii but not enough for a return ticket. I'm still figuring that one out. Maybe my next project will be to do a thorough investigation into the exotic livelihood of the beach bum. How fitting would that be, to make it all this way only to find myself stranded on the beaches of Hawaii. We'll see what happens.
Really right now, I am resting. On the morrow I will be visiting the Georgia Guide Stones. Wiki that. Or just wait so I can tell you about them.
I am going to rest some more. Thank you guys so much. All of you! Or should I say, all y'all!
Goodnight.