Day 78 - To Seagoville, TX

Monday, November 15, 2010

My last night in a bed for a while I guess, and it was really nice. Carol Frye has opened up her home for Wayne and me, and really made me feel welcome. But, time is a wasting, and gotta get back on the road. I was up early......the KRDL radio interview was scheduled for 630am, so I wanted to sound awake. It will be played on air later, but I'm not sure when. I made a couple of pieces of toast for breakfast, and was ready when they called. The interview was very short, but seemed to go fine. By now, Wayne and Carol were up and ready to go. Carol is taking us back to where we stopped on Saturday, and will come pick up Wayne later today.

We headed out, fought through the Dallas traffic, and were ready to walk by 745. Our route (for those in the area) is Ledbetter Dr to US-175, US-175 to Seagoville. Distance is about 16-18 miles. The walk itself was pretty uneventful. We'd walk a couple of hours and rest a while, and then repeat the process. Almost the whole way there was adequate shoulders or sidewalks, and US-175 has frontage roads the entire way. The scenery was almost non-existent.......just businesses, housing, and empty fields. One time we were confused and had to backtrack about a mile. Other than that, just walking. It was nice having Wayne along for a couple of days.......we talked almost the whole way, and the miles went by effortlessly.

As the day wore one, it became cloudy and cooler, and rain threatened. But never more than a few drops fell on us. Wayne did fine, especially since he has not done much distance walking. I think he earned his "walkingman" badge today. By the time we reached Seagoville, Carol was sitting there in a McDonald's parking lot, with the cart and other stuff. We unloaded the car, took a few pictures, and they headed off to the comfort of Carol's house. I stayed behind in McDonald's using their wi-fi and eating a burger. Just across the road is a huge field with lots of camping potential. Think I'll try out those new stakes there. Tomorrow I head north to Forney, TX, and then east toward Longview.

About the photo above......sometimes we disagreed on direction! Thanks Wayne for coming out and helping me get through the DFW area. Thanks Carol for your help and kindness. It would have been difficult to maneuver that cart through the area, so it was nice not to have to do that.

Radio Interview

I will be doing an interview tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 1005am EST on the Keith Larson show........WBTam, Charlotte, NC. If you can't listen live, I'll try to post on the blog. My blogmaster is on vacation (!), and she usually handles that stuff.