Temps started in the70's under an overcast sky and ended near 90 when the sun came out at the end of the day. Positioning my car and me was a crazy exercise in trying not to run over the couple dozen turtles we encountered trying to cross the road.
I started two miles east of Tipton and arrived at St. Andrews Church in Tipton for 9 AM Mass just as it started raining. I met Becky Holiday of the Tipton Times. She introduced me to her Mom. Becky's sister Therese Vela is an ovarian cancer survivor who lives in Texas. Becky took a picture in front of the church and I was back underway. The rain had stopped. It cooled things of for an hour or so.
As I left Tipton I passed the "eight ball" water tower. There used to be a pool table factory located there. I passed a number of wheat fields.
I did the last third of the walk on old US 50. Just before entering Otterville in Brownfield Roadside Park there was a plaque commemorating the July 1876 James Gang robbery of a Missouri Pacific train. They got away with over $20,000.
Yesterday I forgot to express thanks to the gentleman in the California McDonald's for buying me breakfast and the customers who made donations.
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