Mileage for today: 22 Visit 21st House. Starting point is on Route 21 outside of Great Falls. Stopping point is at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia at 2955 Colonial Drive. Today's run is dedicated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia. That's an elephant? Last night I stayed at a family friend Tim's house. Tim's dad and my dad served in the Army together back when we fought the British for our independence. Tim is actually the second family member I've had the pleasure of staying with. In Aberdeen, MD, I hung out with his older brother Kevin who actually ran 19 miles with me the following day. Now Tim and I are very different people. Tim is about 6'2" weighing in at around 2 bills. Basically built like a man. Me, I'm a little school girl. Tim dropped me off in the middle of nowhere South Carolina to start the day. The route started just like it ended yesterday - hilly with a lot of nothing going on around me. The day went really well and I actually had to phone the Columbia House to let them know I was over an hour ahead of schedule. About three miles from the House, I greeted by a local. A local who, let's just say wasn't going to be running for mayor anytime soon. The gentleman blurted out, "What the f*** is that?" To which my only reply was, "Its a f***ing elephant, what's it look like to you?" He then muttered something else, but I was a hundred miles away by then. I had two packages waiting for me when I got to the House. One was a pair of sneakers (#5) and the other came from Ms. Monk's 7th grade class at Central Middle School in Corinth, Maine. They sent me this great card with a ton of well wishes and signatures all over it. There were some Clif bars, a t-shirt and one of the students, Barrett Bishop, made me a Duct Tape wallet. Very, very cool Barrett, next time how about hooking a brother up with a few Washington's to break that in? |
Day 49 - Great Falls, SC to Columbia, SC
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