Friday May 28th

Walked from Madison to Lexington, IN, A walk of about 22 miles. The walk up the hill out of Madison on IN 56, which is several miles, is on a road which is very busy and has no shoulders. You do it and it will scare the hell out of you, I assure you. You need to be a little insane to do it. It is on the ADT route. This road gets you to Hanover, IN and then you cut off the highway and wind around through the countryside for seemingly days to get to Lexington. Lexington is home to famous Leroy's restaurant, hardware, and general store. Had a steak there. Ordered at the meat counter and I asked for medium rare, steak was not on the menu, the girl ask, "Oh, you mean you want it cooked?" Well yes I did want it cooked. Lexington was a town that kept moving. When you thought you were almost to it, it turned out to be another 3 or 4 miles down the road. It did this 2 or 3 times. I was met outside of town by Mike King who is the executive director of the Englishton Park Presbyterian Ministries. He set me up with a place to sleep in his office on the Park Campus. Slept on a exercise mat, which did a number on my hips, etc. etc. But it served the purpose. Out of the weather and out of the ticks, I thought. Had one on my shoulder getting ready to dig in. Had the shakes all night, suffering from too much sun and heat I guess. The heat and the hills take their toll, heavily!