I had a wonderful visit to the St. Joseph Assisted Living Community early last evening in Missouri's capital ( checking you out to see if you know the name of the capital city ).
The residents had a great time as I did, singing, talking about BPR, sharing stories and answering questions concerning the safe drinking water crisis that is affecting so many on our planet.

I also asked them about some of their life experiences and heard stories of what is was like in many of the countries and cities we ran to and through. One lady shared a story of when she and her husband lived in Germany after WWII, how life was so much simpler. She told everyone that he was also involved in Dresden, a city we ran to and had an opportunity to tour.
We played BPR trivia and I gave out BPR shirts for prizes and left one shirt to be framed and hung on the wall in their activity room.

I ended our visit with the song, "You Are My Sunshine" and told them they certainly had brought a little sunshine in my life even though it was raining outside.

The 3 a.m. - 9 a.m. run for my Team Orange was run on a portion of the Lewis and Clark Trail, highway 94, through beautiful countryside with rolling hills. historic homes, many turned into Bed and Breakfast Inns. My mind wondered as I ran, thinking of the toughness of these explorers and others mapping out new territory, blazing new trails, dealing with the seasonal changes, finding and cooking their food, on and on. To be running where so much history had been made was surreal to me. I wondered if I would have had the toughness to deal with all they had to endure during their long journey. I don't know. I understand their steps have been retraced by others and that would make for interesting reading later when I return from the run.

We crossed into Illinois later and are resting, trying to get a little sleep before our last 3 a.m. - 9 a.m. shift. We only have 20 more days to go but still a long way to go before finishing in N.Y. on September 4th.

The last two days have been special, as have all the other days, but for me, sharing our tale with others, especially some of our senior citizens, was a treat and I will store that memory in my mind slides for a long time.

Peace and blessings to you and yours and take time to share your story, your talents with those in assisted living communities. Also, they have so much to share with us.

Each day a gift!!
"Water is Life, Pass It On"!