Delightful day today...chilly in the morning, by 10:30 the jacket came off and the wind picked up...on the "club" scale this started at about a 1 at a 45 degree angle into my face, as the day progressed it got to be about a 3 1/2-4 FULL FRONTAL!!! (insert joke!!!)...we got started right at 8:00 AM and had there been no wind or a tail-wind..................but last I checked I am NOT in charge of the weather ONLY awaking each day, putting on my pants and CHOOSING what the day will be like...all about personal responsibility, accountability AND choice...now that said today we did 22.5 miles (36.2903 km's) using 46,363 steps ending about 9 miles shy of Broken Bow...findings for the day: 1 wrist watch of questionable functionality and 1 quarter...the only wildlife was not so live but in the back of pickups and on bumpers...chatted with rancher Ben Cooksley who indicated that in spite of drought conditions he is "doing OK until someone tells him different", his family has six members of the armed forces, best wishes to all...also chatted with the son of Jim Chapin, a Viet Nam veteran, who was recently diagnosed with diabetes...another gentleman stopped to see what I was up to and said "I have all three", that you for your service, Dick Hoffman, and best wishes...when I stopped at the Sinclair station in Merna the young lady indicated that her grandma and grandpa are battling both cancer and diabetes, best wishes...thank you to all who served, be it in peacetime or during conflict...best wishes to all who have health challenges...to my first AND best driver thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! for getting this immovable object moving...to my second driver thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! for keeping the body that is "The Walk" moving!!!, not only does Jim keep the Jeep on the road he has been know on NUMEROUS occasions to do other things that are VERY much appreciated, he too has family members that are honorees of this walk and they ARE noted on a daily basis...there are many experiences on this excursion where words are inadequate...as I am fond of saying "don't tell me, SHOW ME!!!"...I trust that I am showing something...best wishes to all...cheers!!!