Arriving in Natchez today I was happy and lucky enough to walk into a hotel for the night with buffet lunch and dinner, courtesy of my great friends in Tunica, Brooks and Dick, who again had connections down here at the "Isle of Capri" casinos and managed to get me all of this, I tell ya I am enjoying it, a hot bath to soak the body and feet, a huge array or food on the buffet with all ya can drink Dr Pepper and a huge bed all for myself, doesn't get any better than this!!
The previous two nights I have spent in a hunters cabin, well, preferably named "Sonnies cabin" and Sonny is the name of the great guy who allowed me to bunk in there for those nights.It was perfect as it is situated right near the 61 which I need to follow all the way to Natchez, it has a shower and a comfy bed. At night time there are deer wandering around and hundreds of little fire flies that light up the night. One of the days after walking, before Sonny and Martha invited me to their house for a great dinner, Sonny took me to where the river runs along behind his house and the cabin, and here my friends is where I saw my first alligator, better yet, alligators. I asked Sonny if there were any in here and it was not a few minutes after that when Sonny was to yell "there is one now," and he was right, a little fellow swimming unhurriedly right next to us. A few moments later we spotted a bigger one, maybe mum or dad worried about their baby being out so late and alone. Being an animal lover it was really nice to see this and one of the things I wanted to see on this adventure. Thanks Sonny and Martha for all the help and friendship and may God bless your missions down there in Peru, it is amazing what you guys are doing down there.
Apart from yesterday where I was rained on heavily for half the day, the weather has been hot and really, really humid. It has been tough going and to make it worse, I have four blisters on my right foot that are causing me some grief. The humidity is not helping as my feet are sweating so much everyday and not giving the blisters a chance to dry up. Three of them have improved a little today, but their is one big one on my little toe that is starting to look nasty, and hurt. Today I only walked around 20kms to try and nurse it a little and I think it helped (great advice Camilita). Tomorrow will be a similar day as today, I will finish off the last 15 or 20 kms that I need to complete the Natchez run, then I will head south towards Woodville, which is about 2 solid days walk from Natchez.
Right now I am off to see if there is a pharmacy around here to get some cream for my blisters, then I will enjoy a nice buffet meal by the river at the casino before maybe watching a movie in bed and then getting some sleep before getting up in the morning and starting back on the track. I just hope these blisters get better as I feeling super strong and want to get some distance behind me, if it wasn't for these damn blisters... oh well, patience is a virtue well learned no...
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