Song of the day: Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
After saying goodbye to the Kinzers, we got back on the road.
^At the Kinzer household^
We stopped at a wayside to have some lunch and spent most of the day on small farming roads. While stopped at one gas station along the way, the clerk asked Whompy of he was a professional. Despite his muscular body and amazing display of stamina, he had to reveal his amature status.
We stopped for dinner, but there was no amping available. We decided to ride on and attempt to find a place somewhere along the way. We rode without luck. The sun slowly began to slip beyond the horizon and we were running out of light. We finally came to the small town of Oconee. We saw some people in their backyard and stopped to ask if they knew of a place that we could set up a tent anywhere close by. They were so nice, and let us camp in their backyard.
After setting up camp they invited us in. They gave us some leftover food and we found out the Donny was the coach of the 8th grade state champion basketball team. Donny also brought out his guitar and we stayed up late taking turns playing tunes. We were even treated to Donny’s original song. It was great the chorus went: “Thats the way it is when the long weeks done, two whole days of family and fun. Sit on a log, throw another in the fire, kick on back act like your retired. Suns going down listen to the sounds, we’re just living in our country playground.”
This song spoke exactly the the experience that we had with Donny and Amy. They are family folks, and made our trip that much more bright.
^Donny and Amy^
