Day 37 Mile 461-479

Vale to Ontario

I got up early so that I could go to the 9:00am service at Michael’s Church but it turns out service wasn’t till the afternoon. I went back in to Starlight for breakfast again and met with Pard & Terry and Lawney & Sue who were having breakfast next to me. They really appreciated that I was out here doing what I do and they said they wished there were more young people getting involved in the world. They gave me 20 bucks and a big smile. Everyone seems just fascinated by my shoes! The Z-coils are great and I am looking forward to getting to Boise where I can get them checked out by the next z-coil dealer. It was still early in the day when I left Vale and I made good time to Ontario. Ontario is actually 3 or 4 miles North of the 20 but I made the detour. When I got into town it started to hail and blow and I was still kind of in the mood to be relaxed and have a good bed to sleep in so I popped in at the Ontario Inn to get out of the rain. When the hail subsided, I left my pack in the room and went out walking unencumbered. I realized how much the pack and weight slow me down. I walked all over town which is very spread out. It was Sunday and very quite. I kept looking for a cool place to go in and meet people and eat... In the end I came back and had a great meal at Skippers right next to my hotel. It was a beautiful day of walking with yellow roses and cools looking roosters. Also, this was the first town with fast food that I had seen for like 400 miles:-)