We paddled and floated a lot today. Me and Anders have begun to toss around the idea of departing from Josh and Aleks. We enjoy the company, but the floating doesn't feel right and it has started to feel like we're piggy backing on their trip. It's a hard decision to make though. Especially after Josh introduced us to David Barham.
After a short 47 miles we pulled up to a grain bin and were met by a man with coolers full of water, Gatorade, and (you guessed it) beer. Josh met David in St. Louis during a speech about PTSD and David invited him to stay in Arkansas City on his way through. We were allowed to leave our boats at the grain bin and went to chat with the operator and some of the employees. They were all very nice people and were pretty intrigued about our trip. We exchanged stories for awhile while happily drinking beer and then made our way to wal-mart to restock.
After wal-mart, we went to David's to shower, change, and start laundry. Then off to Hoot's, the local BBQ joint. Dinner was delicious. David even picked up the bill. We met quite a few people in this little town of Arkansas City/McGhee and all of them were nice and very easy to talk to.
It's hard to put into words on a blog the gratitude I feel towards everybody that helps us along the way. David especially. He didn't know any of us very well and probably wasn't even expecting Anders and I. Regardless, he took the time to take care of us and help out any way he could.
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