We spent this day on tranquil back roads for the most part. The story today was the hospitality of the folks at the Methodist church. When we called to inform them of our arrival, Cindy offered to feed us fried chicken! When I informed her that Steve was vegetarian she offered to make black bean linguine instead. She says she loves to cook. When we arrived Cindy and her husband Jerry were there to welcome us and show us around. Cindy and Jerry have lived in the area for about five years. Although Palmyra is a small town and county seat, the county’s population increased recently due to the development of a housing development with about 14,000 residents! Cindy and Jerry live in this development. It seems their roles with the church are to welcome TA bikers! Pastor George also joined us for dinner. His wife is out of town so Cindy was going to feed him too! Pastor George shared some of the organizational details of the local church, such as his appointment is actually year to year. While he’s a Methodist minister he expressed a refreshingly open attitude regarding religion and faith. Pastor George seemed genuinely interested in our stories and asked lots of questions. Cindy and Jerry think highly of Pastor George and are happy he replaced the former pastor. While we were eating Cindy got a call from another biker. It was Alan! He arrived in time to get some dinner!
The only downside to our stay was no showers. We had to stay dirty for another day!
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Enjoying following your blog - wishing you both safe travels
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