Ben and Sue Day 53

Sunday, October 28, 2007, Day 53

. . . We started out the day today by attending Calvery Church in Williams, Arizona.  Was a small, country church -- way back on a dusty road -- but  despite its size and location  the people there were hugely friendly.  So many people came up to say hello and welcome.  And of course when we  say we are from Seattle they start asking questions about Seattle or telling us about a  family member or friend who lives there -- so conversation is very easy.  As we sang the praise songs at one point I just could not sit down and sing -- so I stood up.  I was the only one standing for a while but it felt so good and right to stand up and raise my hands  to the God of Heaven  and earth.  After a short while though other people stood and some raised their hands too and the worship service was pretty awesome.

. . . After church we walked around Williams -- totally cool Route 66 place and very 50's and 60's.  Lots of people were taking pictures of the very old Edsel automobile and in front of one store there was set up a very authentic mannequin of a rock star and a beautiful young lady and one could sit in the chair between them and have their picture taken.  Was fun to amble down the main street and it wasn't hard to imagine it was 1965 all over again.  We wanted to travel Route 66 all the way across country but only discovered a map that shows this route when we were in Arizona.  None of  the Rand McNally maps or  the AA  maps showed it.  But we had fun travelling on it for a while.  Maybe in our next trip. . .

So . . . we continued on to Kingston Arizona at which point we headed north on Route 95.   Weather today was 75 --80 degrees all day and even now at 8pm it is still 80 degrees.  We have been lavished with 51 days of warm/sunny weather.   So. . . how's the weather in Seattle dear friends?  PLEASE don't write and tell me!

Sue