May 18, 1997 (West Lafayette, IN – Off Trail til 5/21)

Sunday morning May 18: My once toothless three-year-old baby sister graduates from Purdue University. Sigh.

With friends at Jamie's graduation - 5-18-97

Got some miles in walking home from campus and encountered some wildlife in the form of a dead screech owl on the side of the road. I’ll take what I can get.

The walk made the graduation party and food feel like something I earned.

Looking forward to being back on the trail in a couple of days.

Aquaholic

May 18, 2009

After a day’s walk everything has twice its usual value.

–George Macauley Trevelyan