We were just
a few miles from Greenville, MS that morning and we decided to stop to resupply
while we could. We stopped at
Warfield Park, a large camping and picnic area with water and a charge. Google said the closest place to shop
was a few miles away at a Kroger, so Aaron took off walking while I stayed with
the dog to charge the phones, blog and refill water. After what seemed like ages, Aaron came riding along in the
back of a pickup with two nice ladies, Martha and Judy.
Apparently the Kroger was a Google maps myth and he had ended up walking
about five miles to find a grocery.
On the way back, heavily laden with bags, these two ladies had seen him
and offered a ride back to Warfield.
They had been picking up pecans in their front yard and sent us along
with a bag of those as well. They
were incredibly sweet and we won’t forget their help! We exchanged contact information and promised to get in
touch when we made it down to NOLA.
They also gave us a pack of cola and even some cash so we could get
ourselves a real dinner at some point.
After chatting a while and hugging farewell, which is a miracle in
itself considering how good we smelled, we packed up the canoe in high spirits. Those pecans were our favorite snack
for the next couple of weeks and we were sad to see the bottom of the bag.
The trip into town had taken so long that we didn’t get going until late
in the afternoon. We stopped at
532 after only going 11 ½ miles, but meeting Martha and Judy, getting water and
power and fresh supplies made it a very nice day.
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