Before I start posting about today, I wanted to point out that I'm finally uploading pictures (still having issues with importing video, though) and adding links, so, if you've already read through the past nine days' posts, please check back regularly for new stuff and let us know what you think. The entirety of our pics and videos will be loaded to a separate online photo album once we return from our trip. I'll keep everyone posted when it's available.
Tarona and I caught up on some much needed sleep this morning. We even missed our hotel's complimentary breakfast and most of you know that we would
never pass up a free meal, so, we had to feed ourselves at a nearby IHOP. However, it just happened to be located next to the
Frontier Mall where I'm fairly certain we freaked out everyone shopping there today even though we assured them that the books we were handing out to them were
free and that we wanted nothing in return except for them to have a nice day and to check out our blog which was
not a money scam. It's quite unsettling to have to defend one's genuine kindness and even more unnerving to know that the majority of the folks in that mall questioned our goodwill, but, alas, so goes human nature, or at least in America. However, fingers crossed, there may, perhaps, be a tipping point soon where everyone pays it forward to everyone else and thereby, the wariness and doubt will fade away to a land of good and friendly. One can only hope.
When we returned from breakfast and our guerilla book giveaway, we spent most of the rest of the day catching up on e-mail and other items from our journey so far, but, we also found time to pepper the entire town of Cheyenne with copies of our press release in hopes that anyone wandering past a community bulletin board will check out our blog and share his or her volunteering story with us:
Click on the jpeg for an enlarged image so you don't ruin your eyes. (Right, Dr. Dave?) If you'd like a hard copy version to put up in your family room and tell stories about how you knew us
before we saved the world or to print in your local newspaper (that means you,
New York Times), please e-mail us.
Lastly, Tarona and I decided that, even though it might not be eco-friendly, we're going to drive around Cheyenne tomorrow until we hit 1/4-tank of gas so we can fill back up on only $3.37/gallon. Rock on, Wyoming gas people. Rock on.