| Day One - Avon 3-Day Walk |
11 am, 10.72 miles: Lunch was efficiently laid out with sandwiches, bean-veggie
salad, salty snacks, cookies, fruit, cold water and cold sports drink. Hand
disinfectant was also handy to clean up before eating. As I was in the vanguard, I
got a seat at a table to eat my lunch. 
The Crew was alert and helpful, many asking
(as they did everyone) if I felt OK. I ate lunch without any nausea and treated
myself to a bag of Doritos and Oreos (forbidden on my diet for the past 4 months).
I
soaked my 3-Day neckerchief in water and wiped off my face and tied it around my neck.
I changed into a fresh pair of socks, slathering my feet with more petroleum jelly,
no blisters yet. After cooling off for about a half hour, I felt good to go.
Our route today included a section at mile 16.25 where everyone would get on a bus
to get around a stretch of road, and have the option to simply stay on the bus to the
Camp. I decided it would be wise to take that option unless I had no further signs
of heat sickness.
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