Day 3

Day 3 started with us meeting some really nice ladies from St. Mary's parish. They are lay Fransiscans. They know one of the group members and they came with us to breakfast. They agreed to do a lot of shopping for us and the love they showed us just overwhelmed all of us. We started our day shift walking on No 1 highway in Hope and soon moved on to the No. 3 highway. I guess the most exciting encounter was a baby bear that we saw along the way. It crossed the road and went into the forest on the other side. Traffic was moving really fast on the highway. There were no reactions from most of the people. The walk was uphill with lots of blind spots and really rainy. We ended the day completing about 30 km in about 7 hours. We came back to the RV to some well cooked speghetti and mash potatoes. One unfortunate incident that happened while we were washing dishes is the toilet water started running into the floor of the RV. Turns out the water tank was full so the drained dish water started overflowing from the toilet. To make things worse, Bro. Paul's laundary and suitcase was in the toilet. Woah! After a lot of sighs, we did clean up the RV floor and one of the guys outside helped us drain the water tank. Live and learn, eh? Well, more highway walking tomorrow and from the looks of it, its going to be wet. We are heading towards Penticton. Can't wait to hear mass at Our Lady of Good Hope in Hope tomorrow. Adios for now!