if I put it in writing she can't back out.

 Sunday, during the Volkssport hike, we talked a lot. At some point the conversation landed on the half marathon in November. Lydia said, that's my last long distance walk. Never again. I reminded her that two years ago during the Hershey walk, she wanted to do a 40K when she turned 40.

Ut oh. That's 6 months away.

So we talked about it. How about 40 miles over 3 or 4 days? She agreed. So we have a plan. She would like to go to Salem, Mass. or Savannah, Georgia. Salem, mostly in fall. I guess that's why we settled on Savannah. But it's a 12 hour drive! Boston is only 5 hours.

I've looked up Volkssport walks. The one for Savannah is by the Florida Happy Wanderers.  There are places she wants to go, but I know one is the Garden of Good and Evil. Though I just found out that the statue is now in an art museum and not in the cemetery. The one place I want to go is Juliette Low's house. I've wanted to go there since I was a Brownie. There is only 1 walk in Savannah. There are about 12 walks for Atlanta by the Georgia Walkers. I have no idea how far out of the way that is.

I also looked up Boston. There are several walks. And some near Salem in Danvers. None in Salem proper.

Bottom line. It looks like where going on a road trip. Not sure where. Not sure when.