It is hard to believe it is October with temps in the low 90's, no rain in site in my neck of the woods, lakes drying up, etc, ad nauseum. No relief in site for drought in the South.

You gotta have faith though, and I do. Not just that it will rain soon but temps will fall into a more seasonal range.

Hey, in fact as I write this, the little ticker at the bottom of the computer reads that temps on Friday will only be in the low 70's! Great news. Now I have to do a rain dance.

Patience...

I begin my run across U.S.A. in January. After contacting many schools, civic groups, running and cycling organizations, on and on, they tell me they are exicted about the run, have inked dates for my making appearances, working with schools on safe drinking water projects, etc.. It is best to begin in January to get through the holiday seasons just upon us. This gives me more time to prepare and keep making apprearances in the area as I have been doing. In fact I meet with school students and cross-country runners today. I have been speaking with many people, especially senior citizen groups about our last run. They have been so interested in the nuts and bolts of the run, the photos and videos, BPR success safe drinking water project success stories, and of course, our experiences. I have given out many BPR trinkets and you would think they were gold! But, people want these things, especially the map that was in National Geographic with my autograph. I am sure my teammates have been experiencing the same thing, especially my friend Dot in Vermont ( if you read her blogs ).

I hope you will go to the BPR website and also you can find hundreds of photos of BPR runners if you go to Flickr.com and type in blueplanetrun. There are photos I had not seen that brought back wonderful memories.

Just want to give you my route for my upcoming run. I am excited about keeping the BPR experience alive, working with many on safe drinking water and environmental issues, raising funds, and the challenge of, at my young age of 61, running the daily mileage ( 15-20 miles a day ).

Please feel free to email me at: lansingbrewer@yahoo.com.

Here is my route:
N.C. to S.C. to Georgia to
Alabama to Miss. to Ark. to
Okl. to Tex. to N. Mex. to
Ariz. to Utah to Idaho to
Wash. State to Montana to
N.Dak to S. Dak. to Minn. to
Wisconsin to Illinois, to
Indiana, to Kentucky to Tenn to
N.C.

I look forward to meeting up with old friends, making new ones along my route and continuing the BPR mission. I will continue my blogs through this site and share all that I do, the highs, lows, unknowns, etc. Let me hear from you along the way!

As usual, Peace and blessings to you and yours and...
keep our troops and vets in your thoughts and prayers and if you see one please tell them "thank you"!