We have made such good time this week even with an occasional rain shower. The past four days have been similar in routine with a four hour walk in the morning and a two hour walk in the late afternoon. These three photos illustrate just a few of the activities that we experienced in the past six days.

photo #1 The car has a new look with the banner signs Laird mounted on the side and rear bumper. These signs were made for us in St. Louis, MO

photo #2 Here is Laird speaking at the press conference on Friday, August 27, 2010. The venue was the Assembly Parlor Room in the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. The entire building was beautiful and well worth the time for a visit and tour the next time you're in Madison, WI. There were several candidates campaigning for office that also spoke in support of the Monahan Brother's message and walking the talk. Other people in the picture include my wife and my youngest 11 year old son. You will have to guess which faces they are.

photo #3  Here is Laird celebrating his 70th birthday one week early. Our sister Jean E, who never misses a chance to party, brought this party all the way from Chicago to Flora, Illinois, right to or motel room door and surprised us this evening with a knock on our door. Cake, balloons, birthday cards, candles, and ice cream were part of the festivities. Jean E ate ice cream and Cake then had to leave to drive back to Chicago. We are always amazed at my sister's resourcefulness, we think she has "connections". I think she just put "her people" to work on intelligence gathering. In any case, we applaud everything she does because she does it all so well.