From: Albemarle County, VA
To: Madison County, VA
Distance: 19 Miles
Topography: Flat with occasional gradations.

Weather: Started off looking like the sky was going to split and bring forth a deluge but instead it chose to simply loom above as an unfulfilled promise.
Not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, and occasionally a nice breeze provided perfect Marching weather for the entire group.

Details: The second half of our opening day of walking was swallowed up by two presentations at Albemarle High School, and Thomas Jefferson Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church in Charlottesville. As a result it was assumed we would be five miles behind schedule for a few days but this morning changed all that. The sun stayed hidden beneath some threatening storm clouds, a hangover from the power cutting blasts of the prior evening, and the heat was held at bay. By our first break the group had rallied back just shy of our original itinerary, and by lunch time some serious confidence of pressing forward for another ten miles had emerged.

The March:
Start: 9:00 am
Break: 11:00 am
Lunch: 12:30 pm
2nd Half: 1:30 pm
Finish: 5:00 pm
Avg. Time: 1st Half: 3.25mph (10 miles in 3 hours)
2nd Half: 3.25mph (10 miles in 3 hours)
Total Time: 6 hours

Marchers:
Core: 16 (Khempo Ngawang Dorje, Charlottesville, VA; Jigme Norbu, Indiana; Tsering Yeshi, Vermont; Thupten Zopa, NY; Tse Dorje, NY; Tenzin Sherab, Hawaii; Yeshe Gyaltsen, Chicago; Kunsang Dechen, Chicago; Pala, Chicago; Ngawang Norbu Sherpa (aka Colonel), Boston; Dawa Phuntsok, Boston; Tsering Youdon, Boston; Rich Felker, Charlottesville, VA, Ananda Reed, Philadephia; Larry Gerstein, Indiana; Douglas Herman, NY)

Guests: 5 (much thanks to Garner, Victor, Siki and their dad Anthony Lopez; as well as Lobsang for coming out to March with us)

Casualties: Smooth sailing, well except for all the developing blisters, and Dr Gerstein's gullibility, which took a serious drubbing courtesy of Jigme.

In the evening Dr Gerstein assumed his newly appointed duties as a thrown to the wolves Nurse of Tibetan Medicine as he successfully assisted in the lancing of three bulbous blisters on the feet of Thupten Zopa, Khempo Ngawang Dorje, and Tsering Dorje

Stand Outs: Ama-la and Pala-
solid dedication and strong marching for their upper seventies

Rating: Everyone is coming into their own groove.
Great pacing and tremendous 'daily progress'

Host Families: Piedmont Episcopal Church: Madison, VA
As Larry put it "Rev Brad Jackson has saved our lives three times"
Thanks so much Sir for all your effort and assistance in housing, meals, presentations, and transportation of our luggage via Neil and Barbara from your congregation.

Presentation: Presbyterian Church, Madison, VA

Meals:
Lunch: Wendy's and Subway: Courtesy, as was the case on Day One, of Tibetan Association of Charlottesville
Dinner: GOOD EATS! Pitch-In Dinner at Presbyterian Church, Madison, VA
Courtesy of Congregation and Charlottesville Tibetan community

Leg Three:
Distance: 20 Miles
Wake Time: 6:30am
March Start: 8:00am Madison County, VA
Est Finish: 5:00pm Culpepper County, VA