I am in Minden, Nevada and will go on through Carson City as well as Reno before following U.S. 395 back into California. California has certainly been interesting weather wise... from the high 80's to 20 degree's! 
Met a wonderful young lady, Doria Anselmo, a photographer from L.A. She was originally from Orlando, so we had plenty to talk about. She was with her boyfriend Greg and had driven up into the mountains celebrating the occasion of his birthday. She was very excited about my "LOVE LIFE" cause. She is currently corresponding with me and told me, as part of her studies at U.C.L.A., she is writing a story about me. She is planning to meet me wherever I happen to be in a couple of weeks and spend an afternoon with me. That will be fun I'm sure, she has a fun personality. And i always enjoy talking to other Floridians. 

I met another photographer, Greg, he also took several pictures of me. We went to Mickey-D's and talked for a very long time. I really enjoyed his views on life... very interesting individual. I find that the individuals attracted to the words "LOVE LIFE", are either very much in love with life or in some cases... are longing to be back in love with it. At any rate, they are curious and unafraid enough to want to stop and find out what exactly is up with a guy who walks down the highway with the words, "LOVE LIFE" over his head!

This has been my observation of America's population I've encountered while facing traffic on its highways for a period of nearly 10 years and a distance of nearly 22,000 miles: I see 85% as totally indifferent to me and my sign, they do not appear to give a damn. They do not wave, they will not honk the horn. Most make a point of looking away or straight ahead as if they never even noticed the dummy at the side of the road with the big sign over his head. Now, there is a good side to 85% of people encountered being indifferent; that's 85% who are not going to do me any harm in anyway! They simply do not care in anyway. I believe the number to be a little more than 13%, those individuals who show a curiosity about me and my sign and do not allow fear to prevent them from responding. I include in this number; those who smile genuinely upon seeing my sign, those who wave vigorously, horn honkers, those who stop and ask why, those who bring me food and water, those who want to donate money or pay for a meal or buy me a room, and there are some who even invite me into their homes. The reason I believe the number to actually be a little more than 13%.... I just cannot believe that it could be a full 2% who would adhere to evil and direct physical harm to me. I come to this conclusion from the fact I have walked nearly 22,000 miles and have never been harmed! I've had 5 things thrown at me, only 2 of which, actually hit me. None of the things thrown could have killed me had they hit me. In Indiana, a man actually did try to run me down with his car, I saw him coming and was able to jump to safety... not a bad average for 22,000 miles huh? Let us all work very hard to stay out of the ranks of the 85% and stay curious about life and love it and the people who share it with us!

I met a young man, Kelsen, an absolute delight!! He was 27 and so full of life! He immediately greeted me with, "Hi, my name is Kelsen, that means "Little Viking"! Is that cool or what... I love my name!" Kelsen is a photographer, among the many other things he does. He makes these really cool bright colored balls caps. He took the logo from his father's construction business and uses it as a design for his hats, it is an outline of a dump truck www.dumptruckclothing.com. It's really cool looking! He grabbed one from his back seat and said, "Here man, this one's for you!" He was smiling so big, he was so happy to be giving me one of his hats! He said that one store was actually selling them for $50.00 each! He shrugged as if he didn't really care and said, "I only get 10% of that though, I usually end up giving most of  them away!"  He laughed a lot! I can't wear two hats, so I gave him the one I had which was emblazoned with the Geico gecko in a bright green. He was delighted, he immediately put it on and and then took a picture of he and I with our faces together wearing our gift hats! he is supposed to send me a copy of the picture.

I stayed at a wonderful place just south of Bridgeport, CA., called Virginia Creek Settlement. I camped in the campground part of their wonderful establishment. Their restaurant was awesome! The food was wonderful! www.VirginiaCreekSettlement.com . Jimmy never charged me for my dinner after hearing me tell my story to a couple I encountered in the restaurant who had lost their 17 year old son. Jimmy's wife, Brimm, came in and introduced herself and asked me to stand. After I stood, she placed her arms around me and said, "I just went to your website and we have four small children of our own. Thank you for what you are doing!" It was a good long hug and it felt wonderful! The day I left Virginia Creek Settlement, I met up with Erin and Garreth, part of a production Company, who had flown in from New York to interview and film me for the possible production of a documentary covering my purpose, my "LOVE LIFE" cause. Erin is originally from Oakland, CA. and so his father Mathew drove Erin and Garreth out to meet me and used his truck as the camera car. The three of them were a blast to be around for two days. I told them how great  Jimmy and Brinn Little, the owners of Virginia Creek Settlement were and so they chose their place as the base of operations and Jimmy donated my camping space for two more nights. Erin explained to me, the filming and interviews were to be made into a trailer for further study as to how to conduct the documentary and to generate interest. Sometime very soon, some of the footage will be visible at www.lovelifefilm.com. I will let everyone know when there is something actually on the site.