I got home last night about 8:00 pm after the peace walk concluded with our protest at the Kittery Naval Submarine shipyard. For 90 minutes we vigiled as the workers poured out in cars, trucks, vans, buses and it was mind-blowing to see how many people work there. We had about 40 folks join us for that last event at the shipyard gate. Our Brunswick friend Eric Herter (who made a video at the start of the walk) showed up again yesterday to make one of the final day. Will post it once he gets it done.
Our last night on the walk (Oct 25) we were hosted by Veterans for Peace member Pat Scanlon at his summer house on York Beach. He made contact with a local Catholic Church peace and social justice committee that hosted our supper at their church. Pat got about a dozen pizzas and three huge salads donated so it was quite a meal. Then yesterday as we walked toward the Kittery shipyard we stopped at the restaurant that donated the food for a photo with the owner.
After our vigil concluded at 4:00 pm about 20 of us went back to the restaurant for an early supper party as a way to thank the owner for being so kind to us two years in a row. Our bill came to just over $300 so I'm sure he appreciated our support as well.
This morning I've begun the task of cleaning things up after the walk since all the left over food, crates full of recycling and trash as well as lost and found items all got brought to my house last night. So far I am half way done but I've run out of energy.
Instead of finishing that job I went outside for almost three hours and finished stacking wood inside our new wood shed that got built while I was on the walk. I've been wanting a good wood shed for years and was thrilled to get to finish stacking the wood (thanks to the shed building crew for getting a good start on the stacking process) that has been sitting in our drive way for the last seven months.
In the coming days I'll write more about the walk but for now a nap is calling me.
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