Everywhere people have been very generous to me and offered me whatever they could apples food accommodation smiles and it sure has been a great thing for me to cross the country even though I chose the direct monotonous road away from the mountains

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Everywhere people have been very generous to me and offered me whatever they could (apples, food, accommodation, smiles) and it sure has been a great thing for me to cross the country even though I chose the direct, monotonous road away from the mountains