Sea-to-Sea NA Day 42 Late afternoon sun, a wide sand beach and nice cool Lake Michigan water awaited us once got into our camp. The day started with a send-off service at Trinity, a nice change in several ways. It brought us together in the morning at a reasonable time –8 AM- and it was a good way to start the day. The group slip in two for the first part of the day, some going to a shelter/food bank/housing development in the Rosedale area of Chicago and some going along the planned route through the city. From the shelter, Aaron our guide for a group of 8, took us to see the Pullman district; which was a factory/housing complex established by the railway car builder Pullman in the late 1800s. The original head office, hotel for the site, church, market square and all the row housing is still standing but only the housing and church are in use today. This development was a little more upscale than your typical factory town and of course it was located in the city. The rail car industry declined because of Henry Ford and the development went into decline because social regulation doesn’t work for long. Aaron led us from the Pullman area through the city to Indiana and the 2nd CRC of Munster where the good folks of that area provided a great lunch. Just down the road from the church was an area that had severe winds a few days ago. The evidence of many toppled trees and broken branches was still being cleared up. From there we followed a paved rail trail for most of the rest of the ride. Indiana Dunes State Park is sandwiched between the steel mills of Gary and a power plant. The dunes here are large and the beach very wide with nice fine sand. Tomorrow we enter Michigan and the Eastern Time zone. The food fest will continue.