European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                On do Todt of High my nor Moko. City limits. The cast la that had ally acted us had closed an hour earlier. Ii was dusk when we came across the Only official campsite we d seen on the trip a Hal Dusty compound of Concrete huts in the ukrainian Village of Mikhal Lovka. There s no place for tents Here should the administrator angered because we interrupted her knitting. She explained the huts called Tomiki Are reserved Lor soviet workers Well in Advance As vacation spots and Over fighters Are not permitted. We aet up Camp for the night Wilh truckers and fishermen on the Bank of a nearby tributary of the Dnieper River. Cheese and crackers for dinner. Wednesday morning s breakfast Al the Kurin cafe in novo Moskovsky offered a change from the routine a Choice Between a Gray Beel Patty or beet soup. Our final Day rolled by uneventfully with stops at Village stores Tor bread we were out of crackers. H wit about 9 pm. And Daylight was fading As we moved closer to Moscow. Suddenly a Hock of about a dozen Black sheep surged from a Bushy Ravine onto the narrow Road less than 100 feet irom our car travelling Al the Speed limit of 45 Mph. Our screeching car lires hastened All but the last sheep across the Road. An elderly Shepherd had jumped up onto the one spot where i could have pulled away irom the flock and the thump of the car striking the last one a Lamb echoed in my stomach. Fitly rubles. Filly