Clay had found work as a machinist at the Du Pont Company in Waynesboro, which was forty miles away. He had no car, so every Friday night he would take the Trailways bus to Charlottesville, transfer to the southbound bus that let him off at Hickory Creek on Route 29, which was also called The Seminole Trail. From there Clay would walk the remaining six miles or hitchhike if a car happened to go past.
