Six hundred miles of Kansas and Eastern Colorado, on foot, is a good way to test your patience. And your feet.
Getting hit in the head by a lemon-sized hailstone might not kill you, but it sure can raise a lump.
By now, I have been stopped by police at least fifty times. Not a single jerk among them, and more than a few great and concerned individuals who do their job and their departments proud.
The only two civilian dumbasses I HAVE met on this trip were both in Alabama. Take that information and do what you will with it. (Except for Morgan County, a piece of paradise on earth, that is)
Walking 1750 miles isn’t as hard as it sounds, but you do need to be in shape.
Hydrate people. Hydrate!
Gas station food is probably the worst crap imaginable.
There are a lots of younger people, like Tim, Kat and Han, Elliott and John, and many more, out on the road, trying to do good for the world, and have an adventure to remember. I’m lucky to have met a lot of them.
You cant really judge a place by the pictures or the things you read about it---you need to go there and see for yourself.
Forget the redwinged blackbird as my favorite bird. It is now, and forever gonna be the hummingbird. I watched a bunch of them last night as I was eating dinner, and they are just so darned cool. Zipping around and making that electric buzzing sound. Go H-birds!
If you treat your body with respect, it will treat you with respect.
Anyone who lives in the United States and has never been to Colorado needs to correct that situation. I met a guy the other day who told me a “joke” that is popular in Colorado. “What do people bring with them the second time they come to Colorado?” The answer: A U-Haul. I can see why. I might well be one of them.
Waking up in a ski lodge with a mountain stream roaring under your window, hummingbirds flitting around, the sun on the hillside five hundred yards away, and a mountain goat staring your direction….does NOT suck.
Having to leave the above…DOES.
Emotional baggage is heavier than the real stuff. Leave it behind if you can.
Thank you for that. What a pleasure to read and imagine my self right with you.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, emotional baggage. Definitely not a good idea - all that extra weight. We are every bit as good as CO, here in the sunny Eastern Sierra. And we will show you some very cool stuff to take pix of. People think California is all about the coast. It is a flipping big state with tons of variety. You could fit Britain into it easily with space to spare ... Oh, and hi Val, nice to see you here supporting Jim!! LOL
ReplyDeleteThank you. I should be there in about 11 days
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