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| Start of Day 28! |
Day 28, 4 weeks since we started this journey! I can't believe it (by my legs can). Another brisk start this morning but the winds had died down considerably. We layered up and hit the road at 8:30 am. What a treat to ride on fairly flat roads with only slight winds (out of the west, of course).
We made our usual 25 miles into-the-ride stop for refueling at a local gas station- had some pb&js and coffee (Kev had a coke..at 10 am!). A woman stopped me as I was leaving the gas station and asked where I was going on my bike. I laughed and said, "Do you really want to know?" She said, "Yes, of course." I said, "San Diego, California....but today, only to DeRidder." She threw her arms up and insisted on giving me a hug and said "God bless you. Please be safe."
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity. ~Confucius
Countless numbers of people have stopped to ask us how we are doing, where we are going, what kind of bikes we have, what are we raising money for...and so on. And when they ask questions, they REALLY want to know the answer. It just goes to show that not every where in the world is it about hurrying up, multitasking, asking questions without thinking what you're asking or asking questions and not really caring what the answer is! In a way, this experience has kind of restored my faith in humanity.
How does it make you feel when someone asks you a question and genuinely wants to know the answer? Pretty darn good. We should all try it at least once every day.
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| Kevin + Jim |
It was a short day today, but intentionally so. Kevin wanted to meet up with a man named Jim who is a good friend of his brother, Danny. They served in the air force together some 40 years ago and both men served in Vietnam. Amazing!
And plus, I've been having some knee pain (for 3 days now) so keeping it short today, plenty of ice, a texting consultation with my friend and orthopedic surgeon, John, and possibly another consultation with my friend and PT, Sinead, will all certainly help me through this (minor) hurdle.
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| Tell me where it hurts, John wrote. Right here. |
We biked 61 miles from Mamou, LA to DeRidder, LA. Tonight I went to the arena (AKA The Beauregard Parish Civic Center) which the RV is parked next to for the night. I watched some barrel racing. Very cool. Tomorrow we cross the boarder into Texas ....where we will be for quite some time I imagine. ;-)
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| Hanging out at the arena.... |
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| The Beauregard Parish Civic Center |
