Reading Time: < 1 minute A High Wind Advisory has been in effect since last night, with winds at or near 30 mph and gusts much higher. (The desk clerk told me this morning that wildfires threatened areas near the hospital.) When I tried to go out last night the wind was blowing so hard I just went back to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute I brushed some frost from my tent as I packed up my stuff on the first day of spring. I was on the road at 9:15 am—there was no point leaving at 7 am when the temperature was 30°, or even 8 am when it had gone up dramatically to 32°. Fortunately, instead of yesterday’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The morning was chilly and overcast, but the wind was not a big factor. I was on the road at 8:30 am, looking forward to a night in a motel in Pampa after two nights in the tent. First stop was Allsup’s in White Deer, a couple of miles down the highway. I chatted with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thursday may not be anyone’s Sabbath, but today was a day of rest for me. And I needed a day of rest. Not for just my body, but for my poor psyche, which has been dealing with the anxiety of deciding which way to go next. (My current location, Pampa, Texas, is a pivotal point—should […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After walking all day, I camped in a cattle field off a county road at 5 pm. Leaving Pampa made me a bit sad. It’s a nice town, but like other places in the Southwest I’ve seen, the economy is a mixed bag. The Long John Silver’s is shuttered as are half the stores in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute At 10 pm last night, after a kid finally stopped dribbling his basketball at the court near my tent, I finally fell asleep. It was quiet until 4:30 am when a dog in a nearby house started barking every 20-30 seconds. So although I’d dodged the threat of wildfires, I got little sleep. I packed […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Hey, is that your dog?” This question came from a man doing yard work with his wife in his front of his house as I walked through Glazier, Texas. I turned around and saw the dog. “No, it isn’t.” The dog and I looked at each other. I sighed and continued down the road. “Hey, is this […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “You’re not planning to stay there, are you?” I’d just set up my tent next to a barbed wire fence off the highway on a road that seemed to lead to nowhere. It must have led to somewhere because here was this lady in her pickup truck who seemed to be upset I was planning […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute March only has five more days to go out like a lamb. It’s not doing a very good job complying. Last night I camped behind a collapsed wooden structure in a small field across Hwy 60 from Perk’s Convenience Store and the Church of the Nazarene. When I went into Perk’s earlier in the afternoon, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes If I had any doubt that God is still enjoying my journey, that was put to rest this morning. A tackle box filled with lures showed up 2 days ago. This morning, 28 miles later, a fishing rod appeared on the side of the road. As cold, wet, and miserable as yesterday was, today was a […]