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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Sat Jun 7</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">—Since there had
been some late-night performers and the camp was so spread out at San Isabel
National Forest, the March took a little more time to get started again this
morning. We moved campsite by
going up Hwy 96 to Wet and turning north on 67. Our campsite was on a ranch.
The owners have WiFi but they put the password in for us. I sent <u>The Impossible Dream</u> to
Ed and several others suggesting that it should be our theme song. I’m hoping that we’ll get a printout
for all the Marchers, and get it up on Facebook for the virtual marchers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We had a
Potluck supper. One of the local attendees was an Episcopal clergyman. I asked
him if he were familiar with J. S. Spong. He said he was and appreciated
Spong’s work. I was invited to
attend his church the next morning and accepted.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">During the
meal the election of officers was announced. They serve a second 3-month
term. Miriam was re-elected
Mayor. Village Council was John
A., Jeffrey, and Jerry. The
Judicial Panel was Jane, Liz, and Marie. Some of the musicians went off to
Florence, CO after dinner, but I went to bed. During the night there was some light precipitation. It came down as snowflakes. By morning there was a slight amount of
moisture on the tents and the vehicles.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Sun Jun 8</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">—We ate breakfast,
packed our lunch, packed the trucks, cleaned up the yard, and circled up to
consider the day’s plans. One of the first things we did was sing a song to our
host. It can be sung as a Round.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dear friend, dear friend</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Shall we tell you how we feel?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">You have given us such pleasure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We love you so; we love you so.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Then the
route was reviewed, announcements made, and the Marchers set off. I waited with
3 others for a 9 o’clock ride to church. The clergyman and his wife picked us
up. We drove clear back to the town,
Westcliffe, where we had played music on Thu and Fri nights. The service
started at 10:30 and ended at noon. We were asked to introduce ourselves at the
beginning of the service. I’ve
been to a Sun. morn service at St Peters Episcopal in Carson City. The service in Westcliffe was far more
complex and much longer. When the
service was over I remembered that Spong had a category that he names<u> Church
Alumni</u>. It defines those who
have ‘graduated’ from the antique and much dated language and liturgy of the
traditional church. I realized
that I fit that category! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">It was very
overcast as we came back into camp. The rector dropped us off and waited till I
backed the Gear truck, with trailer attached, so I could make the turn out of
the yard. As we left a
thundershower began. The road out
to the highway was dirt with a little gravel. The rain turned into hail and the
windshield wipers quit working. I was relieved when I made it to the highway
67. I drove to Florence. It was still pouring rain and there was a question
about where our campsite would be. We made a rest stop at a filling station.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">After lunch it had stopped raining and most
of the Marchers went to a Hot Springs that was on the way to camp. We drove the vehicles to Ken’s Trading
Post. The gate to the Trading Post
was locked and the Colorado coordinator told us that Ken was in NE., so we parked
the vehicles on the roadside and
cut down the barbed wire between two posts so the Marchers could go out into
the field and pitch their tents. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">After dinner
we had a community meeting in the 9-person tent. One of the most serious
questions discussed was the possibility of some of the Marchers joining a march
in NYC scheduled for early Sept. Since
I chose to sleep in the 9-man tent, I had to wait to go to bed until the tent
was cleared.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div><span><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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