<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">WED Jun 25</span></b><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The route
from the high school to Otis, CO suggested a dirt road. I chose to ride all the
way on Hwy 34 from Akron to Otis because the bike lane was 7 ft wide. The route
published for those who plan to walk every step of the way—they classify
themselves as Spirit Walkers—was 3 miles beyond Otis. I got to Otis in time to do some
journaling and to adjust my bike seat.
We have a rest day tomorrow in Yuma, CO. I’ll get some hardware there and have time to fix it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We set up the tents in the City Park
right across from the Presbyterian Church. A highway patrol came and said that his department was going to help find us places to stay inside because the weather was too dangerous the next few days. The
cooks were cooking dinner under a patio roof in the park when the wind and
lightening came in. We rushed the meal prep from our ‘kitchen’ to the Otis
Presbyterian Church. The meal was ready in half an hour and we ate dinner in
the church hall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">While we were eating the storm broke. There was lightening,
wind, and torrents of rain. The wind was so strong that I feared that the tent
I had my equipment in had blown down. In an hour the rain let up to a steady
sprinkle. By that time the church
host told us that we could sleep in the church hall. I checked my tent.
There was some water on the floor but my equipment was dry. I chose to spend the night in the tent
rather than take my equipment through the rain and re-settle in the church
hall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">THU Jun 26</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The night
before, in the church hall, it was announced that we would leave at 8 AM. The
route was only 13 miles from Otis to Yuma, CO.<span> </span>At 8 it looked like it would take another ½ hour before
people would be packed up and ready to March.<span> </span>I left at 8 on my bike and got to Yuma by 10:30. I shopped
for material to fix my bike seat and got to the Laundromat by noon.<span> </span>After lunch I set up the
tent—labeled Tasha Mahal, a 9 person tent.<span> </span>Before dinner there was a meeting focused on sharing the
impact the Marchers wanted to have on friends, acquaintances, and society in
general.<span> </span>There were a multitude of
opinions, but no way to establish a consensus.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">After dinner
a thunderstorm arrived. We had received permission to go to a church, which was
a half block from the park.<span> </span>So we
went to the church to avoid danger from the lightning.<span> </span>It rained for an hour and ½.<span> </span>At that point we were given permission
to stay in the church. I returned to the tent, grabbed my air-mattress and
sleeping bag, returned to the church, and spent the night there, so grateful to
be inside.</span></p>
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</div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></font></span></div></div>
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