<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">WED Jul 02</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)">About 3:30 AM
there was a 5-minute downpour. Everyone sleeping outside on the ground got wet.
I was in the tent. Today the March was from Max, NE to Macklin Bay campground. It was not clear how to take a swim in
the lake because it was a reservoir. But I was delighted that there were showers at the new
campground. I’ve felt some
discomfort on my bottom since I’ve been biking every day. While showering I discovered that my bike
seat gave me a blood blister on the bottom of my backbone. So I had the first aid staff attend to
it. We choose a large room in the commode and they recommended that I not ride
my bike tomorrow. I haven’t been
Marching for a month or more so I arranged with Izzy to help him load up and be a
passenger in the Food truck. </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" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Today we
crossed out of the Mountain Time zone into Central Time and lost an hour. After dinner another step in the March
planning, that Chris was facilitating, was scheduled. The next step was <u>Visualizing
What Could Be</u>. There were only
10-12 of us at the meeting. I
expected it to be a workshop that the whole camp should participate in. We reviewed the data we had collected at
the first meeting. There was
nothing printed out for us to review.
There was a statement on the white board and then Chris moved on to the
next step. Once again it took longer than expected and people found they had to
leave. It did not seem to me to be
a productive meeting so I left, prepared the solar trailer for the morning, and
went to bed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><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 Jul 03</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Today we set off from Macklin Bay Park to
Trinity Methodist Church in Culbertson. This evening there is a Potluck dinner
at the church, and tomorrow we participate in the 4</span><sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> of July Parade. <span> </span>I couldn’t get my
computer to connect to the WiFi at the church. I went to the Café on Hwy 34,
next to the park, and it connected immediately without a password. <span> </span>I spent some time sending my journaling
and ‘cleaning up’ my email. </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" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">When I got
back to the church there was a meeting going on. It was an attempt to share the
discussion that John A and Jeffrey had with Ed. I was not able to discern what
the end result was. After the meeting I asked Jerry, a member of the March city
council, what the conclusion was and he said he didn’t know! <span> </span>I wonder if the original estimate on the
amount of money each participant should raise, $5,000, was inaccurate? <span> </span>The best information we can get from our
bookkeeper is that the March will run out of funds by the time we reach the
demonstration against the Keystone Pipeline, July 19, in NE.</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" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The supper
was a potluck in the church. We did a lot of cooking in the church kitchen. The
pastor’s wife brought meatballs and slices of steak. <span> </span>The pastor and his wife plus a local newspaper reporter were
the only guests at the meal. Anna, the NE coordinator, led the mealtime
conversation. <span> </span>She led us through a
series of questions on how we can promote interfaith awareness of the need for
changing the way we’re using up the climate. <span> </span>Once again only 12 of the Marchers remained for the
conversation. <span> </span>Her last question
was meant for church members who were marchers: What can you do in the next 3
months in your church/community? <span> </span>If
I’ll be on the March I don’t have any way to answer that. I’ve referred my
local congregation in Carson City to Interfaith Power and Light and Lenten
practices. Nothing happened. Maybe they’re waiting for me to start the program.</span></p></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></font></span></div></div>
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