<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">THU Jul 17</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)">Although it
was to be an 18-mile day, it seemed difficult to get packed up and leave the
church. The directions that Anna posted were not accurate. s I departed Grand
Island on Hwy 30 and rode the sidewalk on the way out of town. The 6 ft.
shoulder (bike lane) started at the outskirts of the city. I rode about 8
miles. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Today’s
campsite is the Art Farm. I reached the gravel road turnoff just as Sarah and
the Gear truck arrived. for gas. I asked the Gear truck driver if he would haul my bike. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Art Farm
was 60 acres owned by a non-profit group of residents. There were numerous old
buildings in need of repair. They were dwelling in some of them. It will take 3
to 4 generations to repair/fix the Farm. Their immediate project was restoring
the circular roof to the frame of an old grain bin. It was a project that required
lots of people-power. We helped them put up the roof. After dinner one of the Art Farm members joined us with a guitar. I got
my bass out and played along. By
9:40 the camp had built a fire under the roof we had helped install. All the
musicians went to the campfire. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">FRI Jul 18</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We left the Art Farm and headed for
St. John’s Lutheran Church, just beyond Marquette, NE. <span> </span>When Anna visited us at the Art Farm, I
asked her what kind of alternatives there were to the gravel road. She directed
me to pavement so I had 1.5 miles of gravel and the rest of the 15 miles was on pavement. The church had a large cemetery. The stones from the
1800’s and the last names led me to believe they had Danish heritage. </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)">Izzy drove the kitchen truck and
bicycled back to the Art Farm to taxi John J’s pickup and trailer to the
church. In the afternoon he got a phone call from Doug, who had been with us
early on but left somewhere in CA, and was now returning to the March. Izzy
took J.J.’s pickup and brought Doug to our campsite. We also had Karen re-join
us. She came from Iowa and brought Shari from the office. There are some
Nebraskans that have joined us as well. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">After dinner Kelsey facilitated a
meeting to discuss the possibility of reducing the amount of fossil fuel the
March is using. She is currently carrying everything she has on the March. She
pushes a handcart. She is making a documentary of the March so she’s also carrying
electronic equipment. She proposed that everyone reduce the amount of gear they
are carrying, put it in a backpack or handcart, and sell the Gear truck! <span> </span>I shared that for several years I rode 3
or 4 days on Iowa’s RAGBRAI with everything on my bicycle. And after 3 or 4
days I badly needed a shower and a Laundromat. There was a lot of discussion.
Some agreed to begin using handcarts. The major problem with the handcarts
currently in use is keeping air in the tires. They continually keep going flat.
And they’re hard to push when they have a flat tire. Another opinion was
that the idea could be used for a different March, but not this one. The topic
will continue to be discussed by the group. It was dusk when we finished the
discussion for today.</span></p></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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