Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Monday Not on the Road

Slept in way past six. PJC pedaled into town to do a trailer full of laundry and snag a cup of coffee. Everyone else slept until the sun said different. Slow breakfast, followed by naps, then the pool, then some postcards, maybe another nap, or a shower. Then dinner and the sugar fiesta. The campfire will work tonight. The kids' bikes haven't moved, nor have we much, but that's what today is for, rest, healing, growing strength through quiet.

Wednesday will take us out of Newport along 321, a greendotted highway here with some squiggly lines, aiming for Davy Crockett's Birthplace State Park off old Route 11, southwest of Johnson City. Thursday should take us to Warriors' Path SP just past Kingsport, and Friday to Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, Virginia! But one day at a time, and always in the inescapable "right now, this moment here."

-- PJClements


2 comments:

Doug and Lynn Dennis said...

Happy 4th of July everyone!! Love reading the blogs everyday. It reads like an adventure novel, who knows when another flat tire will occur? Stay safe and enjoy your journey.

Wayne and Cheryl Nixon said...

It seems that everyone is enjoying the adventure. We love hearing the updates and are very proud of the whole team!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindness....Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth..." Mark Twain, Innocence Abroad

The group is certainly not vegging in the corner! Keep up the great adventurous pace and enjoy this moment!