11/21/2014

Rough patches are meant to test a person’s resolve. How much can one endure until one quits? How much stuff has to break before the mind snaps? Each little mishap starts to grow in magnitude. It is much like the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Often the mishaps in life come at a person in flurries. They attack you mentally and physically. The best thing to do in those situations is to tackle one problem at a time and to remember that there is sunshine after the rain.

When we left for the day’s starting point, I could feel beads of perspiration forming on my forehead. AS the sun’s rays touched my face I thought to myself, the chance of rain seems pretty slim today. I hit the road in a light thermal shirt, and some compression pants...

11/21/2014

The Riverbend R.V. Park was like one big family. Sandwiched between San Antonio and Houston, this large property was located next to a beautiful river. By the grounds entrance, to the right, horses ran laps on the dirt track. Others were in or around the barn attending horse school. To the left behind their community kitchen, someone was tending to their organic garden.

As Crystal and I wandered around property looking for various animals to feed, we ran into Sherry. We struck up a fascinating conversation about the area and about horses. We learned so much about horses and horse racing. The conversation was so fun, Crystal didn’t even want to hit the road...

11/19/2014

It was easy to see why man has worshipped the sun throughout history. We ran out of propane in the middle of the night so the only warmth was from the blankets. It took the morning sun to thaw my frozen body. I left the Twin Palms R.V. resort mid-morning when the sun was fully out. The energizing rays of light gave me a much needed boost of power. I had stopped short of yesterday’s target so I still needed to complete the twelve miles that remained of day 80. The midmorning run into Seguin was a brisk training pace. I took down 13 miles in one and a half hours. I didn’t pull out my camera because I wanted to make running top priority. What I remember about the first segment of the day was a cow eating away at a huge roll of hay...