10/29/2014

A friendly gesture can change a person’s entire day. As the season changes and the temperature drops, it would make sense to increase the daily mileage. Perhaps this will happen sometime soon but it might not happen at all if we continue encountering such festive people as Tshar. He was a lively dark skinned Indian fellow born in Uganda. It is his Ramada we have had the privileged to experience. The room was spacious, the water was plenty hot, and the pillows were soft but it was the personality of the person in charge that made this place so fun.

We woke up to good music and a freshly cooked breakfast that tickled the palette. There were some requisite breakfast foods on the plate but what Tshar cooked up was a special creation...

10/28/2014

Early start but where was the sun? I stumbled outside at 7:00 AM and it felt like night. I was due to meet Ms. Heidi Roman’s fourth grade class around 8:10 so I splashed some water on my face and started to get dressed. I was mentally ready because my sleep consisted of dreams about what I would say to the kids. With each event I have taken notes on how to make my impact stronger. I have watched what gets to the kids and what puts them to sleep. Of course there is always room for improvement and I’m sure I will forever be a student.

I walked into a room of eager young minds but I could sense a little bit of shyness. Of course that only lasted for a minute. The moment the kids saw the Papa Dido’s stickers I had their attention. Kids love stickers...

10/28/2014

Cheep, cheep, cheepcheep, cheep, tap, tap, tap, the birds decided to have a party on the top of the trailer. From the sound of things they were having a ball. Looking around at the picnic area it seemed there weren’t too many places for the little birds to play. The festivities came at the expense of mine and Crystal’s deep slumber. No more late starts.

The course was again very straight and pretty flat. I took off before Crystal and put in five quick miles before she caught up. It was morning and I hadn’t developed much of a thirst so she decided to drive ahead of me another five miles. I ran for what seemed like a few minutes before seeing her in my field of view. I was sure I hadn’t polished off five miles so quickly, so what was she doing...