THURSDAY - AUGUST 28 - DAY 44

THURSDAY - AUGUST 28 - DAY 44

I HAVE GONE BY TWO SMALL VILLAGES AND PASSED UNDERNEATH A BRIDGE . THE STONEWORK ON THE BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE THE MAYAN TEMPLE RUINS AT TIKAL . SEVERAL FISHING LINES HUNG FROM THE BRIDGE AND AS I PLUCKED MY WAY THROUGH THEM THE PEOPLE ABOVE SEEM UNCONCERNED . THEY NOD AND ARE PLEASANT ENOUGH BUT THE SENSE THAT I AM JUST PASSING THROUGH HERE IS MUCH REINFORCED .

ONLY THE DOGS SEEM LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE . THEY LOPE ALONG THE BANK EYEING ME CURIOUS , THEN STOP TO DRINK AND SNAP AT THE WATER . THEY GO INTO MOCK MELEE WITH EACH OTHER THEN WANDER OFF INTO THE FIELDS FOLLOWING SOME OTHER WHIM. I LIKE THEIR STYLE .

ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IN THE LAST DAY OR SO . THERE IS A TIDE PUSHING THIS RIVER UP AND DROPPING IT DOWN A COUPLE OF FEET EACH DAY . THERE IS A WATERLINE ALONG THE BACK MUCH OF THE TIME AND I SENSE A SLIGHT PUSH SOMETIMES IN THE DIRECTION I'M GOING .

I SLEPT HANGING IN THE CURRENT LAST NIGHT TIED OFF TO A TREE BRANCH . SMALL CHIPMUNKS INVESTIGATED ALL NIGHT WITH CHATTERING AND SQUITTERS AND I SLEPT POORLY . BUT IT'S NICE TO BE AROUND LIFE I BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN .

I HAVE CINIC TOMORROW . THERE ARE A FEW PEAKS AND A FEW VALLEYS, BUT MOSTLY THINGS SEEM SLOW AND STEADY. I AM TIRED MUCH OF THE TIME BUT IF I KEEP AN EVEN PACE , JUST GO EASY , THINGS ARE ALRIGHT, I CONTINUE TO BE IN EXCELLENT COMPANY WALKING WITH COE, BROTHER MARK , JOSTEIN, GG, KEVIN , LISA AND PIPER , AND A GUEST APPEARANCE FROM ERIC VON WHERE HE REFUSED TO WALK AND INSTEAD SPLAYED OUT HARBOR SEAL STYLE ON LISA'S NEW LEATHER COUCH . WE ARE NOT TOO FAR OFF THE MIDPOINT OF THIS JOURNEY .

ALL IS WELL , KHUN CHUCK