Walk with Jesus Oct 16, 2012

Mon Oct 8, 2012 – Day 33

Miles   3.7

Total   123.

Goal for now 500

 

 

Nunc coepi " Latin for
"I begin once more with your help, O Lord."

 
Fall is coming fast. Soon the green in this picture will all be gone and yellows and red will replace it. Again after the heat and droubt it was suggest there would be little color this year but it looks like again they are wrong. So on and on I go. I hope winter will not slow me down.

Oct 13, 2012 Day 34

Miles   4.2

Total   127.4

Goal for now 500

While walking I was thinking about the reason on mile one I started this walking and keeping a journal. It was to just touch on a tiny amount of the feeling of a large commitment to a goal bigger than I could reasonable accomplish, that is hiking the Appalachian Trail and its 2176 miles(see day one of this walk). Hiking is much different that walking. Hiking carries with it the thought of observing all that is around you and enduring whatever the weather brings. These long distant hikes also suggest the necessity of completing at least certain section of this goal just to return to civilization. It asks you to give up some of your worldly pleasures to accomplish goals you set. It also removes you from some of the distraction we live with. So I enjoy observing where I would be at certain miles on the Appalachian Trail. This helps keep in my mind why I was drawn to this whole adventure.

So at about 127 miles I would be at a place called Tellico Gap in NC. Oh how beautiful and so totally removed from civilization.

This 7.5 mile section of the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina features the views from the observation tower on 4627 foot Wesser Bald. It's only a 1.4 mile hike along the AT from Tellico Gap to Wesser Bald, making this a very popular day hike in the area.

 

 

Oct 14, 2012 Day 35

Miles   3.7

Total   130.6

Goal for now 500

Nunc coepi " Latin for
"I begin once more with your help, O Lord."

It is such a thrill to enjoy fall this year. You can drive to Browns County or somewhere else but this was just less than a mile from my house. I just love walking here two or three times a week.

I thought it would be fun to show a photo of the very same spot when I first started this walk in Sept.

There is a different smell to the woods in fall. Some call it dead and dying leaves. But I call it the promise of hope that renewal will come. New life always follows death. There is not a soul alive who does not with all certainty, know that following fall and all that looks barren and dead, will be followed with life and reborn. Wildflowers will pop up and tiny spots of green will burst out at the first warmth of spring.

So why do we have such difficulty seeing death of a love one in the same way. It is promised and that most of us say we believe. We know fall and all that is dying and the barren under snow of winter will bring the rebirth of spring. So, maybe we can remember the fall and winter of our lost love ones and wait for spring and rebirth of these love ones to burst forth.

All of nature declares Gods wisdom and Glory. I love walking and watching his beautiful creation. The things I think about when I am walking. I guess it is better that day dreaming or watching TV.

I am moving on toward my goal of walking 100 or more miles this month. I just keep going on and on. Next week I will go with a friend for a longer than usual hike, maybe 7 or 8 miles. Hope I am up to it.