So its around 7:30pm and I'm getting ready to start walking for the night. I get ready, put my shoes on, get my hat, and find my C.R. wristband. As I open the van door to step outside and continue the journey, The skies open up and Tropical Storm force winds knock me over.
I just wanted to let you all know that these storms that have lighting every 30 seconds or so and winds that push people over is just one thing the average homeless child must deal with. They must find shelter as soon as possible and hope that they don't get kick out of where there at. Because as you know (if you read my Myrtle Beach blog) the criminalization of homelessness is something that these kids have to deal with as well. So if a storm opens up on them and they go somewhere public they could get into trouble.
These are just some things that I've found out during this trip. A homeless child has to deal with these problems that we just think 'I'll just go inside'. But here is the sad fact, They have nowhere to go.
David Ashby
TNB
Here its 8:11 pm and lightning just hit maybe 200 ft and the force shook the MCC. Then a Blue and Green and Neon White light flashed for about 20 seconds.
8:12 pm and lightning Again just hit about 500 ft away. This is so cool, but yet so very scary.
You know what I don't know what I would do if I was a homeless child in the woods right now. This is just horrific and I'm in a vehicle. Just imagine being 11 years old and having lighting hit only 300 ft away from your camp area. Your wet, your cold and your scared. This is (like I said earlier) just one problem these children face everyday.
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Wow! Incredible!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Grandma
I thought you were staying in shelters
ReplyDeleteHow are you making up time with the rain?
ReplyDeleteThe only way to make up for the lost time is to wait for the rain to stop and push even harder to make up for the lost time.
ReplyDeleteHi Debra, I am staying in shelters along the way, if there is space available. However, there have been a few instances where space was an issue and I stayed in the van. Also, one of the problems we have found is that there are long stretches of this journey where there is no shelters to be found. This highlights the problem further, cause if you were a child trying to find a place to sleep, there isn't always one to be found, especially in the smaller cities and towns I have gone through.
ReplyDeleteSo if you are already walking 18 to 20 miles a day are you saying that you are actually walking further than that some days to make up for what you gotten behind on? Flat out question Are you actually walking every step of it? If you can not answer honestly better to not answer and make my question disappear.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have already said in interviews and I'm pretty sure I have said on my blog that after I had to take 12 days off for my family emergency the original plan of walking 18-20 miles a day had to be increased to 25-30 miles a day in order to make it to DC in time to rally and still make it back to FL in time for school to start on the 24th. Yes, I am walking everystep of the way. I do most of my walking at night because it is easier, less traffic on the roads and much cooler temp wise. If you really doubt that I am walking the whole way, you can contact any of the officers I have met along the way and ask them if they have really seen me walking, all the information you need to contact them has been posted in my blog. If you still don't believe me after that, come walk a day/night or two with me and find out for yourself. Thank you for following my journey anyways.
ReplyDeleteDavid Ashby
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