It's the first of March already. The countdown is progressing. I checked the train schedules for my upcoming trip to Quincy. There's an 8+ hour layover in Galesburg before I can catch a southbound train to Quincy. Looks like I can bypass Chicago's Union Station altogether. The train ride from Denver to Galesburg which I have taken many times is a 16 hour proposition. Then there's the 8 hour layover plus almost 2 hours to travel to Quincy from Galesburg for a grand total of 26 hours! An airplane flight would take about 3 hours with a layover at O'Hare.
I used to travel by air for work as a catastrophe adjuster and that has turned me off air travel big time. I so prefer rail travel. I can sit down with complete strangers in the observation car or in the lounge and become friends with them in minutes. Plus, the scenery is amazing. Rail travel was this country's only long range mode of transportation for so long and I appreciate the history and culture behind it.
The last couple of days have been spent discarding things: old food some of which was here when I first arrived, papers, old clothes no longer wearable and the like.
The water at the Lucas House is still turned off necessitating multiple trips during the week to the Frothy Cup, Mike Horner's house and the United Church to draw gallon jugs of water. I can carry up to 6 gallons at a time using Safeway carriers to lug them back home.
The weather has been very mild the last few weeks with highs in the 50s and 60s and lows in the 30s. Very little snow this year. However, March and April are usually the biggest snow months so we'll see.
Tomorrow is meatloaf Wednesday at the Blackwells, church at First Baptist immediately following. This Thursday is the Clear Creek Neighborhood Church spaghetti supper with yours truly doing the cooking with June and Mike Horner assisting. The whole town is invited.
Sunday will find me attending Calvary Evergreen Church on Floyd Hill. Foraging for food following immediately thereafter at the Tin Shed Food Pantry. I am meeting with Bonnie and Brian who co-run the Tin Shed on Sunday to discuss opening up the United Church in Idaho Springs for bimonthly dinners for the poor and homeless using left over foodstuffs from the Tin Shed. Also, would like to use the fellowship hall at United Church as well to distribute food for the poor. Asking them to come up with a written plan of action. Then I would have them present said plan to the United Church Board for discussion/consideration and approval.
I'm thinking of hiking to Calvary on Sunday from the Lucas House which is a distance of 8 miles. Then I would have Pastor Craig drive me back home as I wouldn't want to carry a heavy box of food with me for the 8 miles back home. It's a good climb up Floyd Hill so it's not an easy hike by any means. If the weather cooperates I'll probably do it. I would have to leave home about 645am to get there by the time the services begin at 10am.
Welp it's time to interact with the public here at the Frothy Cup. I just filled up 3 gallon jugs of water. Will head over later to Mike Horner's home to fill up another 3 gallons. That should get me to Thursday when I'll get about 9 gallons. I use around 4 gallons daily but am trying to cut that number down. It's not easy. It takes a gallon easy to wash and rinse dishes, 1 gallon to flush the toilet once per day, another gallon to give myself a sponge bath, shave and brush my teeth. If I didn't conserve I could easily use 10 gallons per day.
Gots to go man! Ciao!
BR Schoenbein
March 1, 2016- Tuesday
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