day 1
Today was a long drive. We started out around 7:00 a.m. from Gallipolis and drove several hundred miles to wherever we are at in Illinois. I found the transforming landscape quite fascinating. As we left the rolling hills of southern Ohio we exchanged the quaint beauty for the ever flattening landscape of the mid-west. Myself being somewhat secluded in my life, have never travelled farther west than the Smoky Mountains. Today was my first day in the flat lands of Indiana and Illinois. To say I felt unnerved would be an understatement. I live in a beautiful valley in the large foothills of West Virginia. I thrive in my hills. There I feel safe and secure. There I know how to survive. In these flat lands of Illinois I feel completely exposed and out of place. It is interesting to look off into the distant landscape and wonder just how far you are actually viewing. The landscape though for the most part is cornfields and farms. I found myself having to look hard for anything interesting and out of the ordinary. I enjoyed this day of hard driving though and look forward to the rest of the journey. Our destination in a general sense is the Black Hills of South Dakota. Where the journey goes from there is up to the journey. I am bound to follow wherever it leads and fear I could find myself lost in the beauty of America for months as I realized just how close my journey brings me to the Rocky mountains. Time and funds will tell how long this adventure will continue. I thank God for a safe and blessed day where I had new scenery and great conversation with my lovely wife. Mark my friend your verse has us boggled but lead to such interesting discussions....thanks for stirring our thoughts! I am exhausted though so off to dream land I escape...more tomorrow.
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