Author Archives: paulefallon

October 18, 2016 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 75 Miles to Date: 18,111 States to Date: 45 Any day that starts with two mugs of black coffee and two helpings of sour cream and Sprite biscuits baked in a … Continue reading →

October 17, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 27 Miles to Date: 18,036 States to Date: 45 Llano Estacado, the Palisaded Plains, also known as the Staked Plains because early Spanish explorers drove stakes to mark their route through … Continue reading →

October 16, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 9 Miles to Date: 18,009 States to Date: 45 When you travel so slow for so long ideas percolate over time until, one day, you meet a person or encounter a … Continue reading →

October 15, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 39 Miles to Date: 18,000 States to Date: 45 Nothing wilts an experience quicker than expectations. For months I’ve looked forward to returning to Levelland. Over the past week I’ve spent … Continue reading →

October 14, 2016 – Clouds and Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 89 Miles to Date: 17,961 States to Date: 45 After college I served as a VISTA Volunteer in the South Plains of Texas, an area most people would call … Continue reading →

October 13, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 17,872 States to Date: 45 The Internet lists two motels in Fort Sumner, both on the east side of town. Coming in from the west, I passed … Continue reading →

October 12, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 60 Miles to Date: 17,806 States to Date: 45 My agenda to visit all of my siblings and their children on this journey is not merely social. We are a demographically … Continue reading →

October 11, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 69 Miles to Date: 17,746 States to Date: 45 O give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging … Continue reading →

October 10, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 53 Miles to Date: 17,677 States to Date: 45 Albuquerque is low-slung as Fresno, visually chaotic as Houston, friendly as Minneapolis, street-peopled as Portland, and outdoorsy as Denver. Albuquerque’s much smaller … Continue reading →

October 9, 2016 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 58 Miles to Date: 17,624 States to Date: 45 My tires stayed gripped to the earth, but my attention all day was in the clouds. From first light through midday to … Continue reading →