Day 26 mile 313-323

Riley to Rest Stop

Spent the day sitting in the Riley Store writing and posting day 21 to 25 to the website for you folks:-) Chatted some with Dale and Pat and watched as people streamed in and out of this little stop over in the desert. A couple of old timers stopped by to play cribbage with Dale and they just had a hoot of a time. Dale from the looks of it skunked them... but I dont know the first thing about cribbage. At around five o’clock I realized that the internet connection just wasn’t strong enough to upload all the videos from day 22 so I hit the road to get a bit of the way towards Burns so that tomorrows trek wouldn’t be a crazy 27 miles. I headed out towards a rest stop that I knew was 10 miles up and that I could make by dark. Just as I was coming to the Rest Area, a truck pulled up and in it were more trail angels! Denis and Alice Kendal and their grandson Jerimiah Kolar had brought me dinner on the road! Another of their grandchildren, Angel Kolar, had seen me in Hampton the day before and had told her grandparents about me and they were kind enough to make the trip from Burns to meet me and feed me. They told me that they pray everyday for an opportunity to do Gods work and they never pass by an opportunity... and today I was it! When I asked God to bless them, Denis said “he does everyday”... “The best thing that has happened to me aside from my salvation has been to marry Mama (Alice)”. We exchanged information and they invited me to their home when I reached Burns the next day. I set up camp and then ate supper in my tent.