The Countdown

I'm still busy making plans for heading back out on the road in May.  I keep going over all the gear I'll need to take with me, and how I'll load it all on the cart that I can either push, or hook up and pull.  All my gear weighs around 80 lbs, and I don't want to carry that on my back.  So I'll be using a cart to haul my stuff.  Right now I'm trying to have a harness made to hook the cart up to.  I think I'll use a weight-lifters belt, have a couple of eyelets connected to it to hook the cart up to, and have a pair of suspenders sewed on.  I've already contacted Tent & Tarp in Fairbanks to help me concoct the harness, and they seemed eager to get started on it.

Other than that, I think I have most all of the gear that I'll need.  The only other thing that I'm thinking of adding to my already heavy load is -- please don't laugh -- several pocket-size Bibles.  For some reason, I can't get the thought out of my mind -- so I know I'm going to do it.  But it's such an absurd idea!  I mean I have to CARRY these!  I have argued and debated, and yet I can't get rid of the thought.  So I am resigned to the fact that I'll need to carry some of those with me, too.  The whole idea is really quite crazy.  I've never been a very good Christian example, and the only 3 things that I'm exceptionally good at are burping, farting and cussing, and yet I'm going to distribute Bibles on this walk?  Really?  Me???  Please!  But again, sighhhh, I am resigned.  I now need to figure out just how I'm going to pack these Bibles.  I figure I'll put each one in a zip-lock baggie, and since I tend to get tongue-tied when I'm nervous, I figure I can write a personal note and mention my favorite Bible verses with each one, and quietly leave the Bibles behind as I go.  (My friends are joking that the first town I encounter will receive all the Bibles I'm carrying!)  I've found a website where I can order the Bibles, and will order a box full soon.