Enjoyable Fall mornings and clouds

[bbwlwb88]

Hey there Ralph. Good to hear from you. How bout sending me some of
that coffee!

Royal
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Good morning everyone:
>
> Was sitting out side this morning, on the back porch having coffee
and
> enjoying the coolness of Fall season temperatures. Leaves are
turning and
> starting to fall and the morning sky seems a stark contrast of
pretty hues
> of blue mixed with the puff of clouds floating majestically by.
>
> Remember when we were kids, or maybe even now we used to
lay on our
> backs in a field or just in the yards, looking up at those billowy
puffs
> and picking shapes out that looked like horses, pirate ships or
maybe even
> a large pumpkin pulled by horses complete with glass slippers. Well
it
> brought a smile to this old war horse.
>
> Sitting there after a fill up of coffee in that trusty old
Wanderlodge
> coffee cup, I spied a set off clouds that reminded me of images I
had
> mentally formed of the Crusades to the Holy Land, then thinking
how, though
> ancient, those times were not so different from todays world of
traveling.
> There they are, on a trec across strange lands, sharing hazards of
travel
> like a horse throwing a shoe perhaps not
> having enough oats for the feeding of those steadfast beasts
> on diesel> or even the simplest of things like sharing a camp fire
or
> having a pot luck dinner or even having a cup of coffee or tea as
they
> watched the sun rise and wonder what the days travel will bring in
the way
> of adventures on this day.
>
> So with a smile on my lips and this thought going through the old
grey
> haired pate the wagons of a bygone era,
were
> built to withstand the harshest of rigors, carry the needs of
sustaining
> it's patrons providing cover from harm in strange surrounds and
become a
> place of meeting from time to time where tails of despair and glory
are
> shared over the flickering campfires. Yes, not so much has changed
really.
> The same principals are still at work in this day as it was back
then.
>
> So as I sip the remains of coffee this morning, and thinking of all
that
> are making the sojourn to Perry Ga, your
> travels be safe and not fraught with peril nor famine. And the oats
and
> fodder be plentiful to fuel those giant beasts of burden.
>
> <soft smiles>
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>