April 27, 2018
Friday
Bowie TX
Well Tim has to work tonight and through the weekend so he should have been snoozing this afternoon. Instead, we decided to roll out with Dad for a short trip to Bowie to see the Travelling Vietnam Wall. Today was our last opportunity to see it.
It was a pleasant ride starting off cool and warming up nicely in the afternoon. Skies were clear. Winds were light.
No matter how many times we see the Wall it is always a memorable and heart-wrenching and humbling experience. We looked up a couple of the names that we know personally connected to friends. We paid our respects.
On the way back to our rides, Dad ran across an old acquaintance. Monica Harvey aka Lil' Sis whom he met years ago at a memorial mission. Monica is from Nebraska but she follows the Wall all over the USA. She said she stopped counting somewhere around mission 250. She sang a "Welcome Home" song to Dad. Her musical ministry is often referred to as Band-aid for your Heart. She gifted us with the vest pin with that logo. When we got back to our rides, Dad showed me his original pin still pinned to his vest.
The ride home was interrupted only by a stop at the Dairy Queen in Henrietta.
Approximate s'miles for this ride is 100 round trip.
Slide show of today's ride about 26 photos - no music.
Bandaid for your Heart
Veterans Music Ministry - Monica Harvey - aka Lil' Sis
Lil' Sis on Facebook
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