Having awoken with a sore body this morning, after nearly 60 miles from Monday-Wednesday, I used today’s afternoon off to load a ton of new music onto my mp3 player. This is my first music update since leaving home in Washington, and I’m pretty excited about the company of all these new tunes.
Music has been one of my greatest companions across the miles. On countless days and nights, after having been tired for hours, having reached the point of exhaustion, yet still having two more hours of walking ahead of me, pulling up the perfect combos of energizing songs consistently provides one of the greatest boosts of energy to power me through those remaining miles.
The mp3 player has been a tried and true companion across the many long, open stretches of rural America, with music and audiobooks that embrace, empower and enlighten me…