There and Back Again A journey to India with a short stop on the way in England. The trip to India is for a combination of spiritual pursuits and volunteer medical work

July 4th – Independence day The weather has turned nicely. It is still relatively cool, highs in the lower eighties, lows in the lower seventies, high humidity, a steady wind and scattered clouds, excellent for driving about the local area on my motorcycle. I’ve had it up in the garage for the most part due to the previously nearly steady rains. I do not drive into town as it is just too crazy so most of the riding is on one lane dirt roads or dirt paths with almost no other ‘traffic’. It seems inappropriate to use that word when you often never see another driver. The work load remains light but more and more I am approached at all hours of the day about minor problems. I am glad to be able to help them out and to have something useful to do. I have been enjoying playing guitar regularly and my playing is improving rapidly. I hope to start recording some of it soon. My only issue on that matter seems to be that forgot the power cable to my external hard drive that I was going to use to store the recorded files on. I may have to delete a lot of material on my internal hard drive to be able to record. Hopefully Dee will find someone to send the cable with. Dee called yesterday to let me know that Matthias, by clinical exam, appears to have torn two ligaments, the ACL & MCL, in his knee after falling while skating. Having a cell phone here has made managing such issues so much easier. For every trip in the past it was always so hard to make phone calls and often the connection was horrible. At any rate, he will go to Winston for his evaluation and surgery if needed