American flags were everwhere, but not a cloud was seen all day. People were making any excuse to be outside-I even saw some working! It was a fine day to enjoy being an American - having leisure time and the means to support it. We really don’t appreciate how fortunate we are. On a forest road today, I passed by a group of about a dozen ATV’ers on a club outing. Each rider had his or her own fancy four wheel drive machine complete with enormous tires. These tricked out machines could go almost anywhere in the woods, but that is all they were good for-weekend sport-and yet each must have cost as much or more than a good used car or far more than people make in a year in many parts of the world.
People in these poorer countries often don’t have clean water to drink. They must walk sometimes miles to fill buckets which they then have to lug back home. When you donate to the Pure Water Ride, you can help provide biosand filters-each unit will purify enough water for a family needs. These filters are renewable using readily available materials and last for many years (learn more about these filters at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ and search for biosand filters, or at http://www.biosandfilter.org/). For the cost of one tire, you can provide a biosand filter that will make the difference between health and sickness for one family, so please donate generously to the Pure Water Ride.
Today’s ride was through some of the prettiest scenery in Vermont. And the weather was perfect. Here are some pictures…
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