Apple Monk
On this trail a police officer pulled over and asked, "Going for a walk?"
Answer was "Yes! To
My walking
partner for the morning session was Karuna Sindhu. He has got down the service
attitude quite well. Our party was honoring a half-day fast, this being a day
to remember the avatar, 'Vamana,' yet Karuna will go to knock on
someone's door when we spot an apple tree and ask if we could help ourselves to
a small number of the delicious fruits. Once granted, if the owner was home,
Karuna would stock what he could in his pockets. At least for today we held
back from eating until the clock struck 12 noon. Indeed, we are getting our
share of apples everyday while investing in the chanting of the mantra
during trekking.
Karuna was
on a special diet for years which begins with a boiled apple in the morning. If
I'm 'The Walking Monk' then he's 'The Apple Monk.'
Interaction with people is limited. In Staffordville we actually connected, but briefly, with pedestrians, otherwise you can say that most everyone is very car-bound. This is the destiny of the world it seems. People are cut-off from each other by way of the automobile. At least on two occasions today a motorist stopped asking for directions, which left us unaware of where to point. Anyways, it's great when there's human interaction.
One more interaction was with water. A good swim in
25 miles/40
km
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