An Abrupt End

October 12, 2014, Day 102 of TheHopeLine Tour of 2014

Part I

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. A beautiful day, a visit to a church, and a short ride of 25 miles to a waiting motel room would bring us to a couple of rest days. We’d catch up on some loose ends, make some more pitches in support of TheHopeLine, and catapult into the final week or so of our tour and our arrival at the Atlantic Ocean.

However, we don’t get to write the script to our adventures, or to life for that matter. A fe...