One more Day to wait!! Then we START!

Tomorrow is the day we begin Trey's Trek!  It is like some sort of dream!  

I am not sure who is going to begin this journey with me but there is a good anticipation building!  Folks have told me that they will come!  We'll see...

Roughly the last two months of this Summer 2011, have been used to prepare myself for the 300 mile trek to Mackinaw.  Now...I know that I can actually walk 300 miles because I walked 311 miles in preparation to be able to walk the 300, when the time comes!   

This 300 mile journey that will take me to the northern most city in the Lower Peninuslar of Michigan is the fartherest point North in the Lower Peninsular that you can walk to.  I did originally want to walk across the bridge ("Big Mac" - a 5 mile suspension bridge connecting the Lower Peninsular with the Upper Peninsular) and had scheduled my Trek to end up in Mackinaw City on the 5th of September, 2011... to be able to walk across that bridge with thousands of others who do that every year!  But... Becky said because I was so old and rickity and that I would just croak if I started out in August in the heat, walking... So I changed it to begin on September 5th!  Just kidding!  She didn't say "croaked!"  But if I tell you what she did say, you would think that she really did love her ole' husband!  She loves me so much that she is even going to do some of the route with me but not the whole thing, somebody has to work!!!  

Becky, (flower) and Trey

So...32 'walking' days, since June the 30th, have been partially used for training, sweatting, working through pain, enduring the heat, walking through the blisters and handling tired muscles and joints along with enduring sore feet and watching what I eat... just to be able to know that when the start date arrives, that I still have the ability and the confidence to actually 'git from here to thare' without 'fallin' out!'  Ain't nuttin' uglier than an old athlete who thinks he can still run faster and jump higher and leap farther than the stories that people embelished about him when he looked like Hercules, in his "Hey Day!"  LOL!

Scripture does talk about a crown that we get for running a race!  And that physical exercise does have some merit!  But in the long run the fame and seeming glory of such events and athletic events are like melting ice under the hot sun!  It don't take long and it's all gone!  In reality, the only thing that lasts is what all the training and the endurance pointed to.  And if those who submitted themselves to such riggers, do not pay attention to what is being communicated, verbally and by example, they will totally miss the boat in regards to why they are paying such a price for only a leafy crown, a shiney metal and one year of fame!  

With my feet on the Ground!

Simply Trey

p.s. War Eagle!  & Go Army!

'Now'...Staying in Shape... Day 32!!!!

Becky and Trey Hancock

Today is Saturday!  It is the first day of College Football Season.  Yes, I did watch the last 3 minutes of Auburn University getting beat by some team out West... Then they remembered who they were supposed to be and picked up the pace and pulled the cat out of the bag!  It was good to see the field that I used to play on over 30 years ago.  The same grass, the same uniforms but the stadium was a bit bigger!  Brings back a bunch of memories!

Luke my Son in Law decided to walk with me this morning as we made our way over to the office where we will be starting out toward Mackinaw City just two days from now on Monday the 5th of September, Labor Day, 2011!  We rested for a bit and then headed back home.  It was hot!  Over 90*F today!  The sweat shirt that I was wearing was soaked!  It was good to get the exercise as we walked 7 plus miles today.  This will be the last day of walking before we start on Monday.  I have trekked a total of 311 miles in practice, getting ready to make this walk to Mackinaw!  Sometimes I can't believe it but I was there for every step and I attest to the fact that it actually happened!  So no matter what my feelings say about this being impossible... I know better!  I am going to walk to Mackinaw City, MI... Lord willing!  But I am ready!

Trash? 

Almost every day that I walk, I see something or someone that is unusual or catches my attention.  As I walk I usually pray and as I talk to Jesus, I listen and anticipate... either answers or responses to my prayer!  Sometimes while I am in that mode, I see, I notice what is around me.   Some things are unusual and some things are just ordinary or common but nothing is just 'there' by accident or hap-instance!  Even what seems like trash on the ground has significance.  At least today it did for me!

I walked passed this piece of paper on the ground on Michigan Avenue just up from the Pantheon ("all gods" club!)  and noticed the titles printed there!  "Limited Warranties", "Disclaimer" and "Remedy and Claim Procedure."

Wow!  I thought..."Warranties!"  "Disclaimer!"  "Remedy and Claim Procedure!"  OK!  my mind starts reeling about what I could say about these words in a message if I were preaching.  But this is not in a church out here!  It is out on the street!  So technically, this is not preaching but just plain good old street language that can communicate truth in a way that takes it's categories from the world we live in!  It just so happens that down by the 'all gods' club where the content shows up, Jesus can speak!  In reality He can show up anywhere, anytime, anyplace without notice and needs no permit, license or permission from any of us here in this town to do or say anything He pretty well pleases!  No place is off limits to Him!

You know?  I want to finish this but I gotta go!  If you are interested just write me... I will get back to this later!

With my feet on the Ground!

Simply Trey