Challenge each other

Sailors, Soldiers, Marines,
Lend me your ears,
for I come not to encourage Marchers,
but to challenge them.

We are still looking for a few good men- and women,
who can come on the march with us, or support us by driving
a support vehicle.

The questions are: want to eat MRE's,
want to primitive camp overnight,
want to go for a long walk; just a stretch of the legs,
want to practice field hygiene, instead of a bath?

Only those who answers those questions to the affirmative need apply.
We are two weeks out Marchers, and if your parents would like to help, they can serve as a driver, and, if they want to spend the money, they can check into a local hotel, and meet us the next morning, reporting for duty after an air-conditioned night's sleep.

I am asking our fellow Marchers, the ones reading this message, to spread the word, get people to read this blog, have them put on a back-pack and get walking. Even if they would like to help but do not want to March, we have jobs for them. Send those kind souls to me, we have work to do.

Saturday I had a one hour walk/job with a little under twenty pounds in the old pack, this was followed by a hike of two hours with pack over thirty five pounds, close to forty. I put in about eleven miles. I took yesterday off to work in the heat on my folks farm, near Brenham. This is still conditioning, just sun conditioning. I am off at 11:30am this morning for a walk/jog, so I can master the heat.

What are you doing to get ready? All Marchers will be required to have a Ranger Buddy, someone who goes every where you do, or for the call of nature, stays far enough away he knows where you are and will not the other Marchers leave without you. Therefore, ask a friend to go with you both to train and to March. In this way, you have the Ranger Buddy of your choice.

Challenge yourself, challenge others, and challenge those you know to go with us in support of the Marching with Marshall; we can use all the help we can get. Oh yeah, its FREE!