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    All at once the station owner was there chewing on the officer . Told him he had no right to hassle me , there was no problem and to get off his property .
    Officer put up a lame defense and left . The owner told me to go back to sleep ...he would keep an eye out .

    Took a while but went to sleep . Next I knew the owner was tapping on the window , sun was coming up . He said ..Hey ! It's time for breakfast , my wife brought us a plate !
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    I got out , went around to the bathroom and 'cleaned up' (hadn't had a real bath in over a week) and went in the office . His wife and two boys were there . Boys were around ten years old , his wife was smiling and very nice . I had a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon sitting on his desk they had cleared off , big stack of toast and a jar of jelly . And there was a pot of coffee ...dang it ! I hadn't had anything but a fried pie for bout 36 hours The boys were sitting in chairs eating .

    He talked in generalities , asking bout my family, my country , he asked me no personal questions . He told me he was working 16 hours at a time because he couldn't afford help but for an eight hour shift during the day . His wife packed up the dishes and left . I gathered my bed and stuff , tied it on the cargo rack . I thanked him much . He wished me luck and said to stop if I got back this way . I left pushing the bike east .

    I have felt guilty for near 50 years not asking his name , he helped me because he wanted to and asked nothing of me .
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    Hindsight can be near perfect . Living in the moment is not . Memories give clarification , understanding . Remembering brings into the light GOD's mercy while in that time was just living the moment . Adding up Our Lord's blessings may take a while putting it all together . Yea , can take a while . What has he done in your life ?
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    He's done a great deal in my life! Maybe, when you get done with your story, I'll tell you one of mine. But, sitting on the edge of my chair as I am, I can only say, "And THEN?"

    Don't know, not having been there, but from reading this I'm wondering if you wouldn't have had a start in life by offering to work an 8 hour shift for the man in exchange for grub and a place to sleep. Sounds like he needed help to make a "go" of things, but couldn't afford it just then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Gebirgsjager View Post
    He's done a great deal in my life! Maybe, when you get done with your story, I'll tell you one of mine. But, sitting on the edge of my chair as I am, I can only say, "And THEN?"

    Don't know, not having been there, but from reading this I'm wondering if you wouldn't have had a start in life by offering to work an 8 hour shift for the man in exchange for grub and a place to sleep. Sounds like he needed help to make a "go" of things, but couldn't afford it just then.
    I enjoy hearing others experiences , if we look back over a day , month , year or just a single experience you see GOD working in your or others lives . Generally takes time to put it into perspective , in the moment it's almost impossible to predict the long term effect of what will happen from a single day .
    Sharing life experiences gives understanding as to the fact that GOD is with us , it is a way of testifying . To give God credit , to admit failings , to give to our Lord thanks for what he has given . Every day we have is a gift from GOD that so many times we take for granted .

    Your mentioning of working for a place to eat and sleep is just down the road , I'm pushing that bike to get there and didn't even know it .
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    Gentlemen, you are so right. I never see God's plan in the moment, even now, only in retrospect do I come to the realization of the absolute perfection in timing and circumstance. Praise God.
    Please go on Charlie, I'm fascinated.
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    Well heck Pine Baron I don't know about being fascinated , so far it's just a story of my immaturity and failure . We 'might' all have done a 'few' stupid things back then , lol .

    Started pushing the bike east toward Apache Junction . Didn't fight it like I had the day before , got there about noon . It was plenty hot . Now coming from a small place I knew four places to look for work or find out someone that might be looking for help . A barber shop , feed store , hardware store or the post office ...between them they knew everyone in town .

    I haven't been through Apache Junction in a long time . In 1970 it was a wide spot in the road ..not much there . A small shopping center with a barber shop , a few offices , the AJ Bayless grocery store and a small post office in the parking lot . Oh yea ! And an office with ..New Peralta mining and exploration on the window (don't forget this , we will revisit this business this in a bit ) . To my understanding Apache Junction is a big suburb of Phoenix now , many people there , it was a backwater place back when I was there on the edge of the desert . I have a good friend who is a member here that I met on another form long ago that lives in Apache Junction . The way he describes it I would not know it now .

    You can see the Superstition mountain from Apache Junction , The top looks like the face of an old man sleeping . Back then it was wilderness area , seems it's a tourist place today . If you stare at the picture a while the old man becomes more distinct .

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    Pine Baron though not fascinating it might at least pick up speed at this point and get slightly interesting ?
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    Lol , I climbed That mountain , seemed easy at a distance being 18 years old . Filled a gallon water jug half full and started out . It seemed easy . Time I got to the end of grass in the picture I was wore out ....distance is deceiving . Had to find a pass , got back in four days ...I was thirsty . Reference to thirst in our bible comes to mind .
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    No hardware store , no feed store being evident I went to the barbershop , the barber thought and sent me to the post office ....said talk to Mister Applegate , I went there ...was just across the parking lot .
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    Walked across to the post office , only one old guy there ...the postmaster , Mr. Applegate , Told him I was looking for work . Needed it today . He seemed a good man , he hesitated and said ...Their are two men with a mine that may need help . They come in every two days to get mail , they should be here today . You can't miss em , they got a beard to their bely button and one has a badge with the brim of his hat flipped up . Should be in this evening ...might need help with their mine . I sat on the steps of the Post Office for three hours ...wasn't hard to spot em when they came .

    I sat on the steps of the Post Office for 3 hours , afraid to leave that I might miss them .
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    I nailed em when they got out of their surplus Army one ton dully truck , stood up and asked if they needed help ...they were all over it .
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    Said they would feed me , give found but no wages ...At the time food and a place to sleep seemed good . I agreed .
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    I said give found in the last post , should explain . Found means in those days necessities to sustain life . Bare minimum .
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    We loaded the old Suzuki on the dully backed in a ditch . Headed to their camp . I asked about their mine ...knew nothing about mines . They said GOD showed em where to find a gold mine . I was silent . It began .
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    Thank you rl69 . One does not understand till there is no bread .
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    Went north up the Apache trail (highway ) , pulled off into the desert bout two miles and came to the 'camp' . Wondered what the hell I'd got in to .
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    The camp looked like a post apocalyptic nightmare . People were living under tarps , old box trucks , wood sheds with an axle under em , tents . Couple of old beat up RV trailers and stripped out school buses held several folks . Looked like a community off the movie ..Road Warrior .

    I didn't know it at the time but you could camp on a wilderness area for 30 days and had to leave . They were camped out on the line between 2 wilderness areas ..the Tonto area and Maricopa area . Everything was on wheels so they could just drag it across the line about a 100 yards . They just moved back and forth every 30 days . Federal Land Management officers were always 'checking' on them but nothing they could do about it .
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    I'll be post #59 & say "enjoying the story."

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    Thank you LAH .

    The two I 'hired' out to were the leaders of place , they started it. They were both in their late 40's . I will not tell their real names ...lets call em Andrew and Micah . I'll tell what little of their history I know as they told me . They were both from Missouri , Andrew was a carpenter , Micah was a sheriffs deputy . They left the Mormon church because GOD gave them visions , gave them the gift of tongues and sent them to Arizona . In this process GOD was going to show em where to find a gold mine .

    The Indians were actually the lost tribe of Israel and secretly knew when the second coming would be . They were to find out from the Indians and wait for god to tell them what to do .....in the meantime he would communicate through visions and speak to them . Andrew had converted school bus into an RV (did a nice job actually) and when they had a vision they would paint a small picture in line with all the other visions on the side of the bus . It was a secret message from GOD what to do at the second coming . Problem was it would take an Indian to decipher it . ......yea , at the first of this thread I mentioned I hesitated to tell this story because it's a little hard to believe .

    There is more but will play out as we go along .
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