
the man with muddy shoes
I was on a motorcycle cab traveling with my younger brother and his wife to grab a late dinner when a man hailed the cab that we were in. The man sat across from me. I acknowledged him by nodding. He nodded back and proceeded to explain why he was wearing very muddy shoes. Frankly, I didn’t notice it until he told me because of how dark the cab was. He mentioned the rain and a national boy scout event. He was helping out a local troop set their tents when the rain came down earlier that day. There was a freak thunderstorm which forced some of the campsites to be submerged in water. They had to elevate some areas with a makeshift levee through the help of local communities. He asked me if I am part of the visiting scouts and I said no. He also asked me if I heard of an accident that involved a truck and a passenger vehicle with scouts in it. Apparently the truck tried to swerve away from road debris and swerved into a passenger vehicle full of kids. We passed by that said truck and you can see how bad that that […]