November 3, 2006

Worth A Thousand Words...

(Events of Tuesday October 24th)

October 27, 2006

Bearing Down on Beaumont

Hello,

(Events of Monday October 23^rd)

Today was the coldest morning of the walk, and for the first time I could see my breath in the air as we began the walk at 7:15am.  A walk down Old Highway 90 to the historic Jefferson County Court House in Beaumont was the goal of the morning walk.  The press and local activists including one of the most effective and brilliant Democratic County Chairs in Texas, Mr. Gilbert Adams, were present to greet me on this first day of early voting in Beaumont. 

While speaking to the media I joked a little bit about possibly swimming across the Sabine River tomorrow as this trans-Texas adventure comes to a close.  As has become custom, we had lunch at a locally owned and operated restaurant.  The food at “Carlito’s” was excellent and the service was even better.  Chairman Adams graciously spent some of his afternoon introducing me to various Beaumont citizens.  I was also able to visit with former State Senator David Bernsen.  I followed the early afternoon visits with a walk past Lamar University.  The football field at the university was the scene of my oldest son, Jimmy’s, final high school football game for Cathedral High School of El Paso.  I continued to walk and even jog some on my way towards Port Arthur.  I finally stopped as darkness had surrounded us at about 7pm. 

Tomorrow will mark the 44^th and final day of the Walk Across Texas.  It has been a great education for me and I only hope that the people of Texas have come to see the significance of judicial elections.

- Bill Moody

Maggie by My Side

Hello,

(Events of Saturday October 21^st)

The weather was threatening today with off and on rain, so I walked in and around the Kingwood and San Jacinto Monument areas today.  Family walked with me the entire day and my devoted and beautiful wife Maggie was with me every step of the way.  Maggie has driven and flown back and forth from El Paso every weekend that I have been on the road.  Having a lifetime partner of Maggie’s character for 31 years has been the greatest blessing God has ever bestowed upon me.  Our wedding day on November 1, 1975 was without a doubt the most special day of my life. 

We had the chance to tour around some historical sites in between our walking, including the Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Monument.  We ended the day with dinner at the Monument Inn as a small token of thanks for my family’s tireless efforts in this campaign.  It was then back to Kingwood until Sunday evening.