Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
● What is GHAWG?
● Zapfic Entries 181-189
1️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ 2023-September-05 00:18:27
1️⃣8️⃣2️⃣ 2023-September-06 00:12:57
1️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ 2023-September-07 00:15:12
1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣ 2023-September-08 00:18:30
1️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ 2023-September-09 01:28:48
1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣ 2023-September-10 00:25:03
1️⃣8️⃣7️⃣ 2023-September-11 00:25:03
1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ 2023-September-12 00:27:12
1️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ 2023-September-13 00:13:00
● Story Arc So Far
● Next Week
Zapfic Entries 181-189
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 181-189
1️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ 2023-September-05 00:18:27
| From Grand Mound we stayed on I-5. On our route was Centralia, Castle Rock, Pleasant Hill, Longview, and a few other places. We called it a night in Vancouver-- not the better-known Vancouver in Canada, but the one near Oregon. |
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| 🏍️ Unlike Niagra Falls, which is two cities on top of the border between Canada and the United States, Vancouver is two cities separated by hundreds of miles. The more famous Vancouver is in southern British Columbia province and a short distance from Seattle, Washington, US. This Vancouver is in southern Washington and separated from Portland, Oregon, US by the Columbia River. |
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1️⃣8️⃣2️⃣ 2023-September-06 00:12:57
| Vancouver, Washington-- north of the Columbia River, facing Portland, Oregon-- was our staging area for tonight's ride into PDX. We needed LED lanterns, so I bought some for my crew. It was a purchase I felt compelled to make. |
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| 🏍️ PDX is the code for Portland International Airport, and it's also used as a shorthand for identifying Portland, Oregon. The Portland Trailblazers of the National Basketball Association have worn special alternate jerseys with PDX on the front in place of the full name of the city. |
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1️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ 2023-September-07 00:15:12
| Night returned. Our convoy was 7 rows of 3 riders across. This time, the yellow vests were arranged in the form of a cross; this is why we had the LED lanterns. All of us-- Mongols included-- prayed for safe passage this night. |
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| 🏍️ This was the moment before their entry into Portland. David Guardia was charged with leading a group of riders through Portland at night. The message he was to deliver didn't have words. Instead, the message was represented by the symbol of a cross bounded by light and passing through the city at night. As for The Mongols-- a group comfortable with rough-and-tumble mayhem-- they knew this night was different from most others they've witnessed. |
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1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣ 2023-September-08 00:18:30
| We rode into Portland as slow as we could without stopping traffic. As dusk faded into night our moving cross lit the night thanks to the LED lanterns. Between the yellow vests and the LED lanterns, we were visible from the sky. |
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| 🏍️ This was the reason for David Guardia's ride through Portland: to shine the Light of the World in a city which had fallen into darkness in recent years. What impact this has on Portland is unknown, but the impact of not having this light is guaranteed. |
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1️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ 2023-September-09 01:28:48
| It was uneventful much of the ride. It was looking as if our ride would go without a hitch. I spoke too soon. Before reaching I-5 again, demonstrators blocked us. Among them was the black bloc brigade. We were at an impasse. |
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| 🏍️ Just when he thought things would go without a hitch, something had to happen. It was that way when David Guardia and the uncanny Manny Rey crossed into Iowa from Illinois. It was also that way when David was about to complete delivery of Manny Rey's message to Harry Hoqualogue at STURGIS. Dealing with protesters was just another difficulty to endure and get past. |
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1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣ 2023-September-10 00:25:03
| As we drew closer to each other I noticed a familiar face behind black bloc. I stopped the convoy and dismounted my trike. Rhonda, behind me in Row 2, also dismounted. The demonstrator was surprised to recognize Rhonda and me. |
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| 🏍️ Rhonda Bella joined David Guardia on his ride to be his co-pilot, and she's backing him up in an uncertain situation. At that moment, she wasn't sure what was happening, but she knew that she had to be with David then for assistance. |
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1️⃣8️⃣7️⃣ 2023-September-11 00:25:03
| "I know you," said the demonstrator. "We know you," Rhonda answered. I looked at Rhonda, and she nodded. "As I recall," I said to the familiar face, "you were almost left for dead in Iowa." "We saved your life," said Rhonda. |
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| 🏍️ David Guardia had an idea who this demonstrator was, but Rhonda Bella was absolutely certain. This was the soul they found left for dead on the side or an Iowa road shortly after David and Rhonda began to learn about each other back at the bar in Davenport, Iowa. This chance meeting was a surprise to all three people. |
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1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ 2023-September-12 00:27:12
| "What brings you to Portland?" asked the demonstrator. "Just passing through," I replied. "That is, until you stopped us." "What were you doing in Iowa?" asked Rhonda. The demonstrator replied, tearily: "I went home to die." |
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| 🏍️ The demonstrator was as curious about David Guardia and Rhonda Bella as they were about whoever was stopping them. Why the demonstrator when back home to Iowa to die remains a mystery (barely discussed in future zapfic entries). Given the role they had in saving the life of this person back in Iowa, David and Rhonda had an interest in knowing more about this person. |
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1️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ 2023-September-13 00:13:00
| Rhonda & I looked at each other. Then I said to the demonstrator, "It wasn't your time to die, and it wasn't my time to die when a fuel tanker exploded in LeClaire." "What are you saying?" "You're ready to start your mission." |
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| 🏍️ Rhonda Bella may have had some death-defying experiences due in part to some of her hauls as an independent trucker (especially up and down the Dalton Highway in Alaska), but David Guardia was almost killed and in a 10-day coma. He could speak with authority to another person close to death on the subject of dying. He also had the certainty of life after death as a tool he could use when discussing this topic. |
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Next Week
Zapfic Entries 190-196
(With this post and the previous post combining for 21 zapfic entries, the weekly summaries are back on track at 7 entries each.)
Our Heroes-- now plus 1-- leave Portland, Oregon, US to resume the ride back to San Diego, California, US. Given what took place in Portland, the group will need to stop in Riverside, about 100 miles north of San Diego, to drop off the Plus 1.
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The serial rolls on at LeoThreads where Our Heroes ride out of Oregon and into Northern California. Despite David Guardia and Rhonda Bella knowing each other for a short time, we see them act like an elderly married couple as they talk turkey with Harry Hoqualogue.
NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time.
NEW! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post.
Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at LeoFinance InLeo and at the Scholar and Scribe community.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the GHAWG Navigation threadstorm at LeoThreads. Within LeoThreads, hashtag #GHAWGnav brings up the navigation.