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TL;DR

● What is GHAWG?

● Zapfic Entries 722-734

7️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ ►[2025-February-02 17:17:24]◄¹

7️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ ►[2025-February-03 11:56:09]◄²

7️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ ►[2025-February-04 17:48:06]◄³

7️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ ►[2025-February-05 12:20:21]◄⁴

7️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ ►[2025-February-06 19:34:33]◄⁵

7️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ ►[2025-February-07 19:38:18]◄⁶

7️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ ►[2025-February-08 01:03:57]◄⁷

[... Tech woes 2025-February-09 through 2025-February-16...]

7️⃣2️⃣9️⃣ ►[2025-February-17 18:56:51]◄⁸

7️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ ►[2025-February-18 14:41:21]◄⁹

7️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ ►[2025-February-19 23:42:24]◄¹⁰

7️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ ►[2025-February-20 15:58:12]◄¹¹

7️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ ►[2025-February-21 13:34:03]◄¹²

7️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ ►[2025-February-22 00:12:27]◄¹³

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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◄¹⁴ owner from ►Bayonne, New Jersey◄¹⁵, 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◄¹⁶.

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7️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ ►[2025-February-02 17:17:24]◄

Beyond Hugheston, we ride past London, Handley, Montgomery, Cannelton, Mt Olive, Dixie, Belva, Jodie, Swiss, Lockwood, Drennen, Zela, Gilboa, & Summerville. From there, we're about 60 mi. from our destination, Covington, VA.

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🏍️ Felix Legion remains on the road, as shown by this travel entry. It also lets the ready know that more riding is to be expected.

7️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ ►[2025-February-03 11:56:09]◄

We break at Summersville for refueling and sustenance. Then we talk.

"Once we reach Covington," I tell everyone, "we're 180 miles from UNC. We can resume our ride at Covington, or we can ride more today to ride less tomorrow."

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🏍️ The end of the ride is approaching for 2 members of ►Felix Legion◄¹⁷: ►The Kids◄¹⁸. By nightfall the next day, foreign exchange students ►Sanjay Rampersad◄¹⁹ from India and ►Lionel Odunsi◄²⁰ from Nigeria set foot on campus at ►University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill◄²¹ for the first time this semester after more than 2 months of the fall semester on the road accompanying ►David Guardia◄²² on what has become-- for him, anyway-- his ►Epic Ride◄²³. What needs to be determined is how to break up the remaining 180 miles of the ride.

7️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ ►[2025-February-04 17:48:06]◄

"Once we arrive on campus," said Lionel, "we're going to be busy just trying to catch up with getting settled down."

"He's right," said Sanjay. "We'll have to sort out 2 month's worth of developments we missed while riding."

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🏍️ With at least 2 month's worth of correspondence and accumulated campus materials, Sanjay and Lionel are going to need a good chunk of time to deal with it all. It's not as bad as getting settled into a new home, but it can still be an overwhelming task if it's not handled properly.

7️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ ►[2025-February-05 12:20:21]◄

"Very well," I said. "We'll call it a night at Lynchburg. From there we ride about 105 miles."

"It'll be a short day on the road for us," said Frank.

"Much shorter than that day we had in Chicago," said Hank; I looked at them.

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🏍️ Given The Kids' need for time just to get themselves settled in at ►UNC◄²⁴, Felix Legion opted for the short day. However, David Guardia seems to have a different opiinion of how the day will go. If his reaction to ►The Twins◄²⁵' reaction to the day being short seems odd, consider it this way: As far as David is concerned, it's another case of "famous last words". There were people in September 1929 saying stock market meltdowns were a thing of the past. As late as 2023-October-06 government officials were declaring the Middle East free of strife. Although David hasn't indicated in any way how the short day was going to take place, he had a bad feeling about it.

7️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ ►[2025-February-06 19:34:33]◄

We rode WV-19 from Summersville to Nettie, where we switched to County Road 20. It was after passing Rupert where we switched to WV-60. Before reaching Sam Black Church we switched to Interstate 64, passing near Covington, VA.

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🏍️ It's during this portion of the day's ride that Felix Legion exits the state of West Virginia to ride east into the commonwealth of Virginia; that's the official name for the state of Virginia. It may be happening slowly, but Felix Legion is reaching its updated destination of Lynchburg.

7️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ ►[2025-February-07 19:38:18]◄

We continue on I-64 past Mallow, Low Moor, Selma, Clifton Forge, and Longdale Furnace before we reach Lexington. Then we pass the population centers of Buena Vista and Glasgow. We ride the Virginia Byway, also known as Elon Road.

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🏍️ The most famous Elon in the world is the billionaire known as Elon-Musk. However, he's not the first person to bear the given name "Elon"; nor is Elon just a guy's name. Finding "Elon, Virginia" on the digital map was a stroke of pure dumb luck on my part. It also turns out that there's also an "Elon, North Carolina" (not to mention Elon University). While I'm pretty certain that all were named "Elon" before the South African-turned Canadian-turned American was born on 1971-June-28, it still seems surprising to see the name in contexts not concerning The Dogefather.

7️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ ►[2025-February-08 01:03:57]◄

Between Agricola and Elon we noticed a trio of men preparing to "abuse" someone. Lionel and I led the charge toward this trio, and they scattered like cockroaches. The man left behind mouthed "Thank you" to us as we rode away.

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🏍️ Agricola is the Latin word for "farmer"; it is the basis for the word agriculture.

🏍️ The last time David Guardia-- or even Felix Legion in general-- encountered (to be very charitable) people of very questionable character was during the long day in ►Chicago, Illinois◄²⁶, US just after their ride along ►Route 66◄²⁷ came to an end. This time, they find people about to engage in the heinous act of rape (and not the kind some people fantasize about, either, since "rape fantasies" are a thing). No matter what the people-- not just the man about to be raped but also the members of Felix Legion as the unexpected saviors of that man-- think of each other had they known more about each other, this was a moment where both found themselves on the right side of the situation.

[... Tech woes 2025-February-09 through 2025-February-16...]

7️⃣2️⃣9️⃣ ►[2025-February-17 18:56:51]◄

We find lodging north of Lynchburg Regional Airport. This puts us about 2 hours away from UNC, which we will do tomorrow. Before we go to our respective rooms, I noticed that Sanjay was a bit agitated. I went to see what was up.

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🏍️ Felix Legion is nearing the end of the ride to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It's also nearing the end as a group consisting of 7 members. Once The Kids (Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi) reach UNC, Felix Legion drops to 5 members: the 4 native Iowans (►Rhonda Bella Guardia◄²⁸, the ►Brothers Marchenko◄²⁹, and ►Lindsay Etxeberria◄³⁰) and the transplant from New Jersey (David Guardia).

7️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ ►[2025-February-18 14:41:21]◄

"You OK, Triumph?" I asked Sanjay. "You seem a bit off."

"I'm not sure what's happening, either, Templar," told me. "I've been feeling this way since my phone gave up on me."

"Those things are evil, aren't they?" He laughed.

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🏍️ By this point in human history (the year we know as 2025 A. D.), we've become very experienced with mobile phones and the anxiety which results from their absence or uselessness. ►Triumph◄[^Triumph], the Felix Legion name for Sanjay Rampersad, had been experiencing device problems with his mobile phone. He has no idea ►what happened halfway around the world◄³², so he doesn't know what happened with his own family and that of his betrothed, ►Rekha Ramakrishnan◄³³. It reached a point where even ►Templar◄³⁴-- David Guardia in his role as leader of Felix Legion-- noticed how it was affecting Sanjay.

7️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ ►[2025-February-19 23:42:24]◄

"Are you ready to update the HFBM logo, Hank?"

"You tell me when, Frank, I'll do it then."

"That glitter will add the iridescence we've been discussing for a while."

"It wasn't easy getting that batch of glitter, either."

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🏍️ It's not often I show the Brothers Marchenko, ►Hank◄³⁵ and ►Frank◄³⁶, by themselves, but the reason for this zapfic entry will be revealed 15 entries from this one. This zapfic entry is also a reminder that The Twins run their own business back home, ►HFBM Customs◄³⁷.

7️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ ►[2025-February-20 15:58:12]◄

"How's that Victory, Lindsay?"

"I've gotten used to it, Rhonda."

"I know the dimensions are a bit off for you. I'll talk to Hank and Frank to see if they can adjust things for you. At worst, they take care of it back in Iowa."

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🏍️ When ►Rhonda Bella◄³⁸ met David Guardia, she was riding a ►Victory◄[^Victory] motorcycle. After she married David to become Rhonda Bella Guardia, she gave Lindsay Etxeberria the Victory as a ►gift◄[^gift-(Victory)] since she was the only one of the group not to have a motorcycle (due to how they found her in ►Portland, Oregon◄[^Portland--Oregon], US). Given Rhonda's greater than average height-- 6 feet, 7 inches (2.00 meters)-- the Victory was customized to accommodate her frame. It will need to be customized again, this time to accommodate the closer-to-average height Lindsay has. It's very likely this will need to be down when she and The Twins end their part of David's Epic Ride in ►Cedar Rapids, Iowa◄[^Cedar-Rapids--Iowa], US.