List: Travels with Bear | Curated by James Michael Wilkinson

Jan 15, 2024
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Travels with Bear
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — EpilogueSo, here we are—the end of Travels With Bear (TWB). I started writing in June 2022. Today marks the end of my 22-month story and saga…
Jan 15, 2024
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Jan 15, 2024
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXXThe Final Ride
Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXIXFebruary 19, 1977. I will never forget that date, as long as I live. That is when the journey back home began. It was met with some somber…
Dec 18, 2023
Dec 18, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXVIIIPete screamed in pain! “David! You sorry bastard! You shot me in my leg! I’m bleeding to death! Get me help! Please!” Pete yelled at me. I…
Dec 11, 2023
Dec 11, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXVIII didn’t have to turn around to know who it was. It was Pete, and he had a gun pointed at me. Of course, I had left my gun in the shed…
Dec 4, 2023
Dec 4, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXVAs the days slowly went by, we all managed to try to let the murder of Angel and the threat of Pete take a backseat in our lives. There…
Nov 20, 2023
Nov 20, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXVII was not able to work for 3 days after my encounter with Pete and my pants catching on fire. I had minor burns. But it was painful. It…
Nov 27, 2023
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Nov 27, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXIVAs I was looking at Angel's smile, I felt what I thought was a mist of water spattering on the right side of my face. I quickly took my…
Nov 13, 2023
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Nov 13, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXIIIOnce again, I found myself being interviewed by police on this journey of mine. Danny Cushman was watching his business and his entire…
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXIIt is now the second week of December 1976. Danny’s delivery business was really taking off. He hired more delivery drivers to meet the…
Oct 23, 2023
Oct 23, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXVIIITo say I was surprised would be perhaps the understatement of my life. I was shocked and completely stunned.
Oct 2, 2023
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Oct 2, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXI looked at Angel in complete surprise. “You want me to stop going out with Luna because I’m white, Angel? Seriously? Do you know how that…
Oct 16, 2023
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Oct 16, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXIXPete threw an overhand right at me. I ducked, but not quick enough. His punch grazed my chin. It was enough to knock me off balance, and I…
Oct 9, 2023
Oct 9, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXXII“That’s far enough, Pete. You are not supposed to be here. You know that! Now get in your car and get out!” I said. Pete stopped. “I ain’t…
Oct 30, 2023
Oct 30, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXVIIIt was now a week after arriving in Newnan, Georgia. It was the first week of November. I was slowly recovering from the worst trip I had…
Sep 25, 2023
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Sep 25, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXIVThe snow had finally and suddenly stopped. But all the roads, including the interstate, were covered in ice. On two wheels, that was…
Sep 4, 2023
Sep 4, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXVIAs I said in the last part of this adventure, I was at a campsite about 15 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina. The campsite owner…
Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXVAs I waved goodbye to South Hill, I focused on the problem directly in front of me. The interstate was a mess of ice, with cars traveling…
Sep 11, 2023
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Sep 11, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXIIII could not be happier as I got the news the mechanic had miraculously found a carburetor for my 1972 Triumph 650. I was within a couple…
Aug 28, 2023
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Aug 28, 2023
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David Weldy
Travels With Bear — Part LXI slept that night in a really soft bed. I slept from about midnight to 9 AM the next morning. Jerry Winters, my old Navy buddy, woke me…
Aug 7, 2023
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Aug 7, 2023
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