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  1. I appreciate the wisdom you are sharing in this series, and eagerly check in each morning to see what you are sharing. Thank you!

    I want to add a couple of suggestions for your in-hotel consideration. As an aging female, I always carry a couple of the little lights that plug in to an outlet and illuminate in the dark (only). This aids in nighttime bathroom trips, but would be helpful in a power outage, too. Also, in addition to my flashlight on the nightstand, I always sleep with a head lamp around my neck. This is not uncomfortable, and always assures that I have a light ready for immediate use in an unfamiliar sleeping location. This allows me to sleep well!

  2. I am enjoying this series. Getting out and about at your hotel location can really provide a lot of intell and a little exercise. My Wife and I took a little walk while staying in a city unfamiliar to us. We literally rounded a corner and saw one of the largest tent cities I have ever seen. It filled a city park.
    OPSEC kicked in as the moment we saw the park the park saw us. So during your walk about keep your antenna up.

    One addition to Amy’s excellent comment above. I always keep my shoes right by the bed.
    In the event of an explosion, seismic event, or other disruption you do not want to walk barefoot on broken glass before you start your trek. At home I keep hard sole house slippers by the bed.

    Oh yea, I always read Psalm 23 when I get to the hotel.

  3. Re: traveling day or night. In most big cities, and I mean big cities that tend to be dangerous, the most dangerous time is between about 4 PM to 3 AM. The safest time is after 3 AM to about noon or a little after. In a WROL environment this same kind of trend would be true in smaller cities and towns as well. Generally the bad guys feel empowered in the dark but they usually go to sleep late and get up late.

  4. The last trip I made to Denver, I planned an alternate route around the city and back to Wyoming using maps, google maps, and google satellite views. When I left town, I ran the route to compare the plan to reality…It wasn’t a disaster, but it was an eye opener. Many obstacles that were not obvious on paper or from the air became blatant. Streets that didn’t go thru, one ways, overpasses that were instead, cross streets and of course, construction.
    I thank you for a good article, many of your suggestions I have always used from my days as ‘road warrior.’

  5. In the Summer of 1967 I was riding a motorcycle from Oregon to Massachusetts. There were a few anti-war riots in a few Eastern cities. You could see a column of smoke rising in the distance from the unleashed mob burning something. I was passing through Ohio on I-70 and needed gas. I pulled off the highway onto one of the exits near on in Columbus. I inadvertently got into a rough part of town and with no gas stations in sight I was looking for a way back to the highway. From the corner of my eye I spotted some movement on my right and looked in time to see a young man throw a broom stick at my front wheel. Clearly if it had entered between my spokes I would have crashed and destroyed the wheel too. I touched the brake just enough to see the broomstick pass just in front of my wheel. That quick folks! Perhaps 2-3 seconds from start to finish that could have been a disaster. How do you prep for that?

    1. Nothing but instinct i suppose. Had a gun pulled on me by a group of heathens when i was a teenager. One pulled a gun and the other grabbed my face, my truck was surrounded on both sides by 6 of them. I dont remember even initiating my body to move but i gunned it and fish tailed onto the road. Maybe it was just pure luck but i jetted into traffic without getting hit and sped away. It was my mistake i was there, i should have known better, looking back there was plenty of signs.

      That experience stuck with me more than two tours overseas on situational awareness.

  6. JMD, Thank you for these informative articles.

    I’m adding that hand-held Bear Cat scanner to my shopping list.

    Respectfully,
    Billy

    “Salvation is of the LORD.” -Jonah 2:9c [KJV]

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