Meanderings Of An Abject Fool

Got a ride from sister 9-10 I don’t really recall as I had other things on my mind. Went groovy for a bit making good time, walking and thinking. “Optimism” for me was fairly high meaning it wasn’t in the toilet. Good luck is nothing but bad luck with a time delay.

While it was drizzling all morning it wasn’t bad until it was. Came on slow and steady. The rain’ every moment a little bit more not exponential but always a little bit more. While never a deluge it always increased until there was no way i was going not going to walk, think any more that day.

Or so i thought. Not in a rural area and huge need for a shower camping was out of the question. On this my first night i needed a bed, shower and to let the clothes on my bake dry.

As for the thinking and walking it takes more of both just to find a bed and this wasn’t necessarily the type i was thinking of. i was in an industrial area and could find no place to look for lodging not an overhang or awning in site and every time I used the phone all i got was a jumble of Xs As and the occasional z from the ever constant droplets of rain on my keyboard.

Found a gas station got inside and phone just about out of juice i asked a customer for nearby lodgings. Bout a mile down the road past the high school. 20 minutes I was there and they weren’t full. Got a room, also a discount as the front desk clerk so me and my hiking trailer on her way to work earlier and thought that was neato. Room card in hand I lugged my trailer to second floor, nothing available on first and went to room. Stripped of wet clothing, hooked up phone for charging, i need background noise so found a news channel turned off the lights and went to bed that was approximately 6.

It’s morning as i write the bout 530 or so my watch says I’ve been up for an hour or so. Need to double check my route and pack up and get on the road/trail.

Good morning