Meanderings Of An Abject Fool

Woke up at redundant Thing bout early is nobody on the road. Another thing is it extremely difficult to find way down a mountain by touch. I have found several modern conditions to help with orienteering however. none of them are GPS you can’t call people unless you do a crazy dance and if satellite is not overhead you just look foolish.

Chances are at top you gonna be on lose gravel. Go from memory, not my strong suit unless it’s about something no one but me cares about. Soonish or not it’ll sturdy up a bit with less potholes but still gravel.

Then and this when it becomes easier you will spot a bridge. They only are built to get somewhere that could be civilized. After all emergency services needs them.

Once over still little gravel(no signs till a bit later) but soon it’s an actual road with pavement and everything. Good sign but not final. Drive on that for a bit if changes back to gravel you missed a turnoff.

Then you’ll spot occasional road signs that may just say don’t enter private property. This is good people other than park people are alive you are getting closer.

Once you see yellow lines on pavement it’s gonna be groovy. Highway department ain’t going where no one else goes there’s no point.

The final and best sign is one that says road adopted by the elks or rotary club or a local politician. What’s the point of doing something charitable if no one knows.

Your home free by that I mean a gas station nearby and that spells civilization.

Filled up the tank this time I was 3/4 down and I hate that. On the road to the northern cascades with a couple sites along the way.

Drive bout 3 hours when it hit as luck would have it near a rest stop Ran in and saw perfection in the shape of a toilet bowl.

Before camp I stopped for gas cause I ain’t getting stuck up high for an empty tank. Words to live by. Hiking only fun due to the sights and sounds. A face full of gravel and exhaust are neither.

Back up new mountain to set up camp call dentist with assistance from sister filling out questionnaire and then set up camp for evening.

It’s oodles of work just to screw up bumper.