US Forest Service going away - 9 billion dollar budget in 2022 to do what exactly?
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I love those spots.
Unfortunately they are few & far between along the east coast. I've gotta go far West to really find the kind if solace that does it for me. I really don't understand why people bring the city with them and ruin it for everyone else with the loud music, carrying on like an animal and generally being the antithesis of the setting... Like go to a casino if you're going to act that way.
I used to love driving 4x4 along the dirt roads near the Continental divide... plenty of "Fourteeners" with clouds whizzing by your head and the possibility of snow in the summer. The perfect spot to take your time and cook those elk backstraps you've been saving... and of course, perfecting your "from scratch cobbler" that can ONLY be properly made while camping. You could also flex your boy scout skills, showing your special lady friend how to cook an egg in an orange peel, or practice those whittling skills you haven't had the time to exercise... There's really something to be said about enjoying the simplicity of it all. Modern life lost the plot...
Now that I'm thinking of camping, I'm sorta missing the majestic views (and them prairie varmints!) at Glacier NP. Really a sight to see... Yellowstone was neat - but not quite as enjoyable for me as say Glacier or the Rockies...cue John Denver - but there's some real nice spots in WV too... We'd get jn the car every once in a while and just pick a direction and see where we wound up. An outdated Rand McNally map book kept me and my brothers occupied while Dad drove. Mom got some time to herself... Everybody always had a great time... and you were reminded of just how great it was when you'd get a whiff of the campfire on your jacket or shirt you didn't get around to washing yet. I'd say it smelled better than frying bacon in those days!
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I hear you fren. Campfire smell on my clothes was always an automatic flashback of a simpler more peaceful pleasure.
When I lived in So Ca I often would head to PCH and flip a coin as to which direction I would head and then just explore. Drives along the coast back then were nice. Now there are too many people with an abundance of crazy incompetent drivers and the roads are in disrepair. The excessive building has killed many of the spectacular coastal views.
Sometimes I would ride my bike with nowhere particular in mind. End up at some small hole in the wall pub or roadhouse where the people were friendly and the food was usually always great. Ah, those were the days. Fond memories for sure. As great as the coast was, it still doesn't beat being out in nature though. That kind of peaceful solitude has become a rare commodity for most of us these days. I am surprised at the numbers of people that have never ventured outside of their concrete cages. I am grateful to God for having experienced the awesomeness of His creation. Those fourteeners are spectacular!
Oh you mean like THIS? 😁
Cheers fren!
Yup, that pretty much sums it up. : )
Once I had a Taiwanese coworker that insisted she take me for a drive in her new car. She was pretty sweet and I was a young pup back then. We just went around the area where the plant was located in an industrial zone. Good thing the traffic was very light. I swore I would never again get in a car with an Asian female driver after that white knuckle experience.
I have seen plenty of videos out of China about female Chinese drivers. They are even worse than she was. There are a lot of Chinese men that refuse to allow their wives to drive their cars. Chinese men themselves aren't the greatest behind the wheel themselves so what does that tell you?
Have a great weekend.
It tells me they should stick with bicycles!