Tomorrow I will have been on the road for 12 days, and If I could afford it, I would just live on the road. All someone would have to do is give me a couple thousand a month. Right.
I found out that if you mess with the settings on your GPS you could wind up sitting in front of a closed gate on a gravel road, when you should be on a paved country road. :)
I also passed a cow that was cleaning off her brand new calf. At a local restaurant, I saw a man that looked 80 and could barely get around. I wish I would be his companion and help him.
Later on the two lane road to Burns, Oregon, I was in back of a fertilizer truck, and he was so fast I could not keep up with him. So, i let him go on his merry way. Later as I drove up the canyons, I could see the ditches for the old style flood irrigation. There were rail road tracks that I later found out where used to haul the thousands of Sheep to market in Boise from the Burns, Oregon area.
The best thing about it was that there were few people and those I did meet were nice
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Sounds wonderful, Gwen.
Sounds wonderful, Gwen. Sometimes getting away for a while can do a soul good.
There is a lot of great literature about or inspired by road trips. Perhaps you'll find some new inspiration for writing or life on the highways and byways.
Kris
{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}
wish
wish I was with you.
robert
Adventures or mistakes ?
One thing about traveling in remote areas is you have to depend on the protection of God and the wisdom that he gives you. I was trying to travel and avoid freeways, and I have maps, I changed the setting on my GPS from "fastest" to "most direct". So, the unexpected consequence of that is I wound up on country roads that I love and then the road suddenly changed to gravel, and then a narrow track with no gravel. At this point I knew I was going to have to backtrack. And, suddenly there was a closed gate across my path. On the way out, I could see what looked like the highway on a hill side above me and almost drove up another dirt track, but later found out it was a large irrigation canal.
Finally, I surrendered to my GPS and restored the normal settings and in a half hour I was in remote Vale, Oregon. These are not mistakes, but adventures. They only become mistakes when I can not dig myself out with the shovel in my boot, or I get two flat tyres.
A man is talking about marrying me. I wonder if he will join in the fun, or make me sit in the passenger seat and behave? :(
Backcountry driving
Gwen, just be careful. Getting a flat in the middle of nowhere is no joke, especially given how tight the garages do up your wheel nuts.
I do an 80 mile dirt road journey the other day. I didn't see one other person. Agreed about the cows and their newborn. Other than that... empty and so,so quiet and peaceful. About halfway along, I found a nice tree so I parked underneath it and had a nice sleep. No A/C blasting away== bliss.
Now I'm back in civilisation (a.k.a Durango, CO). A tourist hell-hole if there ever was one. Shame really but that is now it goes.
Samantha
93 Dodge Ram 250 Cummins
In 93' my X bought me this truck that had been built up to be a snow plow at a local ski place. She told me that she got it for me to make me more masculine. We made one trip into the wilds and had a flat. The next week we were at the tyre shop and replaced the factory 4 ply tyres with 10 ply steel belted tyres. It was not for the weight capacity but to increase flat resistance, and in 175,000 miles, I never had another flat.
I'm now driving a 2011 Corolla, so that greatly restricts my natural tendency toward adventure. I have that funny little spare, and I was going to purchase another tyre and rim so I would have two spares, but it just never happened. I also have a 4 way spanner in my boot, and a small shovel. I did however neglect to bring good shoes, though I did bring some pants. :)
Durango, Co
I looked it up on Google and it appears to be a Californicated Sissy Tourist Trap. :) I spent three days in Arco, Idaho last week and I am certainly glad that it was not August. There are a couple old style country restaurants there that were wonderful.
G