keeping sane, one word at a time
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Male; Age 25; Likes Ultimate Frisbee;
Here's a favorite quote of mine from Tropic of Cancer p.99, "I have found God, but he is insufficient. I am only spiritually dead. Physically I am alive. Morally I am free. The world which i have departed is a menagerie. The dawn is breaking on a new world, a jungle world in which the lean spirits roam with sharp claws. If I am a hyena I am a lean and hungry one: I go forth to fatten myself."
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
The Budget Expedition:
I spent last weekend in Carmanah-Walbran (CW) Provincial Park. The park was formed through a campaign led by environmental activists seeking to save the 1000 year-old sitka spruces from being clear-cut. The only way into the park is via logging roads, and along the way you're constantly reminded of this age-old logging tactic.
The trees in this park are impressive: hundreds of feet tall and covered with a glowing green moss. I've attached some pics I found on the net because I we didn't bring a working camera with us.
We managed to flat one of tires in the car on the trip. Our choice of vehicles maybe not the greatest; a pontiac bonneville is hardly at home on these roads. Luckily we had a spare. Unfortunately, about a minute after we got it on, we flatted it as well. The spare had sat too long in the trunk, and the full weight of the car broke the seal on the already partially deflated tire.
So at that point we were stranded on a logging road, and we weren't expecting much traffic. We didn't really have time to come up with a plan of action, because soon after the second flat was discovered a truck appeared. We were introduced to a pair of trappers, who showed us their martin to suppress any doubts of their skills. Anyway, they had a tire plug and pump and 15 minutes later we were on our way. Because of this mishap and the maze of logging roads we spent much of our time driving to the park, instead of hiking in it, but it was still worth it.
12:29 PM
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