I was xmas and Hannukka shopping in this mall. Mall map said 'YOU ARE HERE' I didn't want to be 'here.'I want to be at Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon flirting with a Havasupi girl making bluecorn johnny cake. Later we went to a Christmas tree lot. Last time I went to a xmas tree lot I got lost and hugged a doug fir. This lady noticed me as the lot attendant was tieing it onto her roof rack. I Cut my way free with my RSK. It wasn't paracord. Trouble with Topos of any resolution there's a new Walmart smack dab in the middle of the trail route. And if not, just stop long enough to change your moleskin and socks. Some security guard just out of San Quentin will threaten you with arrest for trespassing.Thats how fast the real world is getting 'developed.' Topos can be marvelous things regardless of actual usefullness. Noted grizz expert Doug Peacock carried one from home while a medic in 'Nam.When things got bad he would stare at the tiny placenames and visualise the wild country waiting for him.


Edited by Chris Kavanaugh (12/22/07 03:03 AM)