Lost

Lost... is good!
The difference comes down to getting lost as opposed to being lost.

We felt like it was time to get lost. So... we did. We went up into the mountains of S.Cal and found this little town, which was having an apple festival. Seems there are apple orchards all down in the valley here and it just happened that we came upon the place in season. So we caught the place having it’s blowout weekend. We had caramel covered apples, apple cider and a slice of boysenberry apple pie with two scoops of old fashioned vanilla ice cream heaped on top! Spectacular. It was so good that we bought a fresh jug of cider and a whole pie to take back with us.

Later we disappeared into the woods after dark and just sat a little while listening to the sound of crickets in the dark. I also just marveled at the sky a while. It has been so long since I have seen that many stars above. I also lost count of all the deer we had seen along the way. I took a few snapshots of them. They seemed content to just observe us as we sauntered about their world for a moment. We also came across an army of wild turkeys. There had to be a hundred of them. There were several large 'Toms' [males] who were gobble-gobbling to the others, which I assumed to be mostly females. They made their way past some guy's barn and near a small pond and then out of sight. However, we could still hear them.

I think I am having my fill of living by the beach. We returned tonight to yet another local Saturday night debauchery happening here. Seems a carnival breezed into town and set up at the park just down the street. We were greeted by banners declaring Octoberfest and beset on all sides by intoxicated pedestrians literally stepping directly and deliberately in front of our vehicle as we made our way past. Absolutely astounding… Some people are completely unaware.

Yes… a cabin in Norman Rockwellville would be much preferred tonight over the idiotic binge drinking retardedville tent city, which has invaded our beach.

So there you have it. The difference is clear. My wife and I escaped 'civilization' a short while in order to get lost, only to return to 'civilization' and witness the mass exodus of the truely lost diminishing themselves even further into being lost.

I wonder how much a moving truck costs to rent, one way to Texas…. Hmm…