Sunday, September 04, 2011
More obstacles
OK, first thing you need to know is that this is a picture of the road Google directed me to use. This is where all the bullshit started this morning. I was able to get around this body of water by finding a route through the forest. (And yes, this is a forest, not just "woods.") But over the next hour or so, I had to find my way across/around 14 more of these things. As you can see by the fallen trees spanning the road in two different places, no one uses this road. That's why I wanted to make sure people knew where I was. I can't even tell you how many ways I could have gotten hurt back there, especially in my gimpy condition. Honestly, I don't even know how I made it beyond the first ten miles out of Portland, and I certainly don't know how my legs manage to transport me and my gear over ten miles every day, with my mileage increasing every day (13 miles yesterday).
Holy shit, that muddy road-lake is insane! Is there a way to make Google give you a route that doesn't include such rural roads?
ReplyDeleteWhen you get to Connecticut, I can give you route advice if you want, since I spent 36 of my 39 years of life there (and being such a small state, I know most of the major roads).