Not a single other human visible from horizon to horizon. No cell service, either

This may be the first time my “happy place” is not a metaphor

As you can probably see from the featured image, not a human visible from horizon to horizon. No cell service, either. It took me 10 weeks to prepare enough to try this again, as I worked to eliminate the pain points I identified from my first trip:

  • Problem: I forgot to bring a long lighter, and the wind made using a shorter lighter a… non-starter. Solution: the most wind-proof stove with a piezo-electric igniter. Worked perfectly! (Also got the 5-lb propane tank so I don’t have to keep using disposable one-pounders)
  • Problem: cheap cooler filled with ice still had ice, but everything had thawed. Solution: dry ice.
  • Problem: when packing up to leave, rolling the tent and sleeping bag back into their stuff-sacks was an exhausting pain-in-the-ass. Solution: a few large gym-ball-bags, mesh.
Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
This rainbow was short but bright
The biggest ghost crab who found the shade under my truck
Making his burrow deeper
First and last time I camp near a mile marker
Don’t camp near these mile markers, that’s where folks don’t clean up their trash like they should
This fella kept coming back to the shade under my truck
A few miles further south than last time

Oh, looks like that panorama above isn’t showing the edges. So, here it is again:

Not a single other human visible from horizon to horizon. No cell service, either