The other day I went with a few friends to visit another friend of ours. Our friend Carly tells us that her house is only 15 minutes from the freeway. We are doing the caravan thing, following Carly and after about 15 minutes we notice that we are beginning to ascend up into this mountainous range. We are taking turn after turn, some left turns some right turns, but always climbing upward as if we were about to start driving through cloud or something crazy. I think we even passed a couple of mt. goats who were jocking for position on a steep ledge. Any way after what seems like a climb a small mountain, we come to a lovely little flat land that contained a little village or neiborhood of some sorts. Lovely place it is.
The point being had we not followed a native of that area to their own stomping grounds we never would have been able to make the trip without some sort of gps unit.
So we had a good time at this lovely little villa in the mountains and as it came time for us to return we realized that we would have to decend down the treacherous mountain side without the likes of a guide. Should we, at one point or another, choose the wrong path we would surely plummit to our death. So we ask our host how we should go about getting back safely without getting lost and she said, "Just go back the way we came." Like it was the easiest thing in the world. Then she says, "If you get lost just call for help."
I'm thinking to myself, self why didn't prepare for the trip a little better and hire out a sherpa who could help us navigate the perilous mountain in which you can only find your way if you were lived in the area since the time you were a papus.
Why in the world do people need to distance themselves from the rest of the world so much that they would go and settle a little community miles away from civilization. Maybe I'm a little unadventurous but if you need to have your friends and other visitors hire a sherpa just so they can get to and from you home I think that's were I would draw the line.
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Josh, c'mon. Was it really that bad? I mean I was all blazed out of my mind from that water and still was able to give the Bruce directions. We made it out fine. What's the big deal? Sounds like you need a lady with some navigation skills.
Ok, I admit... I was probably asleep. i didn't help with directions at all.
What's a "papus?" It sounds kind of bad, whatever it is. Just kidding. I know what it is. Hey, that was funny. It's too bad I didn't go on this adventure; I could have navigated, I think. I sherpa as a side job...it's just something I'm good at. I know what your thinking: one more thing T.J.'s good at! Well, I'm just good at everything; especially, blogging! Oh, by the way, nice blog.
Ain't it the truth, man. I'm telling all of you, it was a lot of turns with few landmarks to aid us on our way. The things we'll do for brownies....
i'll do anything for brownies.
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