Yes, I am safe, and fairly well. Another inflammation cycle has been arising for the last week, so I now only come into town when necessary.
Monday I ordered a rebuild of one of my injector pumps, and sent it off for rebuild. Hopefully it will return on or before Friday, because the campground that I am in has a 14 day limit, which is up this Sunday afternoon at 2PM.
If it does not arrive, then I will have to do some stealth camping until next Tuesday when the injector pump will surely arrive here.
Thank-you all for keeping the forum alive, and helping new people negotiate it.
The campground host lent me a book about
Meriweather Lewis(March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809), the founder of the Lewis and Clark expedition. I was surprised to find that he committed suicide 3 years after returning from his famous cross continent exploration of north America.
While it seems almost everyone wants to dismiss his suicide as caused by manic-depression, even the author of the book I read hinted at it throughout, it was; however, clear to me that he was meant for the wilderness, not for civilization. Instead of killing himself he should have just outfitted himself for another exploration, and invited people to join him, and left, and never returned, except to sell furs, then return to the wilderness.
I found, after returning from my 2 year solo wilderness retreat, that people go out of their way to bring people down, whom they believe have found something good. So, friends, live as an island unto yourself, and take refuge in the wilderness, because civilization will drive anyone mad.
