First we scope what's possible and then we scope what's practical. We eliminate astronaut training quickly because we do not possess IQ at the 180 level and we don't have two advanced university degrees. We surmise, therefore, astronaut training is probably not possible.
Review shows an easy peasy Hiking for Wimps walk is possible so then we need some practical. It's over a hundred fucking degrees out there.
(Ed: you're not an Englishman so who goes out in that noonday Sun?)
Um, hate to break that spell, Monty Python, but I am an Englishmen ... of sorts. I'm still not going out for a walk in the park at a hundred degrees, tho.
This is where metaphysical comes into it because it matters whether someplace is just pretty. Walking around the botanical gardens here is quite pretty but all that really comes after doing it is, well, that was nice. It is nice, too, but expecting religious visions is, um, impractical.
We don't look for religious visions in a pilgrimage and this one has gone on for years but visions seem to happen anyway when we're suddenly taken aback by something and it's so incredible it may even elicit tears. It doesn't even have to be a big thing, it just relates back to the Wholeness or whatever you want to call it and we see it in some special way.
The only way I know that ever happens is by wandering around and being open to it.
Pretty isn't enough by itself so it's definitely impractical to do something for that alone.
Staying with the possible, Mystery Lady is right about shoes as anything with laces is a nightmare because of busted bones. Unknown why the bone doctor said it was fine. It ain't fine. Hiking boots are better cushioned for the laces and don't so much cause the problem but they're heavier and they're hotter, both important for wandering geezers.
Timberland is my favorite because they were comfortable and it's almost impossible to wear them out.
For relatively short hikes, it's not necessary to pack much beyond enough liquid so you don't wind up a desiccated corpse. The distance has to be short because lung damage, yeah, yeah, yeah. That limits what's possible but short is still practical.
A whole lot of people decide practically everything is impossible and they shut down. It sucks for them and nothing good comes from doing it but one thing you can be sure is they will always tell you whatever you are thinking of doing is crazy.
Part of the trip is blowing past the crazy and getting down to what's really practical because it seems romantic to be cruising around in a van so you can crash in the back. That is a cool thing ... until the temperature goes up and you want some relief by opening it. Two glorious things will come at that moment: flies and / or mosquitos. Make that black flies for New England as they really hate those little biting bastards up there.
That's not said to be an asshole about rolling, you just need a touch of practical to forestall a whole lot of pain in the ass once you're out there. Sometimes rolling about in the Galactic Peace Tour truck was like being on a schooner sailing the South Pacific. It can really get like that with a wee bit of preparation.
The thinking for this never stops and it's the same with music as both push in different ways for essentially the same thing.
The operative word is adventure. Cadillac Man said it first earlier tonight. Analyze it all you like but that's really what drives any of it as some want it and some don't. Neither side will likely ever understand the other so don't try ... just go off swashbuckling or whatever you do.
The ones who call you crazy will dig the stories when you get back, assuming you do get back, but they will still think you're crazy for doing them.
Meanwhile, here's something else I found while I was wandering.
Photo by Silas along a small highway in Scotland, maybe twenty or thirty kilometers West of Edinburgh
Here's some ancient church from simpler, less ostentatious times, when there was a quiet nobility to the people in their villages and they got together for festive things like, you know, burning Joan of Arc.
(Ed: Scots didn't do that!)
Dat's a fact, Jack. Damn Englishers did that vile scurvy deed.
We will roll right past the million-dollar churchly supermarkets which offer t-shirts and parting gifts but these little ones are beautiful and are often worth the stop.
Cadillac Man is often primarily-focused on the historical aspect but we see all of it as history, even the roll of the hills which gave them an ancient look. We know the glaciers walked all over this area and that's a huge part of the geology but think of the humanity since we were alive at that time. Unknown whether humans were anywhere in Britain but it seems likely. More to be discovered about that.
Review shows an easy peasy Hiking for Wimps walk is possible so then we need some practical. It's over a hundred fucking degrees out there.
(Ed: you're not an Englishman so who goes out in that noonday Sun?)
Um, hate to break that spell, Monty Python, but I am an Englishmen ... of sorts. I'm still not going out for a walk in the park at a hundred degrees, tho.
This is where metaphysical comes into it because it matters whether someplace is just pretty. Walking around the botanical gardens here is quite pretty but all that really comes after doing it is, well, that was nice. It is nice, too, but expecting religious visions is, um, impractical.
We don't look for religious visions in a pilgrimage and this one has gone on for years but visions seem to happen anyway when we're suddenly taken aback by something and it's so incredible it may even elicit tears. It doesn't even have to be a big thing, it just relates back to the Wholeness or whatever you want to call it and we see it in some special way.
The only way I know that ever happens is by wandering around and being open to it.
Pretty isn't enough by itself so it's definitely impractical to do something for that alone.
Staying with the possible, Mystery Lady is right about shoes as anything with laces is a nightmare because of busted bones. Unknown why the bone doctor said it was fine. It ain't fine. Hiking boots are better cushioned for the laces and don't so much cause the problem but they're heavier and they're hotter, both important for wandering geezers.
Timberland is my favorite because they were comfortable and it's almost impossible to wear them out.
For relatively short hikes, it's not necessary to pack much beyond enough liquid so you don't wind up a desiccated corpse. The distance has to be short because lung damage, yeah, yeah, yeah. That limits what's possible but short is still practical.
A whole lot of people decide practically everything is impossible and they shut down. It sucks for them and nothing good comes from doing it but one thing you can be sure is they will always tell you whatever you are thinking of doing is crazy.
Part of the trip is blowing past the crazy and getting down to what's really practical because it seems romantic to be cruising around in a van so you can crash in the back. That is a cool thing ... until the temperature goes up and you want some relief by opening it. Two glorious things will come at that moment: flies and / or mosquitos. Make that black flies for New England as they really hate those little biting bastards up there.
That's not said to be an asshole about rolling, you just need a touch of practical to forestall a whole lot of pain in the ass once you're out there. Sometimes rolling about in the Galactic Peace Tour truck was like being on a schooner sailing the South Pacific. It can really get like that with a wee bit of preparation.
The thinking for this never stops and it's the same with music as both push in different ways for essentially the same thing.
The operative word is adventure. Cadillac Man said it first earlier tonight. Analyze it all you like but that's really what drives any of it as some want it and some don't. Neither side will likely ever understand the other so don't try ... just go off swashbuckling or whatever you do.
The ones who call you crazy will dig the stories when you get back, assuming you do get back, but they will still think you're crazy for doing them.
Meanwhile, here's something else I found while I was wandering.
Photo by Silas along a small highway in Scotland, maybe twenty or thirty kilometers West of Edinburgh
Here's some ancient church from simpler, less ostentatious times, when there was a quiet nobility to the people in their villages and they got together for festive things like, you know, burning Joan of Arc.
(Ed: Scots didn't do that!)
Dat's a fact, Jack. Damn Englishers did that vile scurvy deed.
We will roll right past the million-dollar churchly supermarkets which offer t-shirts and parting gifts but these little ones are beautiful and are often worth the stop.
Cadillac Man is often primarily-focused on the historical aspect but we see all of it as history, even the roll of the hills which gave them an ancient look. We know the glaciers walked all over this area and that's a huge part of the geology but think of the humanity since we were alive at that time. Unknown whether humans were anywhere in Britain but it seems likely. More to be discovered about that.
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Thanks to Lotho-this one is on my Bucket List! ML
http://utahscenictours.com/the-mighty-5-tour/
That's a win. Congrats, Lotho!
Timing is key as you can do a breathless sunrise and sunset in the same day. And a moonless night is a,star spectacular.
Another hit list would be any of the bio bays on a moonless night on a kayak
The stars, the stars. That's been an endless quest looking for the best star fields but mostly (sob) getting rained or clouded out. So the trip is Utah for the Perseids.
Whoa, that might even be possible.
Leonids or Geminids are both rather productive and in cooler months
The perseids start this week and peak in about 4 weeks
Rats, I thought they were a bit later as it's belting hot just now. Texas should be good for it but DFW is a gigantic dual city smogfest plus loads of city light. Haze is almost always highly limiting. Unknown how far outside the city would be necessary to escape that. It might even be a hundred miles but it could be a highly kozmikal payoff.
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