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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

my week on the parkway

During spring break, I decide to spend a week on the parkway, as everyone was stressing me out, and I needed relief. I packed my camping supplies, which consists of tarps, some rope, fishing gear, handbooks for outdoor survival(for reference) my hammock, a tent, and some pots and pans( for boiling water, as I have no water filter.) I set out on my bike in the early morning, and rode down winklers creek road, until I got to Bass Lake. After chaining my bike to a tree and hiding it with some brush, I started walking straight through the woods, until I got to Price park. There are some blackberries on the hill in the back of this park, so I went and picked all that I could, even though they were not ripe. They were still food, and I was not sure how long my dry food would last.  There is a small pond across from there, and I decided to set up camp in the woods behind that pond, well out of the way of anyone who would try to prevent me from camping( it is illegal to camp on the parkway) After hanging my dried food in a tree, I went fishing, and caught my dinner, which I proceeded to fry ( being careful to conceal the light of my fire, as well as the smoke). I then turned in for the night, which was uneventful.
I woke up to the sound of an over curious person wondering what I was doing. I had a small panic attack, until I realized that this person was not a park ranger,. After briefly telling him that I was spending the week on the parkway, I took off, not anxious to wait until a ranger came,which may have been called. I did not want to take the chance of getting a ticket. I hiked through the woods on the tanahwa trail, until i reached rough ridge, where I  proceeded to climb, for a good amount of time. I have been to rough ridge before, and knew that there was a way to climb under the small boulders halfway up the trail, so I did not bother keeping track of time. I set up camp there and slept.
After packing everything up the next morning, Iset out again. I climbed back to the top of rough ridge, and continued hiking past it, something I have never done before. I found many good climbing places, which i tried, yet it was not long before other people started to come out in droves. So, I started hiking again, backtracking until I reached rough ridge, and turning back onto the tanahwa trail. I hiked until I reached Ship Rock. I decided I wanted to climb it, and spent all day trying to do so. Once it got dark, I set out again, hoping to find a less obvious spot for camping, and found one not five minutes later, in a small crevice one has to crawl into in order to enter. Once inside, I found that there was plenty of room, and pitched my tent. It was easy to make a fire and to conceal it in such a place, so I ate the rest of my fish and went to sleep. Once again, the night was uneventful.
I woke up, and started heading back, as it was thursday. I did not stop to climb, as I was strapped for time. I spent that night at price park, and set out the next morning, reaching my bicycle before afternoon. i spent that night camping near bass lake, in order to regain my strength for the long ride back, as I had exhausted it all on climbing and hiking. I ate all the blackberries, and most of my dried food, knowing i would be back at my apartment the next night.
I reached my apartment the next evening.

1 comment:

  1. I bet you were exhausted in that great "I'm going to sleep so well" way. Do you ever think that you could maybe just live outside moving around from place to place like the hobos of the Great Depression? I think you'd enjoy the videos on YouTube by Primitive Technology. Here is a link you can paste to my favorite one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73REgj-3UE.

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