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| Spider webs by our "campsite" |
After much going back and forth, oscillating and undulating, a car trip to the mountains to see the “eclipse” was planned. They were totally excited, poor dears, about totally seeing “totality".
So they pack me in a car. It’s a nice Nissan SUV this time, not the usual cheapest cheap thing they normally rent me.
We drove. And we drove. And then we drove some more. Much elation was communicated as we passed something called the “Peach-oid” in Gaffney, SC, which apparently is President Underwood’s hometown. Anyway, a hotel stop! What joy! But wait, our normal La Quinta king bed is somehow distressingly disappointing. Ugh, can’t they follow directions! I like LQ, not Red Roof Inn! Oh bother.
On the road again. Into the mountains now, lots of trees and smells. Now a dirt road! They are getting adventurous. At the end, it’s (oh God, save me) a campground! But all the sites are full! A nice lady…she must be nice because when I bark at her like a demon she isn’t put off…says everyone has planned their eclipse experience for years in advance. But there’s a field we can hike to and sleep in. What?????
We park the car and march off to the field, which is miles away. It’s pretty here and there’s a little waterfall. The humans are too lazy to walk their tent to the field. We sleep in the car off of the road, which isn’t too bad because that’s where our food is. And even though they fail at most everything, they did remember to bring my bed this time.
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| The galley |
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| Let the hike begin! |
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| First waterfall. Not good enough. |
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| Second waterfall. Not gonna work. |
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| Third waterfall. Still not there! |
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| Final waterfall, thank goodness! |
It was sunny and seemed like a good idea for everyone to go swimming in the waterfall pools. Darling Dearest Daddy inflates our lazy lounge bag and we chilled while eating crackers, cheese and salami. I may have dozed off, it was a long hike. When I awoke the lounge had deflated and our bums were on the ground. Then I realized the sun had gone and it was very cold, what with being wet and all.
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| What, you don't have a couch in the middle of nowhere? |
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| Watching Apollo. He better stay away from our crackers / pinhole viewer that, ha, we didn't need! |
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| It got dark. Exciting. |
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| After "the eclipse".....has my life changed? No. More cheese, please! |
