Mill Sites and the view....
The sun always has that bright glare when you look out from an unlit place
you might have to walk a little which is a lost art...
A prospectors cabin
A little pink paint to brighten it up all
I carry a gun when Im out . you never know when your going to run into a thief or someone tearing things up, a drug lab, or some hinkey situation... those bullet holes didnt get into whats left of the walls by accident.. and sometimes the assholes think its a fine opportunity for robbery or sport if your alone..... a few years back my camp at Roseavelt lake got surrounded by some guys...who had fun in mind till they heard me work the slide on my 12 gauge then I heard one say oh shit hes got a shot gun.... which wasn't exactly what they had to say earlier... then it was "what you got for us old man" I guess deer slugs wasn't good enough....
People dissapear all the time..so you kinda need to be on your toes and fairly alert.. avoid guys carrying rifles, places giving off chemical smells...more people than you can deal with in a brawl...look out for snakes and mine shafts.. don't get stuck in the sand.. take lots an lots of water even in winter... there isn't any 911.. besides they only show up "after" its over
Last week there were shots fired when I was in town about the time I was getting ready to sleep before driving to Phoenix.........I asked some about it when I got back......I was told it took over an hour for anyone to show up....
Out here, it would take days if ever, so one needs to be ready for whatever.... not that Im twitchy or paranoid about it... thats just how it is... like wearing a flotation vest on a boat..
Great pics, love the light and dark interplay, and just seeing more views of the area you roam.
ReplyDeleteAgree with the gun thing, back in the day giving knowledge of carrying was enough to defuse a couplefew sticky situations.
Perversly, in the UK the further you get from towns, phones and authority response times, the safer you are, except from natural hazards, we got mineshafts, but the only venomous snake is rare, scared and its venom rarely causes problems before medical help can be saught, guess its not all bad here.......