Training Log Archive: bl

Alar came to Bow yesterday eve to visit/collect controls/do some training. Picked up 17 scattered flags w/o a compass for a bit extra challenge. One particular reward was a group of great blue herons taking flight from the bog. Stopped by for a glass of wine & conversation about a ski area out the door, 30' of soft dry powder in the winter (yet no snow days for school kids) and skiing thru glades most every day in some magic fairyland somewhere. 24/

C • Alar 2

Control pickup/DP. Picked up 7, first took 30' and 1.3 mi to get to. Beth had car so went out back of house which has become thicker & knarlier over the years. On & off sprinkles. Left compass home which was fine until departing second to last - was daydreaming & eventually realized I was not doing route I was supposed to be - not paying att'n & terrain went down, not up. Maybe 5' wandering under a hemlock canopy - could see pretty far, terrain looked familiar & did not. Finally, a boulder and some rocky ground not seen in a few years but could place it. 31/

Not interested in going back to house from PL. Was just pulling out cell to call when the beeper went off with its insistent, even urgent beeping - "who the *^*&(* want's me?" Nice surprise...Beth wondering where I was.

Noted a red pickup stuck in mud at the slough - rear wheels were in water, front on shore (as if backing in or driving out?), half-submerged in mud...muddle-heads....