Death Valley

at some point in the next few hours
there is going to be crisis

but right now is pretty awesome
i am at a camp spot called emigrant
somewhere in death valley

in just the few seconds
the above words were typed
my screen has been swarmed by bugs

it is an eight spot campground
was lined up to be number eight
but turned a few feet too soon
a car rode up behind me and took the last spot
but made my own right next to them
a few more cars pulled up after me

just a big area
and people setting up tents behind their cars

am sitting the chair that was threatened
with goodwill abdanoment
glad that i waited
am not in my car because it is still 105 out
there is a breeze
maybe will move to the back seat in a few hours
i have the car windows all open

just across the way is mr knowitall
i can hear him correcting people
how there are no falling stars

after I checked out this morning
headed to the hoover dam
it was pretty cool
drove over it and took photos from both sides
but couldn’t stop ontop of it
because there was nowhere to park
and it was way too hot to walk where i could

stopped at walmart to get more granola
and a case of water just in case

stopped in parumph
which is the site the aliens attack in mars attack

got a “bobby” sub at place called c- something
will have to look it up in the morning
but it started in Delaware
basically a day after thanksgiving sub

debated at staying at the walmart there
but it was so early and hot

so i headed on
good thing filled up because gas is over $5 here

with the sun getting ready to set
decided to go to z-something point
rather than badwater
didn’t want to get caught in the dark with no clue

right before the z-point
stopped to pee
and saw my first people in an hour
asked if they were headed to z
and they said sure why not
they were from great britain
asked where I was from
said cleveland
asked what I was doing out here
said
quit my job and wanted to see what I haven’t seen
this excited them
o cool that’s awesome
people keep saying that
quitting a job in this economy
is not to be celebrated

anyway we drove the short ride to z
and out of nowhere
there was 70 people there
watching the sunset
it was pretty cool
video taped the sunset
and it just so happened my alarm went off
so during the video
always look on the bright side of life
the song sung by eric idle as he is being crucified
in life of brian
is playing

wont be able to post this obviously til who know when
doubt there any many mcdonalds in death valley and yosemite
saw the high was expected to be 111 today in death valley
while yosemite has lows of 30 all week
bugs are starting to eat me
gonna spray again

next day edit
sleeping outside would have been perfect
for two things
germans are everywhere
they are loud and they dont shut up
and the wind picked up
and my chair wouldnt stay upright

the back seat of the car was brutal hot
even with every window open
one time i sat up startled and when i put my head back down
the pillow was so wet
it was like i put it in the shower

but i made it through the night
without having to poop
in the pitch black desert
so that was a plus