Friday, October 4, 2013

Sanity in my Wheelhouse



As the winds of autumn begin to blow through the quickly changing leaves the inevitability of winter is indisputable. Having lived for a time in a tropical environment, I’ve come to appreciate the changing of the seasons, but the long, drawn-out Midwestern winter is something which I dread more and more with each passing year. My seasonal work means Winter’s depressing cold and discomfort is amplified through the gnawing prism of boredom and cabin fever. I can work on projects in the shop, but the rest of the dismal season is spent reading books I‘ve already read, listening to the radio and perusing the increasingly redundant internet. Finally, I sit drooling, shitting small calcium pellets into a bowl of warm goat’s milk, staring at the sinister, oversized clock hanging on the hovel wall which marks the passing of time by taunting me with its unrelenting second hand. Mocking my plight by driving its ticking madness deep into my troubled psyche.

I’ve taken winter bike trips before, but like last year’s ill-fated journey, they can be sometime less than pleasant. So next week I will go in search of a small camper that can be pulled behind my tiny Ranger pickup. With luck I can stick my V-strom in the truck bed and go where the weather suits my clothes with some type of semi-comfortable headquarters.

7 comments:

  1. Better strap down those geranium's before you take off.

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  2. Or you could just call up one of your Kitchen Babes and bang your way outta the winter blues. But I guess solo camping in a trailer is fun too.

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  3. Shit, was gonna leave something partially worthwhile . . . until I read 'better strap down those geraniums', now it's all gone to hand in a hellbasket, dayum.

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  4. Agreed, nice B.C.
    But I'm thinking more than just geraniums will be falling off of that rig when it starts rolling.

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  5. May I suggest checking out some of the links to expedition-outdoor-adventure that I have included over at my blog world...Thank you for stopping by and for the nice comment!
    Adios!
    IV

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  6. Nice Okie-rig.Could use a wash and a shine-up.

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  7. I'd like to run it through a car wash and see what was left on the other end. Probably just the geraniums.

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