Dateline: Mountain View, AR
Slept OK in motel parking lot. Drove away to less populated parking lot for bfast, Hit Home Depot for growler. Found propane. Headed out on rt 9 back road to Mountain View for the Syllamo trail, however it started to rain on way. Forecast is for possible strong t-storms. Stopped @ RS for beta, reiterated 2 of trail loops are closed because of January ice storm tree fall. Loops comprise almost 1/2 of system making it a 1 day ride if it doesn’t rain tomorrow.
AR is hilly. Saw several tornado shelters dug into an earth bank. I bet that tornados are such a crap shoot in that actual path is narrow. Imagine hearing a warning and then hunkering in your shelter or basement if you have 1. Imagine living in a mobile home w/ no basement and no underground shelter. What is your view on a warning?
Believe I found source of wiring problem in upper cabinet when I slide stuff towards the back a wire is forced loose.
Off to find primitive camp spot near TH.
PBS is airing a show on Appalachia tonight. If you can, see it. Cities of America have taken the land from the people by making fun of them, calling them Hill Billies and minimizing their existence. This makes it better for some of us to rartionalize mountain top removal to get @ the dirty coal underneath to fuel power plants that spue CO2 & heavy metals into the air so some of us can crank on the air conditioning and otherwise excessively consume, nay waste, the energy. Celebrate the lifestyle of these folks. Some day somebody might make fun of us citified people.
UNC won the NCAA Bball dance. Zags lost to them @ sweet 16.