About your trip being so "ok" and all ... weren't there some forests on fire in that area or something??? Started by some out of state family making Smores or something? Or did you even notice the smoke and flames in your rear view mirror???
It was the only way to keep the Prairie dogs from attacking...
"I made the wall of shadow draw back, beyond desire and act, I walked on.
Oh flesh, my own flesh, woman whom I loved and lost, I summon you in the moist hour, I raise my song to you."
