Imagine me standing on the hood of a UTV proceeding down the side
of a highway. The wind catches the light
jacket that I’m wearing, sending it into a series of cool looking flutters as I
stare down the invasives from behind my impenetrable shades. That’s pretty much what happened today, only
I was in a seat as safety regulations didn’t approve of my Captain Jack Sparrow-esque
introduction. Both UTVs are operational
again, so we were zooming all over the place blasting Teasel and Spotted
Knapweed wherever it dared to show up. I
love being the gunner—turns out all of those quarters spent playing House of
the Dead and Time Crisis in the arcades of my youth were coins well spent! My accuracy was impeccable if I do say so
myself… and I do.
Driving was fun too but UTVs aren’t nearly as mobile as ATVs. Their turning radius is horrendous and I’m
pretty sure the breaks on the one I was operating were shot as we were getting
sucked into a ditch even with the brake pedal all the way to the floor. Thanks to some quick thinking on Liana’s
part, I took charge of the wheel and the brake while she took over the gas and
we managed to reverse out of nature's tractor beam. Excellent team work! Anyways, despite both the vehicles being
healthy we still needed to send someone up on the bluffs to scout it out. On one such tour of duty I came across some
snakes, all of which were a solid darker color.
I’ve found that I do not scare easily so long as I know where the danger
is coming from and what the danger is.
Serpents have this nasty habit of employing stealth though so, not going
to lie, they got my heart beating a bit quicker than it is used to.
In other news,
we just finished a game called “We Didn’t Playtest This At All.” Look it up if you have a moment. The game’s mechanics are a bit wonky as you
usually have a winner before everyone even has a chance to play a card, but I
will admit it was amusing. Well that’s
all for tonight folks. Good night!
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