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                        The warping of space and time

Saturday, I spent ten hours at my high school's 30 year reunion (which I
didn't blog about because other than the participants, who wants to read
about a bunch of people you don't know? Also, what happens at Las Vegas stays
at Las Vegas). Sunday was the every-other-week D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)
game (which I don't blog about because other than the participants, who wants
to read about a bunch of people you don't know pretending to slay dragons?
Especially when said players don't slay the dragon?). Monday was an eleven
hour drive to Brevard [1] (which, unlike the previous two days, I did blog
about because who doesn't want to see a stuffed alligator wearing an American
flag [2]?). It all finally caught up with me. I went to bed early (well,
early for me). I reluctantly got up late (well, still early for me, but given
the time I went to bed, it was late).

[The view from our pourch. Real trees! Shade! And we don't have to worry
about alligators as there are none around here for miles! But there are bears
..] [3]


Bunny and I had lunch at the Pisgah Fish Camp (and here I would include a
link to the website, but apparently, The Pisgah Fish Camp is so busy serving
up good food, they don't have time for a pesky website). But while the
experience there was pretty typical (order and eat good food—seriously, the
fish there is good) the experience getting there is anything but. It's odd,
but space and time are warped here in Brevard. It seemed like a long drive to
the Pisgah Fish Camp (and on one of the walls is a quote from the founder—
“people called me crazy and said no one would drive this far out of Brevard
for a meal.”) and yet—it was only four miles! Heck, Bunny and I drive farther
than that just to our nearest IHOP (International House of Pancakes) [4], and
that doesn't seem all that far for us. But here? It seemed like a long drive.

Traffic here is also weird. There is much less traffic here than back in
Lower Sheol. And yet, it's still annoying. I'll pull up to a clear
intersection, and just as I'm about to turn, an enevitable train of cars just
moseying along the road materializes out of nowhere, too close together to
make a safe turn, far enough apart to trick you into thinking you can make a
safe turn, but no, you can't.

[1] http://www.brevardnc.org/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2017/08/14.1
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2017/08/15/View.jpg
[4] http://www.ihop.com/

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