{"id":811,"date":"2010-08-07T21:18:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T04:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=811"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:09:44","slug":"out-in-the-boonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/out-in-the-boonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Out In The Boonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I strapped on the GPS and headed out into the middle of nowhere, today seemed like a good day to do just that.<br \/>\nParked next to an old water truck that had license plates from 1960 on it, didn&#8217;t figure anybody would be by to move the truck today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ParkingLot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-812\" title=\"Parking Lot\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ParkingLot.jpg\" alt=\"Parking Lot\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ParkingLot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ParkingLot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turned on the GPS and headed out. Never been here before so I mainly stuck to a fire road and took old logging roads off into the woods. Some of the roads have been recently logged, some roads have not seen traffic for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-813\" title=\"Old Logging Road\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg\" alt=\"Old Logging Road\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/OldLoggingRoad.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/OldLoggingRoad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are countless roads like this; at one time they were full of log trucks and logging equipment. Once the trees have been cut down, the roads are rarely used. They go somewhere, but many times they end where the logging operations ended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/RoadToSomewhere.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-814\" title=\"Road To Somewhere\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/RoadToSomewhere.jpg\" alt=\"Road To Somewhere\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/RoadToSomewhere.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/RoadToSomewhere-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This time of year, all the plants are showing their protection from animals that would eat them. Thorns and stickers are everywhere. The thistle plant is a perfect example; lovely purple flowers on a plant with sticky, itchy thorns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ThistleFlower.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-815\" title=\"Thistle Flower\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ThistleFlower.jpg\" alt=\"Thistle Flower\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ThistleFlower.jpg 300w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/ThistleFlower-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many old logging roads into the heart of the forest. I stopped here at this old logging gate, got a cell phone call and had to turn around and head home.<br \/>\nGot the GPS marks, I&#8217;ll be headed back here in a day or two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LoggingGate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816\" title=\"Logging Gate\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LoggingGate.jpg\" alt=\"Logging Gate\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LoggingGate.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LoggingGate-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I strapped on the GPS and headed out into the middle of nowhere, today seemed like a good day to do just that. 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