The
other day, Jesse and I made an escape to the nearest wilderness we
could find...the Cleveland National Forest on the Ortega Mountains!
We
spent some time checking out all the local tourist attractions we had
never been to before...The Ranger Station, the trails, the candy store
that sold berries and squirrel nuts, old Smokey the Bear
memrobilia, souvenir shops, the secret mountain roads...
Our
campground was host to a whole troop of boy scouts who marched by in
uniform as we were cooking breakfast (fry bread with honey and glazed
nuts)...They even helped Jesse push his bug out of a ditch!
Jesse
and I are used to camping in the backwoods where no one bothers us, so
we were quite surprised when the local Forest Ranger threatened to give
us both a ticket for not depositing our cash right away! Normally we
always do on the way out at Mt. Palomar... Jesse explained that we were
sorry and had made a mistake and please not to give us a ticket as it
would ruin my reputation with the Forest industry I am working so hard
to get into. The Ranger lectured us for a bit then gave us his number
to call for a volunteer oppurtunity!
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