Another year of fires rage across the country, more proof of global warming on display for all to experience. In the United States, tornadoes and hurricanes seem to be a daily occurrence. As if that weren’t enough, idiot leaders of some countries only have the small focus to wage war on others. How do they justify that to their children, if they are fortunate enough to have any?

I have been too long away from the forested area of the gold bar adventure. Despite a continual list of minor health troubles, I need to be there, this fall if possible. Skipping a visit last year only happened because I had chosen a point in my life to write about the adventure up to that time. But the ending doesn’t work like it should. The ending should include at least one gold bar and so the thrill of the adventure is on again.

With high vehicle rental prices, high fuel and food costs, the desire to go should be curtailed for a better time. But as the world population surpasses more than eight billion people and food production grows ever more limited by global warming, will there be a better time?