05-27-2010-Thursday - Wise County Messenger

ALL AROUND WISE, Decatur, Texas, Thursday, May 27, 2010 7
Outdoors
It’s time to face fears ...
NOW
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TURNING THE CORNER — Smatt found the above contents of a geocache in the lower left
corner of the Texas Panhandle. The concrete chunks are the destroyed remains of the survey
marker.
Continued from page 6
CASA of Wise and Jack Counties
CASA of
of
Wise and Jack Counties
CASA of Wise and Jack Counties
caine.
I don’t vouch for the tale’s
authenticity. But the men
touched upon a fear that’s
been getting closer and closer
ever since I left Corpus
Christi. To borrow Lucky
Day’s words, El Paso had become
my El Guapo.
Fast forward to a few
evenings ago. My panhandle
tour in its final days, I
walked out of the plains and
into the desert landscape of
West Texas. I camped out underneath
a mesquite tree on
a slope slightly beneath the
level of the road. As the sunlight
faded and a plethora of
bugs and birds made a few
last minute flights, I waited
for the sky to fill with stars.
Then I saw headlights.
At an intersection I had
passed not half a mile prior,
a car stopped. The driver
could have been doing anything
– consulting a map,
picking up his cell phone,
looking for a tissue in the
backseat of the car – but
with the veil of a dozen border
stories clouding my vision
I could think of only a
single explanation: drugs.
When another vehicle approached
in the distance, the
car in question took off. The
driver didn’t peel out, but he
seemed intent on making a
getaway. I ducked down as
he passed. It had the feel
of a close call, and though
nothing had happened, I left
early the next morning.
I continued south to the
lower left of the panhandle,
trying to find the corner
marker. What I found instead
were the remnants of
a survey site, a pile of cement
chunks marked by a
fading sign. Hidden in the
jumble, I noticed something
more, a canister. Good lord,
it was even covered in camouflage
tape. I reached for it,
unscrewing the lid slowly.
No coke.
It was a geocache, a hobby-box
for “treasure” seekers,
filled with the signatures
of people who, like me,
were looking for the corner. I
signed the register and left.
The way I’ve acted, you’d
think I was already on the
Rio Grande, but it’s actually
a couple of weeks away.
These infamous border tales
which currently share an
edge with my imagination
will soon be very real. My
name’s not Lucky Day either.
I will be careful; I will
be quiet; I shall overcome
my fear.
!
Smatt is the penname of
S.Matt Read. A writer, inventor,
baker, and hiker, he
is currently hiking the entire
outline of the state. Follow
his adventure here and
at www.texasperimeterhike.
blogspot.com and www.twitter.com/perimeterhiker.
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Wise and Jack Counties serves as an
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The “Apgar score” is the first test that babies born after 1953 receive.
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