Firewatch

The Journey

The journey to the tower was long and tiresome. 

I fought my way through an army of branches and bushes while the sun was casting it's boiling flames upon my skin. I wished that I took some sun cream - I was honestly stupid for not doing that. I was going to be spending a large amount of time exposed to the sun and I didn't even think to take sun cream. I was digging my own grave.

After about three or four hours of hiking through the forest, I found an area near a dark cave and a some standing stones which was blanketed by the shade and allowed me to escape the burning curse of the sun for some time. The standing stones was quite a strange discovery for me - I didn't know that the forest had any history of megalithic culture, especially in America. There were about six standing stones surrounding a large altar like stone in the middle. The space between each stone was big enough to fit a Ford Fiesta through. I sat down against one of the towering stones and examined the Pagan architecture while drinking my water, which was now a warm temperature most likely due to it being exposed to the heat of the sun. After a few minutes, I decided to carry on my journey to the tower.

After some more climbing and walking, which I thought would end up being the death of me, I finally arrived at my tower. The war with all the plants that stood in my way definitely contributing to my hysteria of that, I thought that I was going to die, did not help at all.

The Tower stood over me, like a wooden giant, staring down at me. It was getting ready for me to climb up so it could grab me and eat me whole. I was, now, dreading the idea of spending the next few weeks locked up in a tower, not being able to go out, my face stuck in books all day, I wanted to go back home. I reluctantly started climbing up the ladder and reached the top. I pulled the ladder up to ensure that no one would be able to climb up while I was sleeping and assassinate me. In my opinion, that would be a lame way to die.

Even though I wasn't looking forward to this job anymore as much as I was a few weeks ago, I was finally glad that the hike was over. I had blisters all over my feet.