Iron City

Date: 9/11/2017

We are on a bus going someplace north to see 2 movies. Suspiria and something else. Trip starts off normal. Bus on highway. But when we get to the mountains, things change. Each ascent is impossibly long, high and steep. We go up and then plateau for a while, then climb again. The road becomes less of a highway. Gravel for a while, then just packed dirt, then can barely see the tracks. I think we are going the wrong way. Mom says it must be right because there was no place to turn off. We arrive at our destination. But they aren't showing those movies, we got the date wrong. Disappointed we head back. The path is even worse now. Treacherous and precarious. Down the mountain side. Have to crawl on the mossy ground over parts of the path that are disintegrating, held together by tree roots. Eventually back on the bus, on the highway. But kind of lost and dejected. The road splits. On the left is a sign for Iron City. That's where we want to head, and quickly veer over to the left. Making the exit just in time.