i get lost in the woods a lot. yesterday i had a bad getting lost experience. it started out, as it always does, with an interesting track to follow. then i thought it would be a good idea to cross a clearing and climb a hill and follow a stream for a little while. and then there were new paths and tracks. and even though i get lost about 3 times a week i never seem to learn that that's not a good walking-in-the-woods-strategy for me.

so, i got lost. and after a while it started getting dark. just as i found a sign saying "östersund" weird things started to happen. first a very big black bird came saling out of the woods, and landed in a lonely pine trea right beside me. then a loud piggish sound came from the woods. the pup ran towards the sound, and upset a bird from the ground. while the pup chased the bird the piggy sounds increased, and a white small bird flew very slowly (and ghostly) over the path. i didn't want to wait in that ghostly place, so i turned right and started walking without the pup. but the pup never cought up with me, so i turned back, and found him eating rotten meat in the ditch.

now i decided to try to find my way back the way i came. after a while i heard a klicking sound from the woods to my right. it didn't sound like a normal wood-sound, so i stopped and tried to analyse it. it turned out to be a woman going for a walk! i hoped that meant i was close to civilisation, and hurried to meet the woman and ask her. unfortunately she had been walking for ages, but pointed in a direction that would lead me back to sollefteå eventually.

and then we walked and walked and walked and walked. and found a nice lake. and walked and walked. and suddenly we were back home again!  ¶ 9:58 AM