This is why I drink... ;)

That and being a Sox fan living in the shadow of the Cubs all my life!

I find it impossible to respect those who do not respect or take care of themselves.

The opening scene to the overlooked Idiocracy says it all:

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Living in a city that is a practically a welfare state, full of people with their hands out always asking for more - I run to the Quetico a.k.a. "the wilderness" to "get away from it all".  

I find it abhorrent that we live in a world dominated those who demand/expect to be taken care of by those willing to provide care regardless of the caretakers wants and needs.  

For us we plan carefully every trip, we THINK about where we are going, what we are doing, what our limitations are (you are not alone Spartan2!).  We try and learn everyday, to be aware and to respect the world and people around us, but I am not as careless as others of giving respect undeservedly.  

I go out of my way to help those who need if and when they are in true need, because of course If we were ever in need we would trust & hope that someone else would be willing & able to help.  

That being said I cannot absolve or condone willful ignorance in a place that cares not of our limitations or our capabilities.  Mother Nature rarely shows her caring side, she rewards those who prepare and respect her power and she punishes those who don't, period.  

Living in the shadow of Pompeii, living below sea level or along a known fault line, sleeping beneath a half down tree or being unprepared in a "wilderness" is willful ignorance and undeserving of respect IMHO.  

Ah well no one cares what I think anyway!  Dumb people live to breed more dumb people everyday!

Time to root for the south side and raise a glass to one of the few gems left in North America!  

May the "wilderness" return to a true state of wild natural freedom and the world remain relatively free of curmudgeons like me!