Bum Update

The sun set just a fraction of time ago. It is dark and how quickly things cool down is amazing. Mrs. Kadizzle is cooking onions for her chili.  The onion fumes are burning old Kadizzle's eyes.  Today got off to a slow lazy start. The plan was to take Cindy the horse camp host up the mountain so she could understand how the trails ran.  The trail system is confusing and takes awhile to learn.  So up the road we went bouncing like ping pong balls in a clothes dryer.  Cindy got to ride on one of the nastiest roads around, but we did show her how the Frazier Trail ran up to the Arizona Trail.  Since we were already up there we went on to the Cotton Wood Trail. Cindy was impressed with the natural beauty back in the wilds.

After our exploration Mrs. Kadizzle took off on her bike and Kadizzle rode the Yamaha toward Windy Hill Campground.  After giving the mostly empty campground a good once over Kadizzle turned toward home. Up ahead was a car with the hood up. As Kadizzle approached he realized it was Mr. Bummore.  The bum staying at the horse camp.  Perplexed that his car had severyly overheated Bummore was waiting for the car to cool to where he could drive it again. Kadizzle tried to help by fetching water for the radiator.  Bummore managed to get back to the horse camp where his strange collection of junk lay scattered about like a garage sale. 

How do people like bums like Bummore think.  Bummore has owned his car for three months and is a clueless mechanic. The bum mindset is special.  A bum has about a 24 hour look into the future. Bums don' think in terms of what will happen next week or two days from now.  Bums live in the present. The car runs right now. I have food right now. Bums don't think about what will happen when the car breaks down, as a bum car surely will.  Bums don't think about what will happen when it rains,  or there is no fuel to cook the hot dogs.  So Bummore is over there in the horse camp stuck with a car that will never make it out of here.  No matter which way you go there is a steep long, long hill to climb.  That is exactly how the life of a bum works.  A bum sinks into a low spot and is faced with a steep climb.   Bummore said he was going to leave tomorrow and head for Payson.  Stay tuned. Perhaps Kadizzle can give you an update tomorrow.