Any Kerouac fans here?

[stearmandriver]

Having returned from a RW weekend camping trip over the North Cascades highway to the Winthrop, WA area, I decided to fly it in the sim tonight. Launched out of Concrete Muni heading east. The river, the highway, and the series of lakes and dams is all well-represented in ORBX, and so, reaching Ross Lake, I couldn't resist heading north and climbing to take a turn around Desolation Peak, a place I've always intended to climb but haven't yet.

I was absolutely astonished when, upon buzzing the summit, I discovered that - whether thanks to ORBX or Misty Moorings I do not know - the Desolation Peak fire lookout tower exists in my sim. It's not quite true to life... but it's close (just set atop a gantry, when the real things sits right on the rock), and it's there.

"Hozomeen, Hozomeen, the most mournful mountain I ever seen... and the most beautiful."

https://s1.postimg.org/29dwddm4wf/Hozomeen.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/1yr2k86wqz/)



"Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared..."

https://s1.postimg.org/9ubthktswf/rosslake.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6owbimzdzf/)

[cavaricooper]

Very nice Andrew! Orbx delights at every turn. After all- All human beings are also dream beings....

C

[Bjoern]

My mother's copy of "On The Road" is on my bookshelf. Surprisingly, it wasn't even banned in the East, with the antibourgeois message probably outweighing the blatant hedonism.


I also liked the movie. Really well done.

[stearmandriver]

Well played, Carl.

Bjoern, good to hear. I haven't seen the new version of the movie yet; still need to do that. Dharma Bums was always my favorite - hence my fascination with Desolation peak - but On the Road is a classic too.

[jeansy]

there is a bgl that you can download from orbx that gps maps all the fire towers in PNW region that orbx have added

[Dimus]

"On the Road" marked my adolescent years, even though I never dared or managed to do even one tenth of what was described in the book. I am still a fan of course.

[Alan_A]

He spent a year at my high school (before my time but some recognizable teachers and coaches appear - covered in The Vanity of Duloz).

Will take Kerouac simming over tube-flying any day...