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THE ADVENTURE CREW: Master, The Nomad, Sweet Bird of Freedom (aka Freeta Roam), Pixie & Pod, Miss Cycle, Ivan the writing muse, Jude, and the brains of the crew--Croc. DOUBLE-CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGESaturday, October 13, 2007
Desolation Nevada Chainsaw Massacre
So on the way back to SacTown, we see a sight of something, and decide to turn around for a look-see. At first glance the sign above appears legit...but on closer inspection.... We may be in some kind of whacko trouble.
The gate creaks open...and we enter. The place is deserted--as was the dirt road we took to get there. Wouldn't a state historic site have a somewhat paved road at least? This place is really, really creepy...like out of a horror movie.
Everything here has been salvaged from the desert, where it was left to rot by some white man. It feels like we are in the middle of some chainsaw massacre -- not a set, but the real deal.
Jude says to Holly, "If anyone comes out of those two travel trailers (with high chain link fences around them) over there, you take the keys and the baby and run."
Jude removes the pepper spray from the keys and hands the keys and her cell phone over. "Don't stop. Don't look back. Just get out of here. I'll put myself between you and the gun and fight them, while you get away."
Holly protests, "I can't leave you here."
"Oh yes, you can. And you will. Get to someplace where there's cell service and call 911. But you and the baby get out."
"But I can't leave you, mom."
"Oh yes you can. I can't run fast with my bum leg. I'll hold them off. You and the baby get out of here. Look over my shoulder. Do you see that? It's a person!"
"No, I don't think so, mom. I think it's a statue."
Upon closer inspection, we see it is indeed a statue.
But it's way too easy to imagine eyes looking out of the pieced-together house OR peeking from one of the trailers.
Then Jude sees a PVC pipe jutting from the ground and thinks, "This is the air hole for the captured people. They'll put us in an underground room, until they're ready to kill us." Then to Holly, "Get ready to run."
As we look inside the room with bottle windows, Jude checks behind the door--just in case--before letting Holly and the baby see in.
Jude is ever so grateful to escape with all of our lives.
Sunset somewhere in Nevada--far away from the Desolation Nevada Chainsaw Massacre.
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