Tales Of Pete: The Weird Road Trip (Part 27)

It’s been getting pretty damn chilly where we are recently. As such, we’ve been spending a good portion of this week chopping wood for fire. Now, we do have heating, but honestly, I like using fireplaces. There’s just something so warm and comforting about them. Not to mention, wood chopping is a guaranteed way to increase one’s physique.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m already a pretty well-built guy. Working at Formaggio’s required me to do a lot of heavy lifting, boxes, and other things. However, none of those left me with blisters on my hands. That’s what happens when you don’t wear gloves while doing it, a certain kind in particular. As I’ve come to learn, brute force is only half of it. The other half is precision.

Even though it took us a while, Nick and I found our rhythm and now we have plenty of kindling. I hope we get snow this year. It didn’t happen often back in town. Although that’s probably for the best considering the problems we have. Icy roads would not help to alleviate them.

Anyway, now that the weekly update is done, I’m going to continue where I last left off.

Another thing that’s helped us put simply is unity. We’ve been able to overcome dangers by working together. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an advantage we had at the time. I bolted awake. The last thing I remembered was the…