Woke up, stuck my head out of the cave. Didn’t see anything, didn’t hear anything, packed up and legged it until the trees got thicker and my instincts stopped yelling at me. Should be safe now. Also well out of the Unicorn Range.
Getting another one of those “was going on this trip REALLY the best idea?” moments. There’s no reason I couldn’t’ve gone to Canterlot and back instead of the Crystal Empire. If I did go there, I’d probably be back already. The trip would probably take me through less dangerous areas, I don’t know. And everyone goes to Canterlot at some point or another; any routes I would’ve taken would be well-traveled. Not to mention the whole “you’re inexperienced at travel” thing.
But the only way you’re going to get experienced at travel is by traveling. Might as well go longer (although, next time, I should plan out my route in advance so I don’t go headlong through manticore country). As for everyone going to Canterlot: that’s like, well, EVERYONE goes to Canterlot, and are you really going to just do what everyone else does? Yeah, plenty of people go to the Crystal Empire, too, but not as much.
And then there’s the things I’ve seen that I wouldn’t see if I went to Canterlot. Like Hollow Shades; it’s too far north, and I never would’ve reached it if I went to Canterlot. Everyone goes to Canterlot, but no one goes to Hollow Shades, and I’m real happy I saw it. Galloping Gorge is also too far north and, crazy knife-weilding knife-wielding hermits aside, it was a very soothing part of my trip.
So, if I had to choose whether or not to take this route again, would I? Probably. I mean, ocassional occasional threats to life and limb aside, I’ve seen some beautiful things that I never would’ve seen if I’d gone to Canterlot. It wasn’t the destination that mattered to me, anyway, that was just a place to get me moving to.
Can’t think of a haiku tonight. Maybe I should start writing limericks instead.
There once was a mare from Lareindo
Who dr
Okay, wow, like NOTHING rhymes with “Lareindo”. So much for that. (At least for today.)