I love this. I wish that I could do this trip with you. Pilot would love Lil Crazy and Tiny, I'm sure. Those are some awesome skies.

There is something reassuring in fellow campers. If I had to ask someone in a Walmart parking lot for a jump, I'd be a little unsure, but campers always feel a bit like a united front against things that inhibit camping. I'm glad the semi deaf farmer helped you out.

Isn't there a superstitious thing about crows, I think it is Wiccan, where they believe that crows to your left side are good luck? Pretty sure crows on all your sides are good luck. I saw some crows on my evening walk tonight - they weren't nearby and had no interest in me. Some how I think they would have come to you.

Hope the rest of the trip is smooth sailing, or at least only moderately bumpy. Bumps can be good, after all. They make for good stories :)