Four days of isolation take their toll on my determination. Between Yellowstone National Park and the Oregon border, the emptiness and brutality of the remaining terrain nearly turn me against the values guiding my trip. My car begins to experience significant mechanical problems, and I go days at a time without finding anything I’m allowed to eat. Without a source of clean vegetable oil, I begin filtering used KFC deep fryer oil using filter bags I hang from my car’s trunk. As I filter the last of this oil on the Oregon border, a goat leaps a fence and frightens me into my car, summarizing in the process the combative relationship between Man and Nature I’ve uncovered during my time since Chicago.

Off Track, The Audiobook

John Michael Manship

12. At One With Nature / At War With Nature OR G-O-A-T

MAY 22, 201511 MIN
Off Track, The Audiobook

12. At One With Nature / At War With Nature OR G-O-A-T

MAY 22, 201511 MIN

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<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/6a/7a/e5/johnmmanship/3000x3000_15736327.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Four days of isolation take their toll on my determination. Between Yellowstone National Park and the Oregon border, the emptiness and brutality of the remaining terrain nearly turn me against the values guiding my trip. My car begins to experience significant mechanical problems, and I go days at a time without finding anything I’m allowed to eat. Without a source of clean vegetable oil, I begin filtering used KFC deep fryer oil using filter bags I hang from my car’s trunk. As I filter the last of this oil on the Oregon border, a goat leaps a fence and frightens me into my car, summarizing in the process the combative relationship between Man and Nature I’ve uncovered during my time since Chicago.