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Bo Zarts

(26,259 posts)
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:33 AM Nov 2025

This is my commute to work .. I call it my "revenge tour."

Last edited Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:16 PM - Edit history (2)



This road is rough .. very rough (like life) .. one of the worst roads that I have ever driven. But there is never any hurry.

Slow down and appreciate the ride. It's something I learned long ago flying big airplanes. Slow down for turbulence (we called it "bump speed" ).

Find beauty in something. Stay healthy, if you can. Share happiness. Enjoy life. Find peace. This is my "revenge tour."

Bitterroot Mountains - Idaho Panhandle - August 9, 2025
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This is my commute to work .. I call it my "revenge tour." (Original Post) Bo Zarts Nov 2025 OP
Wonderful photo, my dear Bo. Beautiful scenery. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2025 #1
Colorful revenge! Is that your tower I spy? -nt CrispyQ Nov 2025 #2
It is indeed. Bo Zarts Nov 2025 #5
Do you navigate that road in the winter, too? Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #3
No, it's a summer-only gig. Bo Zarts Nov 2025 #6
Thank you so much Happygram Nov 2025 #4
I wondered how you got to work. My father was in the Army in the Pacific in WWII. surfered Nov 2025 #7
So magnificently stated, JMCKUSICK Nov 2025 #8
Thanks. However, sometimes it does get cloudy .. but even that is beautiful. Bo Zarts Nov 2025 #9
GORGEOUS! calimary Nov 2025 #17
Is that tower/lookout ( on the left middle hill) ..your tower? I know little about them. chouchou Nov 2025 #10
Yes .. on the peak to the left. Bo Zarts Nov 2025 #13
Ah..I'll bet that's your little bit of Heaven. chouchou Nov 2025 #21
Kerouac Time! ChazInAz Nov 2025 #24
It's always Kerouac time in a fire lookout tower. Bo Zarts Nov 2025 #25
"" AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #11
Excellent advice. Thanks Devilsun Nov 2025 #12
"Living well is the best revenge" - F.Scott Fitzgerald thought crime Nov 2025 #14
I "Slowed Down For Leaves" This Morning ColoringFool Nov 2025 #15
We have a tree out back with leaves that are red, orange, salmon-colored, and deep crimson. calimary Nov 2025 #18
Good for you! Looks like you live by this -- 'Living well is the best revenge.' ancianita Nov 2025 #16
Damn. It's been my bucket list to spend an hour or two up there with you, some summer. 3Hotdogs Nov 2025 #19
Will do, Captain. Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #20
Thanks for sharing tavernier Nov 2025 #22
Exquisite scenery! What a commute! HeartsCanHope Nov 2025 #23
Gorgeous! You are living right. CousinIT Nov 2025 #26

Happygram

(65 posts)
4. Thank you so much
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:50 AM
Nov 2025

For sharing your revenge tour scenery & the sentiment. It is much needed in these times we are navigating.

surfered

(12,325 posts)
7. I wondered how you got to work. My father was in the Army in the Pacific in WWII.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:28 AM
Nov 2025

He often told me he wanted a job like yours. Upon retirement, he moved to the side of a mountain in Colorado.

Peace! But it looks like you may have already found it.

ColoringFool

(427 posts)
15. I "Slowed Down For Leaves" This Morning
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:49 PM
Nov 2025

I realized I hadn't taken any photos yet of the leaf-turning in my neck of PA, so out I went! Red maple leaves on the cusp of brown, brilliant yellow Lindens, backdrops of deep Evergreens, and just enough sun to make the three golden onion domes of an Orthodox Church shine against the lowering sky.

And one lonely but still beautiful pink rose.

calimary

(89,289 posts)
18. We have a tree out back with leaves that are red, orange, salmon-colored, and deep crimson.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:17 PM
Nov 2025

Just about takes yer breath away!

ancianita

(43,162 posts)
16. Good for you! Looks like you live by this -- 'Living well is the best revenge.'
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:59 PM
Nov 2025
Carry on with your revenge, and thank you for all your amazing photos.

3Hotdogs

(15,145 posts)
19. Damn. It's been my bucket list to spend an hour or two up there with you, some summer.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:48 PM
Nov 2025

But it looks like my Hyundai Elantra might find it difficult to navigate the rocks in the road.


How long is the hike to the top?

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