TRI-STATE CORNERS in the UNITED STATES

A Must Reference for Geo-Adventurers & Whacko BushWhackers

This is a warning post: The price of this fine collection of all the points where 3 or more U.S. states meet (dry & wet) is going up soonly as did mailing costs, gasoline, taxes, and our collective blood pressure. You've got until the end of July if you want to save a biggo 2$, i.e., the cost goes from 10 buckos to 12. This guide is a surreal bargain, so dig deep and spring for your very own copy of this unique work by the author, Jack Parsell. Jack, hiker, climber, geo-adventurer, and pioneer, has completed all 50 U.S. High Points, and was first to document visits to all 38 'dry' tri-corners into this valuable companion. BUY IT! Otherwise, you'll have just one more entry to add to your life's regret list. Go blog column-right for ordering info.

For the whacko-frugal: A copy can be downloaded from www.bjbsoftware.com/corners (a great site), but ongoing updates plus other back-of-the-guide goodies aren't included. Besides...bought a printer ink cartridge lately?

READ A GUY MAG, CHEAP
And smell good, too.

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Note: MJ, and magazines of it's ilk, often carry ads for men's colognes/aftershaves, etc. along with a fragrance strip. Diane suggests tearing these smelly things off then shove them into your sock and underwear drawers. Is she trying to tell us something?

BOOKS: A SUMMER READ RECOMMENDATION
Are you a Ralph, a Jack, a Simon, or a Piggy?

In the June/July issue of Nat Geo's Adventure mag, a half-dozen summer reads are recommended under "Pelton's World" (P. 38). Pelton offers up a "six travel books of all time" list which, humorously, includes Golding's Lord of the Flies, "a case study of tribal dynamics, power struggles, and group mentality." A plane crashes on a deserted island and the passengers, all boys, rule their isolated, primitive digs. If you've never read this classic, do it. Otherwise, there were, at least, two LOTF movies made for non-readers and busy dudes.

Pelton's practical point: "If you plan to take a long bus trip or hole up in some resort, it may be worth bringing this one along."

TTT: A point well-taken as you, perhaps, note that as time passes members of your adventure group begin to assume the personalities of the LOTF kids and your personal space seems to shrink. See 'Characters' at Lord of the Flies, By William Golding.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/