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cow creek road

Today is saturday. This afternoon I didn't really know what to do, so I took the car, and decided to drive on the I5 to Roseburg. Actually I took the Riddle exit. Then I saw on my map that there is a small road between Riddle and Glendale (Glendale is an other small city near the I5, on the south). This road is called the cow creek road.





I drove for some time on this road, then decided to go on a small path near the main road to see where it was going.







Actually there was not only one path, but a lot. A very big labyrinth in thoses small mountains full of trees, with no-one :)
After 1/2h I decided to come back to the main road. Did I come from left or right on this path ? That was not always easy to remember :)
Then back on the main road I drove about 15 minutes and found this bridge.



When stopping there I also saw there was someone fishing near the river: I was not alone in this big forest !!
Then it was almost night. There was 2 roads, one on the left, one on the right over a bridge. Which one take ? I didn't know, but on the map, it didn't seem I had to cross a bridge, so I took the left road. If I was where I though I was on the map, then it shouldn't take a lot of time before I can take the I5. I drove for some time, but still nothing. And the road was smaller and smaller, with sometimes some peaces of wood on the border of the road, or some rocks. I didn't have a lot of gas, so I decided to come back. It was then night, and completly dark. I wanted to come back to the bridge. But there was a lot of smaller roads on the left and rights, and I was always wondering if I really was on the same road I was before, as I didn't recognize anything (and it seemed to be too long). I had no idea where I was, and wanted to ask someone, but I was complety alone. I finally arrived at the bridge. There I took the other road (crossing the bridge), and I saw a car parked here. I had seen someone fishing and that was his car. I found him near the river, and asked him if he knew the road to Glendale. He told me to just stay on the main road and I would arrive to Glendale, that it is where he was from, and that I could follow him if I wanted. And that's what I did. After 20 or 30 minutes I was in Glendale. I was back to where there are people living :)
It was then easy to get back to the I5. And if you're lost, it's easy to get help, just stop on the border of the road, and someone will probably come. I stopped 2 times (not because I was lost), and 2 times someone came a few seconds after I stopped to help me find the right road :)