Jason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's all I wanted.
Just miles between us and that canyon.
We pulled up to the trailhead pull-off an hour later.
My truck was there, sunbaked and lonely looking.
The sight of it made my chest ache
We pounded on the cab to signal the driver to stop.
He leaned out the window as we hopped down.
"'You all sign the registry?'
he asked, nodding toward a faded metal box on a post I honestly hadn't noticed on the way in.
Dylan walked over and opened it.
Inside was a spiral-bound notebook in a plastic bag, its pages filled with scrawled names and dates.
"'We didn't,' he said.
"'Sorry.
Must have missed it.'
Just put your names and dates, the guy said.
Help search and rescue know who's out if something goes wrong.
We crowded around while Dylan dug out a pen.
He flipped back a few pages, curiosity making him scan previous entries.
There, on a page dated three days before we'd arrived, were several lines.
A group of two.