Day 821:
I had to go up to the northern end of the area I’m in to get some gravel that I’d stored up that way.
The murderers wouldn’t leave me alone.
They aren’t bothering anyone anymore, just like the last set, but this is definitely getting old.
Day 820: This neighborhood is getting too shooty
Day 820:
Still mining in the area of my eastern mountain base, and oh look, our friends the murderers have arrived again.
They stayed far away, down by the edge of the forest and the river today, which I appreciated. I didn’t sleep last night. I was mining for diamonds deep in the earth and didn’t find any. I’ll probably sleep tonight.
I’m thinking this area is becoming way too shooty though and that maybe it’s time for me to go underground for a while.
Day 819: A long day, and the stars
Day 819:
I worked on mining the surface from the north end all the way down to the center of the mountain range (or at least the part of the range I’m smoothing out). The weather was good for it, no rain, no snow.
At the end of the day I was close enough to my easternmost entrance that I decided to risk staying out just to see the sunset.
It was beautiful, but the stars after were better.
I miss the stars.
Day 818: A picture of my maps
Day 818:
It just occurred to me that I could take a picture of the maps I’ve drawn.
- So in the top left is a frame for a map I haven’t drawn yet.
- Top center is a partial map I started, but I decided to dig to the east instead.
- Top right is another empty frame for a map I haven’t drawn yet. I’m pretty sure that’s where the village that I’ve spotted is.
- Bottom right is where I’m building now. I don’t think you can see the dot for my easternmost entrance very well. But you can see that I’m smoothing the mountains and then to the east of the mountains is a swamp.
- In the center is my main land, the area where I started. (Technically, the top left corner of the center square is where I started.) You can see the roads I’ve built and almost make out the ranch area.
- Bottom left is the westernmost area, which is mostly forested, although there’s some swamp all the way in the top western corner.
Day 817: From the ponds to the river
Day 817:
Back to the north today, and I’ve cleaned up yet another pond. This is the pond that was above the other pond, so from here it’s pond, pond, sloping hill, river. On the other side of the river there’s some wonderful looking sand I can’t wait to go get but since I still have glass back at the headquarters I’ve been leaving this sand be. (Wet heavy sacks of sand are uncomfortable to carry.)
