Tom's little truck that could...or maybe not

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Entry posted by CTMandR · March 30, 2010

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c-doodlez-man: Thanks for voting! Hope you follow this journal!

K50dude: ohh, actually, I downloaded a pretty small region, I’m just trying to make it seem real big! Hahaha, thanks for voting too, Its always great to hear what people have to say! And, secretly I don’t like making decisions

TekindusT: Thanks for voting! I tried to make Lowell a very “Ritzy vacation” kind of town, I think its pretty nice too

Innovations: Thanks for voting! Also, hope this continues to be a good ‘variety’!

Mars250: Thanks for voting! And, neither Tom nor I know!

Wakkaolaf53: Thanks for voting! Also, maybe it is a very special truck, haha

I_am_an_alien: Thanks for voting! Indeed, very interesting…veddy interesting…

Schulmanator: Heard about that, I think its been a long while since that rockslide happened too. Hope they get it cleared soon! Great pic too!

So, Tom turned back. He figured that taking that dirt route he saw earlier may be helpful, since Tom needed to go East, and so did the road.

Tom drove back the way he came, and soon passed Lowell again.

Soon enough, he was on the dirt road, which his truck handled surprisingly well. Tom saw the giant pile of sticks again, but as he got closer, he realized that it was no pile of rubble!

It was in fact a tunnel! Tom parked his truck and ventured a peak inside. It was pitch black. He took one step inside, and was immediately surrounded by the darkness. He even tried looking around, but could see nothing. Tom ventured a little further, and soon, the exit was a mere speck of light, and Tom could not tell what was what, or even which way was up. So, he went back out of the tunnel into the sunlight and started driving up the path.

Maybe some other day, Tom thought. The path got progressively steeper, and Tom kept having to drive the truck a little harder on each hill.

Eventually, broad-leafed trees which indicated it was fall soon didn’t grow, and all that was left was bushes and pine trees. Tom kept driving up the mountain, he could tell it was getting colder.

Soon, all that was left was bushes, and there was a thin sheet of snow on the ground! Tom continued, and the terrain didn’t go any farther up, he was driving along a snowy ridge.

Soon, the road starting going down the other side of the ridge, and the snow went away and bushes and pine trees started to appear again. Tom took a look at his tank, and it was hovering around E.

As Tom descended a hill and started driving along a creek, odd noises started from his engine. Coupled with the fact he was running low on gas, Tom tried to use the engine less and less. However, when he got down the steep hill, the engine sputtered, and finally started smoking.

So, with nothing else to do, Tom started to walk.

He followed the path, which followed the creek, and kept descending down the hill.

Soon, he came upon a ford, which was rather inconvenient since Tom was walking. No matter, he just took off his shoes and walked across. The ford seemed to be in good condition.

Tom passed two stone culverts, and came upon an intersection.

This is where you can vote!

Tom has come across an intersection, where, on one had the road continues to follow the creek, down into what looks like a valley. Tom doesn’t really know what’s in the valley, because its too far and there’s a cliff in the way. On the other hand,

A bus stop. It looks like its in good order, and not abandoned…but then again its in the middle of nowhere. Tom looked farther up the stream, and noticed that…