Diary of Amish Explorer

[FearTheAmish]

Day 7

It is time to boldly go were no Amish man has gone before, RIVER MAPING BABY! So my friends helped me build a boat yesterday so i decided today i would map to the west and try and find us a new home. The rivers here seem to form enclosed systems were its usually 6-7 rivers that are connected to 1-2 lakes. the first one i went on was nice i followed it west and had no problems until it hit a dead end. But luckily there was one just to the north that i was able to portage my boat over to. That is when things got scary.... Remember the dong wavers i talked about earlier? yeah well it was their river <shudders> so i started moving along this river doing my mapping thing when BAM! two boats suddenly came from the shore. At first i started to wave then i noticed that they were naked and had their arms outstretched. That is all i needed for my PTSD to kick in because i started paddling like mad screaming NOOOOOOOO! they chased me and chased me and finally one of them cornered me... i cowered in fear waiting to feel their gross hugs but they never came. I looked up and noticed they were sitting in their boats staring at me, so i tried to paddle away but they followed and blocked me again. This went on for about 5-10 minutes before exasperated i shouted "WHAT DO YOU WANT!!". They looked up and said "honestly i don't know", then paddled away. Well honestly i was dumbfounded and just paddled away and parked my boat and "traveled" home at this point, Man people around here are weird tomorrow i think i will go farther west.

[FearTheAmish]

Day 8

So another day full of mapping! I decided today i would start to explore the land south on foot, so i left my boat in camp and traveled south. Then i ran into a river and decided to follow it for awhile. i found a small camp with a stone that just said "bubba" no fence just a claim stake a basket and a lovely boat.... I shouted "HULLLO!!" and no one answered so i thought they wouldn't mind if i borrowed it and explored a little. Things were going great i found a few new settlements but didn't see any people, then i decided to check out one i saw way back in the trees. So i left my boat on the shore and wandered inland a bit, this was a mistake. The settlement had a lot of felled trees and was well established i was quiet impressed by it so i marked it down then moved back to my boat. That was when i saw them a pair of people were parked in a rowboat right next to my "borrowed" boat! I started running as fast as i could but one of them got into it first and they paddled into the river, i was stranded. I decided to try to communicate "hello! you seem to have mistaken my boat for yours" they then laughed at me. I tried again "hey can i get my boat back?", one then responded with "depends". "on what" i shout back, "on were you live" he responded. "oh about 10-15 klicks down the river", they then paddled next to each other and talked in hushed tones. "well you can just make another then" and paddled off..... i have been boat jacked.... and i am stranded on a strange shore next to a possibly hostile encampment.