Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 17, 2021

where’s Dave the Moose when you need him?

My horse could get me home when I got us lost. I’d just ask her, and home we’d go.

Neither have any horse sense.

Found her way out of the woods didn’t she.

But if you see some guys in spacesuits come out of the water, you’d better call Aquaman.

I repeat myself . Danae is Calvin’s soul mate .

The colorist has turned the water to ice, so Lucy must have carried her all the way from Maine to Michigan. http://www.explorem123.com/points-of-interest/crisp-point-lighthouse/

You can’t be lost if you can see a landmark.

Sigh, that last panel looks peaceful.

And all along, we thought Lucy was the smart one!

You can’t really be lost if you never had a destination in the first place.

Is that Ordinary Basil’s home?

Grandma’s cafe is along the shoreline. So Danae has a 50-50 chance of finding it.

Fit-filly continued?

Follow footprints back.

A new Sunday story line maybe?

Looks like Maine.

Just follow your footprints back the way you came.

‘Round heah it takes a special kinda genius to get lost while snow shoein’

Looks like they wandered into the Wallace the Brave comic strip…

Precious , today .

My wife and I often do not leave the question, “I wonder where that road goes?” unanswered.

Replace horse with Retired couple with an RV.

When the road signs are all in French, about face and don’t stop.

“You are where you are , whether you know it or not”….an old navigator’s saying

Looks like they left tracks in the snow. Just turn around and follow them back.

My only trip to NYC, I was driving as we headed home from Manhattan to PA then Ohio. We had done all our touring on foot. We wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty en route. SOMEHOWwhen we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge,and a maze of one-way streets, we landed back on the Manhattan side of the Bridge. 3 times ! I finally said, “Look across the harbor, there’s the Statue.” and we headed home. The moral of the story: You can see a landmark & still get lost.

Don’t go to the light!

There are no wrong turns and you’re never lost.

I am almost always lost. I just keep moving until I get somewhere interesting and decide that’s where I wanted to go. I’ve been to a lot of “interesting” places.

Let’s all sing this classic tune by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, “You never know where you’re going ’til yet get there….”

If there is grass, water, and no big predators, you’re home.

Ah, Lucy – you’ve been studying philosophy with Cap’n Eddie again, haven’t you?

the coast forms a natural point of reference. My wife an i got lost in the woods of NY once. but i knew so long as we stayed on one side of a particular ridge we’d find our way out. eventually

The last panel is beautiful.

A friend and I take a lot of day trips (at least we used to) and they were always successful because we either did what we set out to do or we had an “adventure”. (often both)

You’re not lost if you don’t care where you are.

“The Horsey Twins in… The Adventure of the Lost Lighthouse”… ㋡

I like adventures, as long as they have indoor plumbing.

That scene is beautiful and peaceful. Enjoy it. That was the whole point of the “adventure”. Good one Lucy ( Wiley ). We all need a little peace in our lives right now

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My best story in this theme, is sadly not mine. A friend of mine in the UK and her riding friend one day decided to let their horses decide where to go. Yup, the horses chose the most common route they were use to. They went straight to the pub.

‘Adventure’ is my middle name.

just saying, with snow on the ground, can’t they retrace their steps?

You have to try really hard to get lost when you have a coastline to work with. Even harder to get really lost on an island (I’ve lived on a couple of them over the years).

For example, Okinawa run more or less north/south and is relatively narrow going east/west. When I went anywhere I always knew if I was north or south of my starting point. When I got tired of being lost (which I did for fun a few times) I would just head down hill until I hit the beach. Then, depending on if I was on the east or west side of the island I could turn the appropriate direction to head back. Once I got close to my starting point I would start to recognize things and could make my way.

Naturally enough, I could not use road signs to help find my way. I’m terrible with languages and reading Kanji or Katakana is a skill I definitely lack. I did have a good map of the island, but most of the markings on that were not English, so the same problem. I got in the habit of getting really good directions when I needed to go anywhere not on or real close to the coastline or close to somewhere I already knew the way to.

Where I tend to get (and stay) lost is the open plains. When there are no usable landmarks I can get really turned around real quick. A good map is a damn fine thing to keep handy.

sometimes it’s fun to get lost…

I must be a horse, because all my adventures begin like that as well.

Each lighthouse is unique so they should know exactly where they are (assuming that they have a current nautical chart).

Someone once asked Daniel Boone if he ever got lost. Boone said, “No, but I was a mite bewildered about where I was a couple times.”

How can they be Lost? There’s a Light House right there, just across the Inlet.

Nothing says “Adventure” like a Lighthouse that just appears out of Nowhere.

Definitely off on a new adventure….

It appears as though someone has been spying on some of the road trips my wife and I take together?

An adventure is a horrible situation seen from a long distance away.