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Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts) Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:33 AM Nov 1

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This is my commute to work .. I call it my "revenge tour."

Last edited Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:16 PM - Edit history (2)

This road is rough .. very rough (like life) .. one of the worst roads that I have ever driven. But there is never any hurry.

Slow down and appreciate the ride. It's something I learned long ago flying big airplanes. Slow down for turbulence (we called it "bump speed" ).

Find beauty in something. Stay healthy, if you can. Share happiness. Enjoy life. Find peace. This is my "revenge tour."

Bitterroot Mountains - Idaho Panhandle - August 9, 2025
©2025 Bo Zarts Studio

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This is my commute to work .. I call it my "revenge tour." (Original Post) Bo Zarts Nov 1 OP

Wonderful photo, my dear Bo. Beautiful scenery. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 1 #1

Colorful revenge! Is that your tower I spy? -nt CrispyQ Nov 1 #2

It is indeed. Bo Zarts Nov 1 #5

Do you navigate that road in the winter, too? Diamond_Dog Nov 1 #3

No, it's a summer-only gig. Bo Zarts Nov 1 #6

Thank you so much Happygram Nov 1 #4

I wondered how you got to work. My father was in the Army in the Pacific in WWII. surfered Nov 1 #7

So magnificently stated, JMCKUSICK Nov 1 #8

Thanks. However, sometimes it does get cloudy .. but even that is beautiful. Bo Zarts Nov 1 #9

GORGEOUS! calimary Nov 1 #17

Is that tower/lookout ( on the left middle hill) ..your tower? I know little about them. chouchou Nov 1 #10

Yes .. on the peak to the left. Bo Zarts Nov 1 #13

Ah..I'll bet that's your little bit of Heaven. chouchou Nov 1 #21

Kerouac Time! ChazInAz Nov 2 #24

It's always Kerouac time in a fire lookout tower. Bo Zarts Nov 2 #25

"" AllaN01Bear Nov 1 #11

Excellent advice. Thanks Devilsun Nov 1 #12

"Living well is the best revenge" - F.Scott Fitzgerald thought crime Nov 1 #14

I "Slowed Down For Leaves" This Morning ColoringFool Nov 1 #15

We have a tree out back with leaves that are red, orange, salmon-colored, and deep crimson. calimary Nov 1 #18

Good for you! Looks like you live by this -- 'Living well is the best revenge.' ancianita Nov 1 #16

Damn. It's been my bucket list to spend an hour or two up there with you, some summer. 3Hotdogs Nov 1 #19

Will do, Captain. Joinfortmill Nov 1 #20

Thanks for sharing tavernier Nov 2 #22

Exquisite scenery! What a commute! HeartsCanHope Nov 2 #23

Gorgeous! You are living right. CousinIT Nov 2 #26

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,941 posts)

1. Wonderful photo, my dear Bo. Beautiful scenery. Thank you!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:35 AM

Nov 1

CrispyQ

(40,549 posts)

2. Colorful revenge! Is that your tower I spy? -nt

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:43 AM

Nov 1

Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts)

5. It is indeed.

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:06 AM

Nov 1

Diamond_Dog

(39,521 posts)

3. Do you navigate that road in the winter, too?

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:46 AM

Nov 1

Gorgeous scene!

Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts)

6. No, it's a summer-only gig.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:08 AM

Nov 1

Usually July 1 until mid-September.

Happygram

(65 posts)

4. Thank you so much

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:50 AM

Nov 1

For sharing your revenge tour scenery & the sentiment. It is much needed in these times we are navigating.

surfered

(10,742 posts)

7. I wondered how you got to work. My father was in the Army in the Pacific in WWII.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:28 AM

Nov 1

He often told me he wanted a job like yours. Upon retirement, he moved to the side of a mountain in Colorado.

Peace! But it looks like you may have already found it.

JMCKUSICK

(4,818 posts)

8. So magnificently stated,

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:53 AM

Nov 1

Kind of like your photos.

Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts)

9. Thanks. However, sometimes it does get cloudy .. but even that is beautiful.

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 12:05 PM

Nov 1

calimary

(88,717 posts)

17. GORGEOUS!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:15 PM

Nov 1

Really highlights that tree!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

chouchou

(2,690 posts)

10. Is that tower/lookout ( on the left middle hill) ..your tower? I know little about them.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:33 PM

Nov 1

Ok...Nothing about them.

Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts)

13. Yes .. on the peak to the left.

Reply to chouchou (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:24 PM

Nov 1

Here's a little closer look:

chouchou

(2,690 posts)

21. Ah..I'll bet that's your little bit of Heaven.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Reply #13)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:03 PM

Nov 1

ChazInAz

(2,982 posts)

24. Kerouac Time!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Reply #13)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 10:27 AM

Nov 2

Lucky you!

Bo Zarts

(26,225 posts)

25. It's always Kerouac time in a fire lookout tower.

Reply to ChazInAz (Reply #24)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:10 PM

Nov 2

Or Gary Snyder and Edward Abbey time.

AllaN01Bear

(28,301 posts)

11. ""

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:37 PM

Nov 1

Devilsun

(350 posts)

12. Excellent advice. Thanks

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:03 PM

Nov 1

thought crime

(1,094 posts)

14. "Living well is the best revenge" - F.Scott Fitzgerald

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:30 PM

Nov 1

ColoringFool

(161 posts)

15. I "Slowed Down For Leaves" This Morning

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:49 PM

Nov 1

I realized I hadn't taken any photos yet of the leaf-turning in my neck of PA, so out I went! Red maple leaves on the cusp of brown, brilliant yellow Lindens, backdrops of deep Evergreens, and just enough sun to make the three golden onion domes of an Orthodox Church shine against the lowering sky.

And one lonely but still beautiful pink rose.

calimary

(88,717 posts)

18. We have a tree out back with leaves that are red, orange, salmon-colored, and deep crimson.

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #15)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:17 PM

Nov 1

Just about takes yer breath away!

ancianita

(42,726 posts)

16. Good for you! Looks like you live by this -- 'Living well is the best revenge.'

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:59 PM

Nov 1

Carry on with your revenge, and thank you for all your amazing photos.

3Hotdogs

(14,890 posts)

19. Damn. It's been my bucket list to spend an hour or two up there with you, some summer.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:48 PM

Nov 1

But it looks like my Hyundai Elantra might find it difficult to navigate the rocks in the road.

How long is the hike to the top?

Joinfortmill

(19,773 posts)

20. Will do, Captain.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:59 PM

Nov 1

tavernier

(14,154 posts)

22. Thanks for sharing

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:23 AM

Nov 2

I enjoyed the trip!

HeartsCanHope

(1,460 posts)

23. Exquisite scenery! What a commute!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:58 AM

Nov 2

Thank you for sharing.

CousinIT

(12,114 posts)

26. Gorgeous! You are living right.

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:53 PM

Nov 2

And that is the best revenge!

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