The End

     According to my son it's not if the zombie apocalypse occurs, it's when. Now this is where living in the Laurel Highlands area of Pennsylvania can come in handy. Off Route 40 is Laurel Caverns(http://laurelcaverns.com/content/cave-map), a natural wonder that is rumored to reach Kentucky through it's multiple cave structures. This underground wonderland is ideal for escaping the walking dead but a far reach from my location in Connellsville, Pa.

     When the world becomes as simple as running and running becomes your only survival plan, then finding a place by foot will be essential. My favorite playground is only about a quarter mile from my home. This is where I free climb the cliffs above the Youghiogheny River. When I am there it is to find peace and get exercise. A place known as Casparis will have to be my local escape plan.

  Here amongst my land of recreation sits Opperman's Cave. As the rock cliffs fall to terra ferma, an opening no bigger than crawling under a coffee table presents itself. This opening continues on in the dark as the light from your spelunking head gear displays the path. On belly each inch of the way while enclosed on all sides for the length of a football field you crawl, untIl the carverm emerges.

    When these days come as foretold in the films of the past, ( http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/) as the bodies rise from the graves in Scottdale, Everson and Dawson, I will be standing tall, unable to make the journey inside! The path to this inner world is more than I can bear to think about traversing. Someone will have to seal off the cave from the outside anyway and this is where I'll be standing gaurd.

The beauty of the Laurel Highlands is one to behold, all the way to the end.

Be safe all,

S. Ray Cook

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