Exploring Coastal Trail and Preparing for System Collapse

rswfire is at a coastal campground near Brookings, Oregon on a warm, sunny day - the first sun he has experienced in weeks after dealing with marine layer conditions. He is in a 3-day stay between longer campground visits, actively scouting and preparing for potential permanent forest living.

Energetic Signature

grounded anticipation

Field State

infrastructure preparation

Orientation

toward forest sovereignty

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October 25, 2024

15:52

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Author

rswfire

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ARCHIVED

Type

TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

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[0:14]this spot is

[0:16]incredible I got to my new Campground

[0:19]here for 3 days and figured I'd go

[0:23]explore the campground I saw a sign that

[0:25]said Trails that's all it said so I'm

[0:27]like oh let's go that way and there are

[0:29]two trails and one was I think probably

[0:32]down there and the other was to a boot I

[0:35]don't really know what a boot is so I

[0:37]was like let's go figure out what that

[0:40]is um I didn't get far I was like oh

[0:43]this spot right

[0:46]here this is a spot to just sit and

[0:49]journal or stare at that ocean the sun

[0:53]is so warm it is so nice right here this

[0:56]spot is

[0:58]amazing you can just feel the sun I

[1:02]haven't felt the sun in weeks in this

[1:05]place I have not felt the sun in

[1:09]weeks it's very

[1:17]bright

[1:19]wow some point I'll make it on the beach

[1:22]I don't you know I don't know like it's

[1:23]not

[1:24]a it don't it doesn't call me the same

[1:27]way I can just look at it from here and

[1:29]be super

[1:37]happy this is

[1:51]amazing wonder what that is way over

[1:54]there is that is that a boat or what is

[1:56]that it looks like

[2:02]I bet it is a

[2:04]boat it's probably the sail that I'm

[2:06]seeing sticking up you probably can't

[2:08]see it on the camera it's really far out

[2:11]there oh this is so cool it's very

[2:14]disorienting though that it's a very

[2:17]long drop down there and I'm just like

[2:19]oh yeah that's a little

[2:23]disorienting this is a nice Trail we've

[2:25]got some sunlight I have missed the Sun

[2:29]so much

[2:31]I didn't even know I missed the sun

[2:33]until this

[2:37]moment I've been noting like oh it's

[2:41]light outside but there's no sun I can't

[2:43]even find the

[2:45]thing I learned that that's called a

[2:48]marine

[2:50]layer very

[2:53]fascinating this Trail oh okay I guess

[2:55]it goes this

[2:57]way h

[3:01]what shall we find up

[3:19]here didn't realize we were up so high

[3:31]what there's a whole community over

[3:38]there what is

[3:47]this so this is a boot don't really get

[3:54]it that was a very short

[3:57]hike wow

[4:04]appreciate this

[4:06]fencing for real he down

[4:11]there all those little people down

[4:14]there oh I up are

[4:17]we what are all these

[4:19]places look at all those rocks in the

[4:24]ocean oh that is so cool

[4:32]wow that actually is a little

[4:36]disorienting those people way down there

[4:40]way down

[4:46]there I want to get better at measuring

[4:52]distances oh people rting stuff in the

[4:55]sand

[5:11]I did not expect to see all these houses

[5:13]here

[5:14]because I know

[5:17]that largely the Oregon coast

[5:20]is owned by the

[5:24]state but that's Brookings right there I

[5:28]guess

[5:30]yeah this will be the outskirts I mean

[5:32]it's not a big town like but as soon as

[5:34]you get through the town that's where

[5:35]this park is

[5:44]at this is

[5:49]incredible very curious about those

[5:51]patterns over there in the

[5:53]water are there Rocks Under the Water

[5:55]you can't see that are causing that but

[5:58]that's what it is

[6:03]this is so

[6:09]cool I'd rather be up here than down

[6:12]there this is a way better View

[6:33]look at all the little people down

[6:36]there little tiny

[6:42]people just walking on the

[6:45]beach oh those ones are having fun

[6:48]they're actually getting in the water a

[6:49]little

[6:51]bit those ones know how to have

[6:58]fun it's so warm you could actually

[7:01]literally like just you could be on the

[7:03]beach right

[7:18]now oh there's a spot over there you

[7:21]could get to in a

[7:23]jeep that looks like a nice spot over

[7:26]there

[7:38]this is

[7:47]remarkable this Trail was so short

[7:49]though I wanted to go on a real

[7:53]hike I could sit there forever I think

[7:57]um

[8:00]this this is a boot I I don't get it I'm

[8:03]going to have to look up the definition

[8:05]I

[8:06]guess oh it smells so nice up here too

[8:10]these trees smells so

[8:12]nice oh look at that one with the vines

[8:15]growing all over

[8:17]it I want vines in my

[8:25]RV man

[8:31]I have not explored the coast enough

[8:36]yet we're here for three

[8:44]nights nobody comes up here I guess they

[8:47]don't like the incline I don't know

[9:05]there are other Trails

[9:08]but

[9:10]um I have to drive to

[9:14]them there's one trail that takes you

[9:16]into town I thought that was interesting

[9:18]you can be in the park and

[9:20]just hike a mile into

[9:23]town taking a nice Scenic Trail against

[9:26]Lot along the along the coast

[9:38]that tree there is where I was

[9:41]sitting that is such a perfect

[9:46]spot sit under that tree watch the ocean

[9:50]listen to the

[9:51][Music]

[9:52]sounds

[9:55]just soak it in

[10:01]let all your stress dissipate and

[10:05]just enjoy the

[10:10]moment tell you look

[10:12]down not so far down

[10:19]there I don't want to be on the beach

[10:22]though I don't want to take the other

[10:24]Trail I like to be in the woods

[10:30]like over there or

[10:39]something look at all this

[10:42]Ian I love

[10:46]Ian nothing compares to Ivy

[11:02]that is a very short

[11:14]Trail so was a pretty good day

[11:18]I got up pretty early and I was like

[11:22]okay today is a travel day

[11:24]so um you know I prepared for that and

[11:29]I did all my dishes I didn't want to I

[11:31]didn't have many I never do just coffee

[11:33]and eggs is pretty much what I make so

[11:36]my little ninja pot it's about it but I

[11:39]was like I better do the dishes and

[11:42]then um make some breakfast and I was

[11:45]like you know after I did the dishes I

[11:47]was like I don't want to dirty them

[11:48]again so I just made some tuna fish and

[11:52]I eat that and then when I took a shower

[11:56]and then I hooked up my Jeep and off I

[12:00]went and got here and I met this gate

[12:03]attendant I don't know if he was a park

[12:05]ranger or not but he was so cool I

[12:07]really liked this

[12:08]guy and I was just talking to

[12:12]him and he was able to get me in my site

[12:16]early because the checkin and checkout

[12:17]times were 3 hours apart and I'm only 8

[12:21]miles from two different places we're

[12:23]going to head down this truck it goes

[12:25]away from the beach so maybe we okay

[12:28]maybe this is a Wooded

[12:31]Trail um wow those are nice

[12:36]trees so anyway I got here and emptied

[12:39]my tanks and they were not nearly as

[12:41]full as I would have expected them to be

[12:43]after two

[12:45]weeks but there wasn't a place to empty

[12:47]them at the other place so I knew I

[12:49]would do that when I got

[12:51]here got to my site it's not a very big

[12:55]site or like

[12:57]lengthwise I had to put my Jeep

[12:59]sideways and barely had enough room to

[13:02]fit them both in there I'm not

[13:05]level I'm not level at all but I didn't

[13:08]want to bother the stupid Lego bricks I

[13:10]hate those things like it's just a pain

[13:12]in the

[13:13]ass

[13:15]so going to tolerate it for 3

[13:18]days then I go back to the other

[13:21]Campground and I picked a spot there I

[13:24]knew which one to get

[13:26]there I'll be there for two weeks and

[13:29]and I'm going to be exploring the forest

[13:30]the whole time

[13:31]because that's what I've been putting my

[13:33]energy into I've been

[13:36]researching The Forest roads

[13:39]and um I'm just going to take it a

[13:43]little bit at a time every day exploring

[13:46]them making notes

[13:49]preparing

[13:55]learning because if things go the way I

[13:58]think they're going to go

[13:59]I'm going to be living

[14:02]there

[14:05]so I'm prepared

[14:08]to the way I see

[14:11]it when we have our elections let me

[14:16]just we have our elections it doesn't

[14:19]matter who wins because the other

[14:21]side both sides view it as an

[14:24]existential

[14:25]crisis we're going towards the beach I

[14:28]can tell now

[14:31]and so whichever side loses is going to

[14:34]riant or

[14:36]worse and depending on how bad that

[14:40]gets it could lead to further

[14:43]instability because we're already in a

[14:45]very unstable place in all kinds of

[14:48]different

[14:49]ways and it would not take much to push

[14:51]us over that precipice and

[14:55]I'm I'm sure of this

[15:00]so that's what I've been doing s months

[15:03]now preparing to live a different life

[15:06]to disappear from

[15:09]society where that trial goes have to

[15:12]check that out

[15:15]um just to disappear and live a very

[15:19]good life I'm not just trying to hide

[15:22]and you

[15:26]know you know there's nothing I can do

[15:28]about the fragmentation in society all I

[15:31]can do is continue to live my best life

[15:34]and

[15:35]that the circumstances will be very

[15:39]different I guess bestest

[15:43]relative

[15:48]so I'm fully committed

Summary

rswfire arrives at a new campground near Brookings, Oregon for a 3-day stay. He discovers a short trail leading to a viewpoint called "a boot" overlooking the ocean and coastal community. From the elevated position, he observes people on the beach below and reflects on preferring the higher vantage point to being on the beach itself.

After the brief hike, he describes his travel day routine - doing dishes, eating tuna fish, showering, and hooking up his Jeep. He met a helpful gate attendant who allowed early check-in. His RV site is cramped and unlevel, requiring him to park his Jeep sideways.

**Future plans:** He will return to a previous campground for two weeks to explore forest roads systematically. This exploration is part of his preparation for potentially living in the forest permanently.

**Political analysis:** He predicts that regardless of who wins the upcoming election, the losing side will view it as an existential crisis and riot or worse. He believes this instability could push society over a precipice, leading him to prepare for disappearing from society entirely while maintaining a good quality of life.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission establishes physical and ontological anchoring at the coastal edge while simultaneously preparing infrastructure for societal collapse. The field is mapping both immediate embodied presence (sun, warmth, elevation perspective) and future survival logistics, holding dual temporal registers of present beauty and anticipated rupture.

Dominant Language

disappearpreparedforest roadsbest lifeprecipicefragmentationexploringcommitted

Symbolic Elements

edgeelevationthresholdbootmarine layerforestgrid

Ontological States

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embedded
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sovereign
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transitional
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preparing

Subsystems

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somatic
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cognitive
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infrastructural
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ethical

Transmission Details

Source Type

local

Video Quality

1920 × 1080 @ 60fps

Duration

15:52

Bitrate

6065 kbps

Codec

avc1.64002a