BFE
Located in the middle of nowhere, and having no cultural
attractions or night-life, BFE is a destination for the truly jaded adventure
traveler.
BFE does not appear on any maps, and so is nearly impossible
to find. To reach it, tourists must first go past the sticks, and then travel
through the boonies. Once there, they will see a vast expanse of nothing much,
and somewhere in there, if they’re lucky, they will find BFE. Most travelers
realize they’ve been there only after they’ve left.
The BFE Tourist and Convention Bureau offers guided tours of
the area Tuesday through Saturday at 1:00 pm. Highlights include the shed with
the brightly colored door, and the place where Mabel thought she saw a bobcat
once.
Why a man would go and do that to a perfectly good shed...
Yes, despite its remoteness and lack of anything of
interest, BFE is inhabited. Curiously, no resident claims to live there by
choice. Because of an as yet unexplained force, they have become stuck in BFE. Visitors
are cautioned to be wary of this phenomenon; the best way to avoid it is to
have some other definite destination in mind.
Once you are trapped in BFE, escape is very, very difficult, so unless
you are resigned to a life of settin’ and scratchin’ make sure you have
somewhere else to be.
"Most travelers realize they’ve been there only after they’ve left."
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Extra inside joke: The landscape photo is from the outskirts of Hiram
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