That good old philosophy did work because there was no schedule to meet, you fixed as you went, no traffic, lots of people would stop and help, the old timers had lots of tricks they knew and you eventually made it.

Now: Higher speeds, traffic, robbers, shooters, vandals, unfriendlys, illegals and highway inspectors. You gotta have good reliable equipment now and carry a cell phone and a hog leg. But Patagonia is as close to the old days as you can get out west.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn