The geotrail today takes us toward Polaris, built to be a shopping dream, surrounded by apartments to house the shoppers and clerks.

We pass by the mega complex which finances shopping malls, apartments, and all manner of investments for those whose money is kept here.

When Country, Peppered and Diced lands our GPS in a dumpster, battle lines are drawn over who will take the dive. Nothing is more essential and less appealing than the business of garbage. Saved by bouncing coordinates, we move on to a brick wall. The trees hanging over it seem to be hiding grins.

As our search tickles them in return, our trees offer a prickly yet heartfelt hug.

Cache Owner hankpixie has brought us into the world of the waffle house nearby. When sharing public food went missing for two years, this basic communal act morphed from necessity to luxury. Home fries, anyone?