I continued to bike further down this way, toward the oncoming buldozer because I believed this path would be a car-free way to get to a Japanese supermarket owned by the (Japanese) parent company of 7-11. The goal was to pick up some Japanese snacks, specifically rice wrapped in seaweed, for the EAP trip to Inner Mongolia leaving in a couple hours. This was a good idea. Walking my bike right through that several feet-deep mud ahead despite suggestions that I use the dirt path on the right side of the tracks, on the other hand, was not.
EAP China! Robert Klein.