December 12, Friday nights are all right for fighting zombies

 Alright, I'm actually better at fighting sheep.

I'm cooking at 192,,-438.

I have a few supplies, looking for lava.

Found at 229,,438.  Nether coords: 31,67,43.  In basalt.

Going pos pos: nothing

looking at neg pos  - looks like basalt delta.  I don't want to go there. 

try neg neg

found treasure bastion at -208,,-320.  So far no dying!

never mind.  I placed a chest for storing loot, and when I opened it i got chopped by a zealous piglin.  close to lava so I'm sure I'll lose most of it if I can get back here.

Scanning overworld for food and resources first.  Found two villages and Desert temple.  Not enough gold yet.

Got it now, from shipwreck.

-555,,335 ruined portal where I tried burning all my new supplies in lava.

Ok I have recovered most of my loot in the bastion.  I have three fire res and lotsa blocks.  I will next:

look pos neg for fortress (go east 500 blocks):  as predicted, I did find a fortress along that line!  And a spawner close, and I had fire res, and I ate food, and I blocked off the entrance to the spawner, and didn't die, collecting 9 blaze rods!!!!  and I used a pearl on the way back!  And found my portal and I'm at base!  

Next time, triangulate and travel!  I guess I can use nether travel since I have pearls and one more fire res.  I need the chart though.

found it in a video and pasted it into the footer of Trailhero.

first eye -66.2

Second -66.0

approx 600 block in the nether.

I'm at 624,,130 and will build portal here.  I can see a bastion to the southeast of me across a lake of lava.  btw I left the lower treasure at my first bastion untouched in case it's needed.

I've come out on a tiny sandy island at 5042,,1039.

first throw 18.5 second throw 19.3.  Difference is .8, so head south about 1250 blocks to z=2200.  Lean a bit to the right as well.

1. 91  2. 97  difference of 6, distance of 170 ish.

found it.  I've been dealing with the end 

6.84 hours.  again.  

I was doing so much better!  Then I had to kill the dragon basically twice because there was some glitch that kept her from taking damage.  So I restarted the game and resupplied, and then the dragon's health was restored for some reason. 

any way  I thought I would be under 5 hours this time.  [shrug]