Today I walk. Tomorrow is uncertain.
Made my first goal today: the Ga. N.C. border. Georgia: been there done that. Did 8.5 miles today to the Muskrat Creek Shelter and I'm done. It's only 1:30 but I've walked since 8 and I'm tired and there is thunder nearby. Disappointed that this shelter has no steel bear cables to hang food. Will try for first time to hang from my own rope.
Last evening an attractive young, voluptuous woman walked into camp. Sarah was wearing sandals, thin nylon skirt, see-thru shirt and nothing else. She reminded me of those fertility statues you find in primitive cultures. I don't know if she has a tent cause she slept on a mat in the open last night. There were a lot of young men in camp. I don't know how American men learn to look without appearing to look. Every time she walked by there were very slight adjustments of body positions. Culture is so interesting. It would have been so different in Italy.
It's happened again. "Too Tall" passed me a couple of times on the trail yesterday. (More about him later). At camp last night he talked about this adorable baby bear that ran down in front of him. I asked where I was when that happened and he said he had just passed me and thought of waiting to tell me but since it disappeared he kept walking. Grrrrr. Doesn't he know that cute baby bears have big ferocious mommas? This is the same young man at Springer Mt. where I was trying to discover the very start of the AT (he and his friends were sitting on the rock with the plaque). He pointed in the other direction and said "that way's north" like I was an idiot. He carries an axe so he can learn to throw it at trees. He also carries a book to identify edible wild plants and collects leaves to eat for dinner. You can't make this stuff up.
I listened to my grandchildren today and that was hard!!
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Wow! You've already walked 81.4 miles to the Muskrat Creek Shelter with one slight detour! I think you're doing great! Loving your stories. Just think of the stories you'll have to tell those kids some day when they're old enough to understand your accomplishment! (I work with Alicia, by the way, and she's passed on your trail name so we can follow your journey, too.) Keep up the good work. We're rooting for you here in Versailles!
ReplyDeleteFeel free to take photos of any and all attractive young voluptuous half dressed women you run across on the trail... for historical preservation reasons of course. : )
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Debate at work...surely this woman is wearing a bra under the see-thru shirt, right?
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