In our world here in the woods, there's an art to mooching. It may take a week or two, but any good thru-hiker knows how to finagle a few extra snacks and when it's not too soon to ask, "are you finished with that?"
The joke out here goes:
A day hiker comes across an M & M on the trail and, for a moment of entertainment, crushes it with the sole of his boot.
A section-hiker sees the M & M and considers about eating it, but decides that eating an M & M that's been left in the dirt for goodness knows how long is not the best idea and steps over it.
A thru-hiker spots the red or blue or green candy from at least 0.3 miles away, lunges for it and devours it.
If this seems an exaggeration, then let me humor you with a story from the trail:
Hot Springs (formerly Corey), River Weasel and I hiked in to Iron Mountain Shelter (at 433.6 miles) in the rain. It had been raining since the morning and for the better part of four days.
There was a section hiker already moved-in when we arrived. We were wet, cold, hungry and thirsty. The section hiker was eating a power bar when a sizable chunk fell to the dirt. He picked it up and peered at it, then wound-up to throw it away.
Quickly, I asked, "what is that? Is that food?"
He answered, "yeah, it's a piece of power bar-it's a goner."
We answered this with a quick, "wait! wait! wait! I'll eat it if you don't want it!"
Indeed, it is a hungry business, hiking.
In other news, Corey and I have played 27 holes of disc golf and 33 games of gin rummy-both of which Corey is unfortunately in the lead.
New faces, as usual: Mystic, ProVo, Nokia, Boulder Rabbit (Aussie), Rhyme & Reason, Postcard, Bugler and Willow.
In a stand against normality and the dusk-till-dawn hiking mentality, Hot Springs and I went six miles one day and camped on Beauty Spot. We had the tents set up by 12:30 p.m. and were treated to a lazy, sunny day and a beautiful sunset.
We're in Damascus, Virginia now-tired and damp after a 26-mile day and nearly two weeks of rain. Damascus is just short of the 1/4-way mark-I've gone 459.5 miles in 36 days. Yeehaw!
We'll be back in Damascus in two weeks for Trail Days-a homecoming for past thru-hikers and a hippie hiker fest for the rest of us.
So, until then, Donkey (LOVE) is in Virginia-state #4
is there a good story behind the name "hot springs" ...wait, maybe i don't want to know, i'm sure you two love birds are sharing the proverbial sleeping-bag.
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