washing machines and john lennon
this is a quick post....sitting in a wooden shack with a washer and dryer and an old computer....the sounds of john lennon through the speakers and the rumble of the washer are mixing with the laughter outside. it is a beautiful day, not to be said that everyday is not, but today the sky seems particularly blue. yesterday it rained so hard the trail transformed into a small river and everything on everybody was completely soaked. fortunately, my affinity for splashing in puddles and laughing like a 5-year-old all the way down the 7-mile mountain saved my spirit.
i am now at a hostel in davenport gap, north carolina. or tennessee? not sure. the states are kind of interchangeable. we just finished smoky mountains national park...effectively kicked its ass, actually. made it through the whole park in 3 1/2 days. holler! one 16 mile day followed by a 24 then followed by a 21 in a monsoon. we're taking a break. don ate two 1/2 pound cheeseburgers today. i had pancakes :)
last night my friends thought it would be a cool idea to play around with an electric razor...don ended up shaving the AT symbol into his back hair, adam destroyed his nice curls and shaved the AT symbol into his head and chad is now donning a super sweet mohawk. we all look totally insanely hardcore awesome!
things that make hikers laugh: farting, redneck jokes, running through puddles, farting, cussing, bright stars, running down big 'ol hill with your pack on and your arms flailing around, farting and using the adjective "plumb" to describe everything you possibly can.
this post is random. i apologize. i miss you. i love yoU! here comes summer summer time!
Open up your eyes and see the beauty over there
open up your ears and be surprised by what you hear
cause its not just on the radio
its not just on the video
it isn't all downloadable
there's music everywhere
posted by beck @ 11:47 AM
6 Comments:
high de hay Becka!! 24 miles in one day? wow!! well I am wondering where AT is shaved on your head!! why are you farting so much??? good to hear from you BCITEU.
we got that horrible Army tent set back up, what a chore. Hopefully it will last thru the first big wind storm, which come up anytime it thinks about raining anywhere around here. Mostly just wind here tho. major bitch winds out here this summer.
fish sticks are done, better go eat some. Im eating abit of fish and chicken (dinosaurs!) but thats all. mostly eating chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and chocolate pudding...chocolate IS a vegetable, right?
love you girl, SO proud of you!! wish I could be a fly on your back pack, just for a mile or so.
happy trail and all my love, mom
YEE HA! For someone that is laughing every time you enjoy what's going on, wet a lot, and farting at a lot of your day...... you sound marvelose! Thanks for the 'washing machine and john lennons' [which I knew when he/I were younger.... :-( a long while ago]that you told us a bit about your life so far. So lovely, girl, to read about your hike. Love, Auntie Poo
Yeah, pretty much farting is hilarious. Nothing like a good rip to lighten spirits, especially if timed so that it provides a certain emphasis to one thing or another. You sound like you're having the time of your life, and I'm actually quite jealous. I hope I'll be able to see you when you're near, meanwhile, keep enjoying life like you do. Love, Jason
Happy Mother's day to all you moms out there! Sorry, but I have the Most Wonderful Child In The Entire Universe, yours just will have to be second. Becka, I hope you didnt fret too much if you dont get to call/email whatever your Mommy dearest today - days, like trees, all start to look alike when on the trail Im sure. And its just another day designed to make kids feel guilty anyway, cuz Every Day feels like Mothers Day to me. I feel so proud to have you as my kid, now a growing up young person, and if I sometimes treat you as a child, or think of you as one, please forgive me. I remember you as a little bitty girl, those red curls and that big happy smile, just grinning while clomping around in my huge size 11 shoes. Now you have size 11 shoes too, when did that happen! time has gone so fast, it doesnt seem possible that only 19 yrs ago you were a baby. WOW!
well, I never say any of this stuff right, try to hard to be whatever, so I'll quit for now. Just want you to know I love you and wish I could come hike a few days with you, meet your new friends, eat some beans, and happily make you laugh when I fart! Happy Trail MWCITEU, you are so loved! mom
duh.... poor doug told me why i was doing the wrong thing.............. anyhow.. HOW'S IT GOING? have rain today so i'll go to doug's office just to make it different. so, take care! smile and be happy! happy trails... auntie poo
hey Becka!! some good advise from the Walk In The Woods guy: (maybe you know already??)
I carry a small screw-in cup hook that I screw into the underside of a main beam and suspend my entire pack from the hook by a thin nylon cord. With this method, the mice have no way of telling that there is anything hanging from the beam to follow or drop down upon. I also hang the pack as low as I can without leaving it accessible to larger rodents from the ground level. Works like a charm. Just as a precaution, I always leave all the zippers open in my pack so any mouse lucky enough to find my pack won't have to chew through the fabric to get at the food. They only eat a little bit anyway. It is the sound of the chewing that really gets to me. That knawing sound will keep me from sleeping just as if I had drank loads of a caffeinated beverage
hope you are having/had/will have fun at the Damascus shindig! hope you got all the junk I sent, share!!
almost moved out of here, another insane wind day to challange us. If you give the wind toys, like laundry, it just loves to play with it!
love you girl, happy trail!! mom
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