[pct-l] The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Trail Life

[Hiker97 at aol.com]

Trail life has many faces.  The wise backpacker knows that it can always get 
worse on the trail and  in life.  But sometimes it is hard  to look at the 
glass as half full and not half  empty. 
Good: Your foxy trail-life partner, Trail Dust, is  pregnant.
Bad: It is triplets.
Ugly: You had a  vasectomy three years ago. 
Good: Your wife & trail partner is not talking to  you.
Bad: She wants a  divorce.
Ugly: She's a  lawyer. 
Good: Your son, the young handsome hiker, is finally  maturing.
Bad: He's become involved with a hot wench  down at the local trail saloon.
Ugly: So are  you.

Good: Your son studies trail maps and guide  books a lot in his room for his 
trips.
Bad: You find  several porn magazines hidden there.
Ugly: You're in  them. 
Good: Your life & trail partner, Grizzly, and you agree, no  more kids.
Bad: But you can't find your birth control  pills.
Ugly: You find out your 16-year old daughter  borrowed them.

Good: Your trail partner-husband, Gorp,  understands fashion and colors.
Bad: He's a  cross-dresser.
Ugly: He looks better than  you.

Good: You give the "birds and bees" talk to  your young hiking daughter.
Bad: But she keeps  interrupting.
Ugly: With corrections and  explanations.

Good: Your young son has finally started  dating.
Bad: It's with a woman with a lot of trail  miles and stories; 40 years his 
senior.
Ugly: It’s one  of your longtime trail partners,  Flossy. 
Good: Your daughter got her first  job. 
Bad: As a very scantly clad sever-wench down at the local  hiker/biker bar.
Ugly: Your hiking buddies are her best  customers.
Way ugly: She makes a lot more money than you  do. 
Your  hiking buddy and the Rush Limbaugh of the Trail 
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