[pct-l] a beer story

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Not beer but a related story on the AT...

Hurricane Floyd struck Maine while we were spending the night at Horseshoe 
Canyon lean-to.  With both the east and west branches of the Piscataquis 
River well above our heads (normally, they're ankle/shin deep), we were 
stuck there for three days before we could cross.  The day we got across, I 
made the trek back to the west branch to encourage a SOBO woman there to 
backtrack and cross at the east branch.

On my way back to the east branch, I stepped over a stream - now for the 
fifth time and looked down to see someone's discarded Jack Daniels bottle 
(and it was a big one, too).  For some reason it caught my eye and on closer 
inspection, I realized it was full.

I don't drink but I grabbed the bottle anyway.  That afternoon, with the 
help of some others who managed to get across the west branch, we all 
finally got across the east branch.  The whole entourage made short work of 
that bottle.  After all, no one was going to carry out the extra weight of a 
full bottle.  Everyone was in a great mood for the last 7 miles to Monson.

:-)

Mara


>From: "Ginny & Jim Owen" <spiritbear2k@hotmail.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] a beer story
>Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 15:01:45 -0500
>
>Actually two beer stories:
>When we were on the AT, Jim and I camped at Rainbow Lake in Maine.  It's a
>beautiful place in the 100 Mile Wilderness.  As we arrived at the lake, we
>were met by a man who said, "Follow me to the beer."  We did.  Turned out 
>he
>was out for a week fishing with some of his employees and had just had a
>resupply load dropped off by float plane. Among other things (like whiskey
>and wine), it dropped 9 cases of beer for three guys for three days.  The
>leader dropped one of the cases of beer into the stream by our campsite
>saying, "Take what you want."  We did.
>
>Earlier in the trip, I stopped at an overlook in Bear Mountain Park to take
>a picture.  I dropped my pack for a few minutes, and when I went to pick it
>up, there was a bottle of Guiness sitting next to it.  It was warm, but
>perfectly good.  Better than an M & M any day.
>
>Ginny
>
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