[pct-l] Thru Saunter of the PCT

[Hiker97 at aol.com (Hiker97@aol.com)]

"Sweet Goat Mama" wrote: What?? No goats???  Actually there's a guy in  
Oregon who used donkeys, mules horses, goats and even a camel doing 100-150  miles 
per animal. He's writing a book. He's in his 70's and a pro saunterer if I  
ever saw one. After he was all done, he kept the camel (hike or ride) and his  
daughter kept the goats (speed and funness). These were their favorite  animals
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Ha, ha, ha, ha.  Now I feel  better.  Sometimes I get a little crazy with my 
posts, but you have made me  feel better.  :-)
 
I thought of that one upstairs just  before I came down today (Saturday) to 
saunter down to the police  substation to check things out, see if I could get 
into some trouble, go to the  Patrol briefing, etc.  There was a big gun 
battle 4 blocks for the  substation on Thursday when I was just about to go home.  
About 40 shot  fired by the former bad guy and 605 rounds by our guys (lots of 
cover fire for  our trapped folks).  He ambushed and had several of our cops 
pinned  down, but not for long.  Then the SWAT team and sniper showed up.  The 
 former bad guy on a contact phone said he was not going back to prison or  
be taken.  Like I always say, prompt customer service is our motto.   No cops 
hurt badly.
 
I have the SWAT team come to the  substation monthly open house once a year 
to talk about their weapons and  procedures.  Real good show.  The sniper guy 
you would never  suspect.  He is short, bald, glasses, thin, and the guy you 
would pick to  kick sand in the face of to impress your significant other.  Ha, 
ha,  ha.  I am scared to be around him.  Ha, ha, ha.  But I scare  easily 
anyway, especially on the trial.  The SWAT guys know me, but  when I see them in 
my local restaurant eating breakfast sometimes, I  sit on the other side of the 
room and try to avoid eye contact.   :-)
 
Public service announcement: The  bad guy said on the phone to bring body 
bags for some SWAT officers.  That  is not a good thing to say when you are 
planning a gun battle with the  police.  Bad move.  Don't do that!  Trust me on 
this one.   Don't give SWAT a challenge.
 
Your hiking buddy,  Switchback
Trail Scared of His Own Shadow  Hiker