[pct-l] Things you miss years after you Finish

[Montedodge@aol.com]

Some of the things you miss most about this trail  are the first sounds of 
rain drops hitting the tent fly after a hard days hike through dry dust. ( 
Nothing puts you to sleep like the sound of rain on the tent. Also the look 
on two old bitties faces when you walk into town  ( whispering, gee Agness, 
am glad that,s not MY SON ) for your mail drop with no bath for 3 weeks. ( 
looking like the guy on Jethro Tull,s Aqualung Album Cover )  Meeting a few 
fellow thu-hikers 3 months later on the trail who you thought had quit  and 
hadn,t seen since your first week out. The taste of a rootbeer float after 
living on cup-a-soup for the last 3 days. The look of a high Sierra tarn at 
midnight with no clouds and a full moon.  The hiss of your favorite stove 
when  you have been walking all day in 33 degree half snow slush and finally 
set up camp. These things will stand out more over time than when you reach 
the border on that final year of your hike.
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