I smiled at Victor’s comment about
cows on the Trail. Yes hikers on the AT encounter a few cows and horses on the
trail. Strange to some but on several Mountains and farm areas where ladders
are built over the fences in and out of pastures are common. And then in
Pennsylvania there are pastures and corn fields. We have been a little leery in
a couple pastures but we were mostly ignored by the cows and horses.
“Just
keep walking and be glad you don’t have on red!” She tried to laugh. Both Goats
walked along about a quarter mile then jumped flatfooted off the trail and up
the mountain. They didn’t say a word!
Also, once I told Sherry, “Look over
there!” About a hundred yards above some small trees was a Giraffe’s head, YES
it was. She looked in her AT Guide and found out we were walking by the area
where the Washington DC, National ZOO puts their animals to recover or recoop
from accidents or illness. We both
laughed. Just a few minutes later we walked by their fence and could look in.
But it leads thru and by views like this:
We laugh about the one picture where Sherry was climbing down a very rough spot after throwing her pack over a cliff so she wouldn’t have to carry it down.
If all goes well it is 15 days until this dream or nightmare starts. LOL I just hope I can at least walk a few hundred miles. BUT we will see. I am not completely ignorant of the possibilities at my age. ;-) Most of family and friends have their doubts. :-O But I can laugh at them. Some of my dreams became a nightmare in just a few days, Remembering 3-5 days after joining the USMC and on Parris Island. LOL I woke up many mornings wishing it was just a bad dream!
;O, That feeling past and I actually liked the Corps. ;-)
Nite Shipslog
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5 comments:
I wish I could do it with you Jack. :)
Thank you so much for relating your experiences here for us, Jack. Reminded me of my holidays years ago in the Lake District in the UK. Not so much hiking. But living as a group in a barn and singing and eating round a camp fire at night. We too have ladders (as in your photo) over stone walls or wooden fences so you can enter and pass through a field - as long as you don't disturb the cows or sheep.
God bless you and Sherry.
Oh, how funny about that giraffe head! Everything you recount is entertaining, but were I to encounter the no-see-ums, that would be it. No-see-um-Myra!
Hi Jack
I asked my John if he could help you with tracker.
I sent you an email.
Wow! I guess you never know what you might see on the trail. As long as it's not a wild bear or a mountain lion, you should be safe though, just amused. 15 days is not very long to wait, I can see you are getting anxious to be off and enjoy your hike.
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