Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Nettles, rose hips, PCT hikers, EWIIAAPAAYP reservation, wind quiets, Kwaaymii trail & bedrock mortars



Jasmine,
thanks for the good comment and for the note about the snake we saw. I
saw a much bigger one not long after I got the message.

I was up till early this AM reading _A Prayer for Owen Meany_. A bad
habit, but neat to see my tech setup enables that. There was cold
wind--calming, finally, by the time the moon set. Yesterday I walked
further north to town; today, just around the meadow to the south.

Being near the PCT, there is opportunity for good company. Mark from
Chicago was camped near the spring this AM. He was happy to learn/meet
watercress, miner's lettuce. He helped me realize those really are
nettles by the spring. Asking what all I might do out here for so
long, he was curious about how I got into sitting, what it meant. He
noticed he had lost his drum sticks earlier on the trail.

Peace,
Colin

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