[at-l] dec 23, 1999

[Slyatpct@aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

Felix,

I'd like to know how you planned on paying for the chesseburger, that is, if 
the grille had been opened.  Skills such as yours go along way on thru-hike! 
: )

Sly

AThiker@smithville.net writes:


> "You got someplace where hikers stay?" I asked.
> "Well, there's the bunkhouse," a bewildered woman said. She
> said
> something to the man next to her and he left the room. "Go
> to the pink
> bunkhouse and I'll get you a plate of food."
> "How about one of those Texas Cheeseburgers" I thought.
> Well, I liked
> the thought of it so well that I said it, too.
> "The grille's closed. I'll get you a plate of food."
> 
> I went outside to wander around the parking lot in the pea
> soup fog and
> rain. I saw the bunkhouses, but couldn't tell which one was
> pink.
> Finally, the man who had left the room walked up with a
> flashlight and
> space heater and directed me to the pink bunkhouse. He told
> me to put on
> some dry cloths and come back inside and get my food. I did.
> I looked at
> the disposable cameras on the counter. I could not buy one.
> Luck was
> taunting me. It knew that I had $11. It knew that my 'room'
> was $10. It
> knew that Mt. Moma took no credit card. I took the single
> remaining
> dollar and bought a Pepsi. I took my Pepsi and a picnic
> basket of food
> with me back to the bunkhouse.
> 




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