[at-l] "Strange" pack items

[nealb@midlandstech.com (William Neal)]

I wasn't there but I heard of something similar to the message below.  A
whole family trekked back and forth to a "distant" campsite.  Probably to
get away from the big crowds (it was a holiday).  And they were mildly
disapproving of the three people there (1 couple and 1 single guy).  They
trekked back and forth.  Then set up a big fire.  Unfortunately that area of
the state was under a no-fire watch.  And unfortunately the couple was on a
"busman's holiday".  They immediately fined the family and threatened them
with arrest.  I understand one of them said, "I told you we should have gone
to Disneyland."
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Winchester [mailto:winchester@unnet.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 11:40 PM
To: Phil Heffington
Cc: AT- L Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [at-l] "Strange" pack items

My favorite wasn't on the AT, but at Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior.  We'd
been hiking the shoreline trail and had settled in at Mosquito Falls
Campground early in the day - it's just a great spot!  It was fall and there
wasn't anyone else around - for a while anyway.  This guy hikes in with his
kid about mid day and sets up an 8x10 canvas cabin tent, and drops a
case(count 'em - 24) of Bud in the stream, then he hikes back toward the
parking area - about 3 miles.  He returns, yelling at his kid, with 4 cases
of Campbells soup, and Chef Boyardee's and stuff like that, he leaves again
for the parking area and gets back about dark with a double burner coleman
stove, lantern and the rest of his camping stuff. I figure he must've hiked
18 miles back and forth. They eat dinner, and he lights a big friggin'
blazer which he feeds all night.  Mosquito is a no fire zone.
It was pretty bizarre.

Ron