[at-l] 2003 Rain Year

[hudsom at us.ibm.com (Mark Hudson)]

  <<My only (vicarious) experience of the FLT is courtesy of "10 Million
Steps".
  Judging from Nomad's description a lot of it is underwater in wet
years.>>

  FLT = Finger Lakes Trail. I've got no interest in the Florida Trail. What
little
  interest I had Nimblewill's book quickly took care of. I have even less
interest in
  walking US 1 down to the Keys.


  <<I had a choice and I didn't, but not because of the weather. OTOH how
would
  one know when setting out in March or April whether the sun would shine
on
  you only once or twice a fortnight? If you started and quit because you
were
  continually rained on the first few weeks, it could change to drought
right
  after you decided to postpone until the next year. Even with all our
  technology forecasts beyond a few days still aren't very accurate.
  Realistically it's a bit of a crapshoot. You pick a year and do it.
Weather
  happens.>>

  That's the whole thing about being on the trail, you don't know what's
around the
  corner. That's why I keep going back, among other reasons...


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