[at-l] Drink Mix Vs. Teeth

[GoVolsKelly at aol.com (GoVolsKelly@aol.com)]

This just brings to mind some of things we do at home that we don't think of 
doing when we hike. 

For example:
I CANNOT sleep on a bed that has one itty-bitty crumb on it.  I could feel a 
grain of salt, and it will drive me crazy.  On the trail, however, I sleep 
with all kinds of junk in my bag...

I take 2-3 showers a day in the winter and 3-5 in the summer.  I've gone days 
without a shower whilst hiking.

I NEVER pick up food off the ground and eat it when I'm at home, you know?  

I brush my teeth in the morning and at night and after I eat when I'm not 
hiking.  However, I'm lucky if I swish toothpaste around my mouth in the morning 
when I'm on the trail.  

I wig out over bugs at home.  You shoulda seen me scream and throw shoes at 
the palmetto bug that got in the house a few weeks ago.  And the ant problem 
resulted in my sleeping at my mother's house one night.  Bugs don't bother me 
when I'm on the trail....

And see, the Boy has never SEEN me out in the wilds, so he laughs and laughs, 
and says I don't hiking,  I just check myself in to the Ritz... He can't 
believe me, a crumb hating, teeth brushing, heebie jeebie-ing about bugs, shower 
obsessor is actually hiking.  LOLOL!  


In a message dated 2/5/2004 12:58:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mdpaige@comcast.net writes:
Guess it just depends on your teeth... My girlfriend brushed her teeth
along the trail and came back with 5 cavities.  I, on the other hand,
embarked on an experiment and brushed my teeth only twice on the
trail, and the dentist gave me a clean bill of health... told me they
look good.  This after eating snickers and oreos right before bed on
many an occasion.