[at-l] Re: at-l Drink Mix Vs. TeethT

[gypsy97 at bellsouth.net (gypsy97@bellsouth.net)]

I found a lot of things that I carried over from the hike that are still
with me today.    If it's getting to be bedtime and I realize I haven't had
a shower today, I just climb into bed.  If I drop food on the floor, I
follow the "3 second rule#, i.e., "If you pick it up within 3 seconds it's
ok to eat it."  I brushed my teeth twice a day on the trail and still do
that.  If my jeans aren't too dirty, I don't throw them in the wash just
because they've been worn.  If I see a bug in the house I usually scoop it
up on a piece of paper and throw it outside.  (Spiders can stay.)

To respond to the post regarding keeping up with the news while hiking, I
found this to be one of the best things about it - not knowing what was
happening and really not caring.  I was setting up my tent one evening and
overheard a thru hiker talking to a week-end hiker.  The thru asked "So
what's happening in the stock market?"  It seemed so out of place  in the
cathedral of the trees.

Gypsy

>> 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!