[at-l] re:Hiking the Appalachian Trail

[askowronek at mindspring.com (Amy Skowronek)]

On Aug 19, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Linda Benschop wrote:

> Well, if we are going to "date ourselves"......some of my fondest  
> childhood hiking memories were hiking the Whites with my parents.   
> We would never worry about carrying water as we just scooped it up  
> in our hands and drank it.  No such think as Giarrdia or such.  No  
> worries about pollution then.  No crowds either.  Oh the Whites  
> were so peaceful then......


When I was a kid, I'd just scoop up water and drink it wherever we  
were.  Backwoods Michigan, backwoods Pennsylvania.. if we were in the  
middle of nowhere, I was fine with it.  My mother, however, was  
aghast and sure I'd get sick.