[at-l] An AT trip report

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

Dub (and I think his last name is actually Bloodworth) is a fascinating guy; I spent about 6 hours after the FTA annual meeting drivng him back to Titusville (we took the scenic route and stopped for lunch).  In his younger days (I think he's in his mid 60's), he did a lot of mountain climbing.  He was part of a group that were the first to summit several peaks in Alaska.   He was the first to summit the high point in every county in Utah.  He's retired now, no longer mountain climbs, but spends a month playing with his grandchildren and then a month hiking.  Last year he completed his section hike of the FT.  
 
His trail name is Rub-a-dub-dub.  He'll be back in Central Florida some time in December/January to see his Florida grandkids and do some more Florida hiking.
 
Really, really a neat guy.
 
Joan
bluetrail@aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Patton <lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu>
To: AT-L listserv <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:17:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [at-l] An AT trip report


I wish it were MY trip report, but it isn't.  This was sent to me by "Dub"
Dubbleworth of Utah.  He's a guy I shuttled to the Florida Trail earlier 
this year.  I got his permission to re-post his report here, 'cause I 
thought y'all might enjoy it.  ~~ eArThworm
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on sept 29 my brother harry flew from portland, oregon and i flew from salt 
lake city to manchester n.h. our sister connie picked us up at the airport 
and drove us to her house in lebanon, n.h. near hannover. our Mother lives 
with connie and her husband maurice. we had a good visit with them until 
past our Mothers 93rd birthday on oct 3. other family members were there 
also. we had great weather the whole time we were there.