[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [at-l] Pictures of Signs---
See.
Bare a little elitism and someone comes and just rubs your nose all around
in it. (But very humanely, too.)
Great post.
Sloetoe
(Elitist quitting while he's behind.)
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: [at-l] Pictures of Signs---
Author: "Leslie Booher" <lwbooher@evansville.net> at ima
Date: 10/19/99 8:16 PM
Sloetoe---
Once, just below Max Patch, an old pick-up with the
requisite elderly couple pulled up to my brother and me and said very sadly, "I
don't suppose you need anything, do you?" They truly wanted to have a way to
help us and to hear our stories.
I just love people.
Leslie
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic">Sloetoe---</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic">My outfitter told us before we
ever went out the first time that you get out there in the situations that you
describe and there's always some old man who says to his wife, "Look,
Bertha, backpackers!" And, thus it was so. I named my trail
journal Look, Bertha, Backpackers! When we got to someplace in GA, whose
name escapes me now, there was a trail marker like the one on Springer. We
were to wait there for our ride. I quote from my journal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic">"On the way out, we had our
'tourist experience'. While we waited for Mom and Diana, we stood by a
little rest area. An older couple were there in a little pick-up.
The woman had her hair in rollers. The man was outside the truck leaning
on the door with a Coke. 'Where'd you start?' 'How long you been
out?' 'What's your pack weigh?' etc, etc. It was the perfect
touch to end the trip."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic">It's been the same every
time. There's always someone out there saying, "Look, Bertha,
backpackers!" They mean well, they like us, and the trip wouldn't be
complete without them. Once, just below Max Patch, an old pick-up with the
requisite elderly couple pulled up to my brother and me and said very sadly,
"I don't suppose you need anything, do you?" They truly wanted
to have a way to help us and to hear our stories.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic">I just love people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Leslie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>