[pct-l] zzzzzzzzz

[Trekker4 at aol.com (Trekker4@aol.com)]

Amazing, not one pct-l posting from 1 AM - 7 AM  Central. Here in the Big 
Bend, it's tourist season, along with Spring Break. The  motor homes and 
5th-wheelers trundle slowly through town, spending their money  and moving on, thank 
God. The rv parks in town fill up; the campgrounds in Big  Bend NP fill up; the 
popular designated camp sites in the High Chisos almost  fill up, but some of 
us know where to hike and see no one.
    On the PCT there's almost no one; all is  quiet - until 5 weeks from now. 
Then a plague of locusts will move  northward from the Border, devouring all 
the water in sight, even the water put  out by natives in a vain attempt to 
placate them. Some of them will die  along the way, realizing sooner or later 
they should have never been a locust.  Six weeks later, the tougher ones will 
seep up the valleys into the snow, where  fewer will die, and water is more 
abundant. Even fewer will make it through the  snow to run once again into 
parched, waterless conditions ....
 
Ah, what the hell, I'm just bored - and waiting, waiting ...
Bob 
Big  Bend Desert Denizen
(Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)