[at-l] SoRuck2007-Best Ruck Ever and the Mystery of thedisappearing Beef-Veggie Soup

[George (Tin Man) Andrews]

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From: "Bett Middleton" <mtnstream73 at eufaula.rr.com>>
>
> We were wonderfully pleased to find that we were in our same exact room 
> again in Cabin D, surrounded by friends like Ready and Spur, the Tinman's 
> family, the Bug family, and others from last year.  I'd like to personally 
> thank Mrs. Tinman and her family for allowing the WH list members to 
> invade their space on Sat. afternoon and turn it into a wine and 
> cheese/knitting hen party.
>
> We had 22 women present and about 4-5 of them are possible new members, so 
> heads up moderators.  We spent around 2.5 hours introducing ourselves to 
> everyone else and  I was especially glad to meet some new faces, Barbara 
> and Mary being two that I recall.  We were honored with the presence of 
> several beloved female thru-hikers.  Spiritwalker aka Ginny Owens, who has 
> hiked the AT, CDT, and other trails, whom I hope will come join the WH 
> group when she's not on the trail, and our own WH members, Hammock 
> Hanger(AT04), who persevered for 4 years to finally become a 2000 miler, 
> Jan aka Liteshoe(LT02, AT03)for whose Long Trail book many of us are 
> anxiously watching our mailboxes, and finally Marta, whose journey we've 
> all followed this year, and though its not quite over, she did make 
> Springer on Thurs. and showed up at the SoRuck the next day.  And I was 
> thrilled that my hiking partner, Moonbeam aka Debby was sitting right 
> there next to me.  It was great to see her again.  We've mi
> ssed being able to hike together this year, due to her physical problems. 
> We're praying hard that some physical therapy and other things will enable 
> her to get out some, at least.
>
*****heh, heh, heh...guys, I've got the pictures just in case you want to 
know what they were REALLY doing in there.  ;)
Hen Party Crashin Tin Man