[at-l] trail magic 8/19-23

[Susan Buchanan]

I came past there on Friday and Saturday . . . . but was busy myself taking
care of a couple of thruhikers - I officiated at the wedding of Rainbow
Brite and Mountain Dew (AT 2006) on Saturday (rehearsal on Fri).  Wedding
was at my summer chapel just west of Crawford Notch (near the Mt Washington
Hotel) and then the reception was around the mountain in Pinkham Notch -
outside under a tent.  The sermon for the wedding used trail magic as the
basic image for their life in the future - in taking care of each other, and
together taking care of the world - although I also did reference PUDs and
traveling light.

suz

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Arthur Gaudet <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>wrote:

>  The highlight of the trip was the intense T-storm and rain that went
> through the Whites on Friday afternoon. In southern NH near Mt. Monadnock
> they are still recovering from flooding, where they received 5 inches of
> rain in 4 hours. In the mountains it was intense wind, the sky dumped water
> and now there are new gullies about 6 inches deep along the AT where I do
> trail magic, where the tar spur road meets RT. 302. The summit of Washington
> got 2.5 inches of rain. A tornado touched down at Paris ME, about 40 miles
> away! Yikes! One tree came down about 150 feet from the trailhead, some
> roads were hazardous for driving with downed limbs & debris.
>
> The bulk of the hikers is still moving north through the Whites, although
> the southbounders have now passed the area. Annie was the only SoBo hiker,
> doing well on the trail after 30 days. All the northbounders who met her
> were impressed with her attitude!
>
> The names, pretty much as I met them starting on Thursday morning 8/20:
> Tarzan
> UCOC
> Wing It
> Don't Panic
> Wobbler
> Early Bear
> Lil' Dipper
> Hammock
> Annie (SoBo)
> Hazard
> Croc Star
> Spoon
> Ink
> Miles
> Dumbass
> Bigfoot
> Solar System
> Naneek
> Sonny & Iron Mike
> Otter
> Jellyfish
> Wispee
> Rock Lobster
> Wiz Kid
> Gritty McDuff
> Raddle Phoot
> Space Cowboy
> Brave Little Toaster & Hot Dog (his terrier)
> Frank N. Stein
> WV Strings
> Momma LLama & Juice
> Nature
> Bronco
> Wingo
> Knickers
> Hobbit & Jumar (dog)
> Yukon
> Gritz
> Slagline
> Featherfoot
>
> So about 45 hikers (probably more as it was a bit hectic at times). I had
> to laugh at one trailname "Brave Little Toaster", evidently it comes from a
> children's book. Thanks go out to Bear Bag & Sweet Pee (AT 2000) who
> supported this round of trail magic.  --RockDancer
>
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