[at-l] In dreams we walk

[Jim and/or Ginny Owen]

lol!!  Not to worry.  In a lot of miles of hiking, I've never had a "trail dream" as such.  

Ginny does that for me - your mother seems to be doing it for you.   

 

Maybe she should be going with you? 

 

I have had trail "obsession".  But that's entirely different.  

 

Uh - what's this "sleeping in an inadequate wooden structure" you're talking about?  

We slept in a marmot-chewed wooden cabin in Alaska last year, but that's the first 

time in 16 years we've used anything but a tent.  

 

Seriously, I'd be surprised if you don't learn to hate the shelters.  But YMMV.  

 

Have a good hike,

Jim

 



http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/


 


Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:43:57 -0800
From: imagainst_the_wind at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [at-l] In dreams we walk
To: spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com





I'm worried because I'm not having Trail Dreams. My starting date is 4 weeks from yesterday.
 
When I'm training for a marathon or triathlon, I have dreams. Generally bad dreams.... I can't find the course, or I get there late after the start gun has fired and the runners are gone, or I can't follow the course and get lost, or I'm on blistering pace to set a Personal Record or place for an award but I don't have my race number on or my tracking chip on my shoe so my time won't be counted.
 
I have had not one single Trail dream. My MOTHER has trail dreams for me. Dreams of sleeping in an "inadequate" wooden structure with only 3 walls, waking up cold, walking out into rocks, not able to determine which direction to pick her way among the rocks. My 88-yo MOTHER is having trail dreams. I'm having none.
 
Don't know what, if anything, that means. Maybe I've got it all sorted out and don't need to hash it out in dreams.
 
MacGyver





From: Jim and/or Ginny Owen <spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com>
To: at-l <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:25:34 AM
Subject: [at-l] In dreams we walk



I am constantly dreaming of heading out on a long hike.  The dream places usually have no
 resemblence to real places on the trails I've hiked -- but oh are they good!  Usually I dream I 
can just walk out my door and find myself on a trail, heading north for a thousand or more 
miles.  It's good.
 
Ginny


http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/


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