<div>I did not stay at Coyote's (Keith and Mary) house in Deming.</div><div>This had nothing to do with anything Keith, other than a slight case of heat exhaustion i had on day three.</div><div>I stayed at the American Inn motel so as not to burden anyone.</div>
<div>Spent the afternoon and the night with the AC on full blast and drinking Snapple Peach Iced tea until i was well again.</div><div> </div><div>As most may know i am in Yogi's latest guide.</div><div> </div><div>Keith, I was reluctant to stay at your place for the simple reason i wanted to be alone while i was figuring out </div>
<div>the beginning of my hike and strengthening my resolve, and recovering.</div><div>There was nothing personal in my decision to avoid your place and when the 3 thirties (Jack Beanstalk, Sarong, Chief Chihuahua) told me later you had been expecting me, i felt really bad.</div>
<div>I thought about it from that day, until this, in fact.</div><div> </div><div>I am sorry for any hard feelings and i assure you none were intended.</div><div> </div><div>Sage, and the three thirties as well as others had nothing but good things to say about their stay at your house.</div>
<div> </div><div>Dang.. this is hard.. i am between a friend i have never met and a friend i barely know, here..</div><div> </div><div>In fact, i heard you like old mystery TV shows like Columbo.. that is my favorite! Even got Peter Faulk's autograph when i was a kid.</div>
<div> </div><div>Looking back, i sure wish i had stayed with you and Mary now.</div><div> </div><div>At the time i know i did the right thing. When i am hurting, i seek solitude so as not to impose on others.</div><div> </div>
<div>Just want to thank you and Mary for the kind invitation to your home.</div><div> </div><div>I also know Yogi has a good heart. </div><div>She simply asked me what my experiences were on the CDT.</div><div>If you saw here extensive questionaire for the guidebooks you would know that it is impartial.</div>
<div>There are no "leading" questions and she simply aggregates the information and every word i entered ended up in the guide exactly as i wrote it even with </div><div>mis-spellings and bad grammer at times.(yikes, i am a bad writer!)</div>
<div> </div><div>I know i can't fix things between y'all.</div><div>But being a plumber (scratch that) HUMAN, i have to try.</div><div> </div><div>I love you both for the work you do to support hikers, past, present, and future.</div>
<div> </div><div>Even though i barely know either of you,</div><div>I judge neither of you other than to say; you are bigger hearted people than me.</div><div> </div><div>This is really hard for me and i think i should not even have posted this.. but i can't turn back now that i have hit the enter button.</div>
<div> </div><div>Peace- iceaxe</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>