[pct-l] about potty trowels,

[greg mushial]

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> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:22:50 -0800
> From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] about potty trowels,
> To: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Good morning, all,
>
> I don?t use a potty-trowel; I use ready-made holes whenever I can.  I find
> one of the zillions of gopher mounds, push aside the very loose dirt, and
> take advantage the hole beneath.  If that inconveniences a gopher ? tough. 
> He
> can just excavate dirt elsewhere.
>
> I?ve never been bitten when using such a hole, but I expect there's a 
> WANTED
> poster featuring my bare butt hanging in every gopher post office in the
> mountain west.
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>

Steel-Eye - many many thanks for making my morning...  have got to love the 
image...  and given the damage the gophers do here to our food garden, and 
hence the contempt for the buggers - I think I'm going to have to join you 
in your practice on the trail.
:-)  x10000
TheDuck