[pct-l] Fwd: Hiker-trash lifestyle and the Future...

[Meridith Rosendahl]

Honey, I'm so glad you've decided not to live under a freeway!  Love
(Piper's) Mom

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> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:03:01 -0800
> From: Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
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> For a long time now I've seen the handwriting on the wall. My mom
> tries to reassure me it'll all be okay, but I know better. People are
> actively trying to eliminate social security and the big money will
> certainly find a way to steal my 401K just when I need it. So ever
> since I read a story in the LA Times in the 90s about a 66 year old
> lady who lived on the PCT with her goat during the hiking season and
> lived with her goat in a trailer in the winter I figured that's my
> plan for retirement. Without the goat. Now that I've actually hiked
> the trail I know what a great retirement it will be. Yep, the trail
> in spring/summer/fall and Slab City or equivalent the rest of the
> time. I try to remind myself of this as much as I can because I still
> wake up in a panic now and then. I know I can't be useful to the work
> world forever. There has to be somewhere to go when I'm actual
> garbage to the regular world. Hiker trash is the best form of garbage.