[pct-l] Trail Magic

[Sabrina Harrison]

Just wow 😳

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> On Mar 12, 2018, at 9:18 PM, Matthew Edwards <iceaxehikes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a fun one.
> Northern California just before Etna.
> I had been walkimg with Indy that morning and we thought we were just about
> to the road and could share a hitch to town for resupply.
> Walking and talking, I recall Indy was one of the few hikers that wore
> actual boots.
> Through the beautiful dappled early sunlight we went until we turned a
> corner in the trail..
> There she was; dread locked hair, baby wrapped up in a sling across her
> bare chest and nursing, some type of animal skin skirt, barefoot and
> backlit by the rays of the sun... surrounded by 19 goats, 18 of which had
> doggie type backpacks on.
> I turned to Indy and said; "My God, we've come so far.. IT'S MOTHER NATURE!"
> To which we all began to laugh.
> Her husband appeared from the brush and we began introductions.
> The little family would leave the Black Bear commune every summer and walk
> with their goats until it got to cool at night and they would return home.
> They made 6 miles a day.
> They milked the goats and consumed the milk along with a goat on occasion
> which they roasted when friends joined them on trail.
> Indy and I were given a stainless pitcher of fresh warm goat milk to drink.
> Only wished i'd had some rice crispies to share.
> We were unacustomed to milk.. right out of a goat, but had a sip each and
> thanked them.
> Before we left them, we asked why one goat didn't have a backpack.
> "That one likes to swim.. we'll eat him next".
> That ranks up there as one of the more astonishing and magical encounters
> of the PCT for me.
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