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<DIV>Well, I stopped by Hiker Heaven this morning to deliver my donated Garcia
bear canister. As a Valentine's Day gift I filled it with M&M candy
packages. There must have been a million of them in that big
canister.</DIV>
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<DIV>I figured that all the Thru Hikers coming along would get some
M&M's. But BuzzSaw says to me as I am playing with their dogs and
L-Rod is in the bedroom packing for a trip, that she loves M&M's and he
would be surprised if there were 3 or 4 packs left for the Thru Hikers.
Later when L-Rod walks into the room she has a package of M&M's in her
hand.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is a PUBLIC WARNING: If a Thru Hiker arrives at Hiker Heaven and
does not get some M&M's, you know what happened to them. SOMEBODY DID
NOT SHARE!!</DIV>
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<DIV>We went to breakfast together down at the local eatery. Lots of
fun. BuzzSaw and I both left a generous tip for the blond sever.
Heh, heh, heh.</DIV>
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<DIV>Then we each headed to Long Beach and Andy's presentation. It was
very good and interesting. What a hike. Amazing. L-Rod told
him about the thong thread on the PCT-L. Seems he was sabotaged.
Someone else put his name on the thongs. I will let L-Rod fill you
in. I liked the story because it sounded like something I would do to a
hiker, say Reinhold. Andy was great to meet and had even heard me and
mentioned Reinhold too. I did not know if I should be proud or
embarrassed. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>I showed BuzzSaw and L-Rod my $300 monocular. BuzzSaw really liked
it. It was a great day with lots of stories and copious amounts of
fun.</DIV>
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<DIV>Faithfully reported by your humble servant, Switchback the Trail Pirate
</DIV>
<DIV><EM>"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till
sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." ---- </EM>John
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