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Originally Posted by rocketsocks

On a hiking/mineral collecting trip to Virginia one year,My partner in crime and I came across the Bull Run Quarry in Leesburg If memory serves.We ran into some other boys there doing the same.One was an old man that carried a large branch with a flare where the roots were,and inside the little jagged wooden bowl was a large Quartz crystal that he said he got from Arkansas.He kinda reminded me of a Sorcerer,as he not only had the staff he had the look,and the gift for gab.After we talked for a while,he

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Originally Posted by rocketsocks

I wrote this last year,it's a song,so please don't throw tomatoes at me,I prefer cabbage.

"In the shelter where I lay"

Not goin to get somewhere,not goin to get away.
Not a callin thats been callin me,or a roll I had to play.
It's just a trail that's deep in the woods and happens to be on my way
I'll dream of you each night my love,in the shelter where I lay

chorus

In the shelter where I lay
In the shelter where

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Originally Posted by rocketsocks

I long for the cold rain and snow
it marks then erases which way I go
if you look for me in the fresh fallen snow
your sure to see which way I go
you'll find me at the end of the trail
longing for my icy hell

Originally Posted by rocketsocks

The land is so dry
the drought needs a drink
I'd get it for him but there's none in the sink
none in the ponds the creeks are all dry
I hope it rains soon
cause I can't afford to cry

This came after a discussion about the impending drought that has stricken the South East...I've since done a rain dance,and I think they'll be ok...this year,but lets pray for rain anyway.

Trail name became " 7 Mile"
Off trail at Hot Springs. The lose of Bear Vault to bear in GSMNP only speed up the time by a week. Left foot pain that I ignored for 5 weeks was not improving. The daily milage was not improving. Will ?? restart in Maine in August.