You know you're a hiker when...

[kayak karl]

Guilty on several counts.

...when a "clean drop" makes your day.

...when you paint white blazes on trees around your house

...you consider Booker's bourbon to be UL cuz it takes less to get a buzz.

LMAO....I blue blazed a trail to the Liquor store out my bosses back yard

[doggiebag]

When you've been out for a while and run into a female hiker that's got you by 40 pounds, with facial hair (the thick kind)
and you really start thinking: Wow she's kinda ... cute.

[Sleepy the Arab]

Whether you sign a lease on a new apartment is based solely on if there is enough space to seam-seal a tent in the spare bedroom.

[mudhead]

When you've been out for a while and run into a female hiker that's got you by 40 pounds, with facial hair (the thick kind)
and you really start thinking: Wow she's kinda ... cute.

You'd like Maine.

[warraghiyagey]

. . . with that said . . . .
When there are no exceptions to the five second rule -
When trail ummm romance is waaaay hotter than at home freshly showered romance

[River Runner]

you forget that others don't:

Think wearing long johns under shorts is normal attire

Wear the same clothes for days on end and think nothing of it

Consider fabric content the most important factor in what clothing to buy

Consider it normal to pay more than $10 for a pair of socks.

[boarstone]

You hike with empty packs (2 people) for 1 1/2 miles (each way) just so you can both packpack OUT with 20# of fiddleheads apiece...

[nitewalker]

when you skip the toilet in the house in favor of the cathole in the backyard....

[nitewalker]

...you realize that Wingfoot was right.

amen to that...the man knew what he was talking about....

[Two Speed]

if you post replies to threads like this at 5:30 on a Sunday morning.

[iamduesouth]

You know your a hiker when a peanut butter/jelly/mustard/ketchup/mayonnaise/pickel sandwich tastes really good.......!! ...with whipped cream on top.....??

[Patrickjd9]

...when you catch yourself plugging a nostril and leaning forward, while at the office.

Did it in the front yard while mowing the lawn just yesterday.

[Patrickjd9]

You've walked enough that your feet have expanded from size 9 1/2 to 11 from age 27 to 37......

I wore a size 10 1/2 at age 22, and will be shopping for a pair of size 13 boots (at 48) once I get full feeling back in the second toe on my right foot.

[Montego]

You know your a hiker when: you pop that little sliver of chocolate icing, that fell off your "Little Debbies" onto the ground, into your mouth and find that it's crunchy. Then just shrug your shoulders figuring that you need the minerals anyway.

[kanga]

i thought this thread was for jokes?....

[kanga]

When you go to the grocery store and try to figure out how everything you see would cook on the trail , and go by the section that has all the meat, fish, chciken in pouches to see if they have anything new.

let's try that again with a quote this time...

i thought this thread was for jokes?....

[Hooch]

When you heat up your lunch at work on your new alcohol stove instead of the microwave in the break room just to see how well it works. (Anyone else besides me ever do this?)

When shopping for a new car, you can't help estimate how many hikers + gear you can fit inside* in case, you know, you happen to pass by a trail crossing.

I did that when I traded my old car in for a Toyota Matrix last year.

[No Belay]

When you wear hiking boots to your wedding, your fiance bitches because you didn't wear a tie with your under armor T-shirt, and you're going commando just because you can.

[wilderness bob]

When you cut, split and stack next winters fire wood before the hiking season begins. Why? Because you know you will be in no shape to do so at the end of the trail.