You just walk on.......I've enjoyed a number of trail journals.
Listening to the beauty of sitting on a rock watching the sun set, sitting on the same rock watching the sun rise.
Coming across a doe, seeing how it guards it's fawn. Giving it the respect it's asking for.
A field of wild flowers every conceivable color.
the bone deep tired/sore from hiking in the rain for the last 3 days, only expecting 3 more.
Digging deep into your soul.
I expect most hikers are like this.
But what do you do about the sociopaths ?
The guy with a machette on 1 hip and a pistol on the other, telling you the shelter is full !!
with his 2 buddies, and a dog lunging on it's leash ready to tear your face off.
no body else around
the person bragging about the gun he has in his pack
the person with the dog that jumps on and tears your tent.
The person with the dog barking all night long, saying gosh he doesn't do that at home.
!!! But we're not at your house are we !!!
The weekenders that leave 3 cases of beer cans and 6 empty whiskey bottles behind the shelter.
the person who demands a place in the shelter because it's raining hard and he decided to not bring a tent.
Same person who wants to use your water filter, or your stove, he didn't bring one.
I am the center of my universe
You are the center of yours
Parallel universes
I am your friend not your adversary
Respect each other