What Do You Do When Bored At The Shelter?
Cards, frisbee, bourbon, just relax... all of the above?
Great idea for a post - I "hang" with others at the shelter - but being old school I retire to shelter nearby - that's Secluded..... so no one has to listen to me snoring, belching, breaking wind, or other social offenses - such as eating small rodents.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
As WhiteBlaze is a family friendly site, I'll refrain from saying, but I'm a handsome devil... charming, too. Use your imagination.
paddleball?Originally Posted by Velvet Gooch
No,no,wait.....Jax
I carve sticks. Sometimes I carve faces into sticks, other times I make bullroarers, feather sticks, try sticks, or whistles. On rare occasions I just section sticks and arrange them by size and length appropriate to build up a fire. Every once in a while I actually make a fire, most of the time I just leave them for someone else who may need them. When I'm done carving, I read a book or hone my knife on my handy redneck strop (strip of fine grit sandpaper).
Chaining three lief clovers,skip stones,and yes whittle,though I never have figured out it's purpose,maybe just to supply kindling for a fire?
I carry a small deck of playing cards.
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
From SunnyWalker, SOBO CDT hiker starting June 2014.
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You must hack up a heck of a pellet!
"It's fun to have fun, but you have to know how." ---Dr. Seuss
When I was a wee goochling, an owl used to roast nearby and steal our hens. I want to say that he had to be 36" tall, but WOO 'd call me a liar. Anyway, I swear his pellets were the size of a L'eggs pantyhose egg.
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GEORGIA MOUNTAIN SHELTER BINGO
arrive at the shelter early and hand out a few bingo cards. besides the central free space each one is marked at random with common words and phrases one might hear if one was to spend more than 10 minutes around a shelter in Georgia. including:
how much does that weigh?
what's for dinner?
where's the privy?
does that power outlet work?
i aint trying to jinx this or nuthin', but i hear some good things about this here pct.
the winner gets his/her own package of instant pudding.
Go hike some more.
I actually enjoy it.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
I write naughty limmericks in the shelter logs......
Never been bored while hiking
Email + iPad when I have signal. Write in journal at other times.
Go for a walk on the AT.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
got to agree. if i'm bored i didn't hike far enough.
I'm so confused, I'm not sure if I lost my horse or found a rope.
Same here.im a backpacker not a camper
May as well find out whats ahead.
Yep, when i wrote "i bring a small deck of cards", in my mind I said to meeself "didn't hike far enuff, keep walkin' why burn daylight sittin' 'round some boring shelter?"
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
From SunnyWalker, SOBO CDT hiker starting June 2014.
Please visit: SunnyWalker.Net
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