This morning as a hiker (Sea Dog) was passing me he asked if my trail name, Pappy 12, came from packing a 12 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon on the trail. Once I stopped laughing I told him he was wrong on two counts. One, the 12 is not a number of beers, but a number of grand babies. Young buck Sea Dog was shocked that I would have double digit grands. I suppose plenty of twenty somethings don't get grand babies.
Two, I don't even drink beer. I'm a Mormon, no beer. Pappy is what the grand kids call me. Sea Dog and I were laughing so hard we had a hard time making our way up the trail.
Check out the hiking family. We had heard about a mom and dad thru hiking with a baby. One night Best Wife, Progress and I were minding our own business in our campsite at about 7PM right next to the trail when we saw a couple southbounders coming our way. They pulled up and asked about a campsite. I jumped up when I noticed the woman was hauling a baby on her back instead of a backpack. I hollered for Best Wife to come see the famous hiking family. They kindly let us photograph them the mom's trail name is Kanga, the 14 month olds name is Roo (never heard of better names than that) and since the dad is carrying all the food and gear for everybody, there really is only one name he could choose, Sherpa.
Best Wife asked how Roo does in the baby carrier so long. Kanga said, we take lots and lots of breaks. These three started in Roanoke hiking south to Springer Mt, GA. Then they will flip to Maine and hike south to Roanoke. They're called Flip Floppers.
Some people might call them nuts, irresponsible, or crazy. But then some people might say the same about me. Like they say up and down the trail, "Hike Your Own Hike".
Been noticing trees growing on or through or around big rocks. We could learn a lot about their determination and resourcefulness.
My eyes about popped out of my head as we crossed GA highway 76 at Unicoi Gap. Right there in the gravel pull off was a 95 F-150 XLT 4x4 rustfree shortbed supercab. As if that wasn't enough, it was a two tone. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
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Two, I don't even drink beer. I'm a Mormon, no beer. Pappy is what the grand kids call me. Sea Dog and I were laughing so hard we had a hard time making our way up the trail.
Check out the hiking family. We had heard about a mom and dad thru hiking with a baby. One night Best Wife, Progress and I were minding our own business in our campsite at about 7PM right next to the trail when we saw a couple southbounders coming our way. They pulled up and asked about a campsite. I jumped up when I noticed the woman was hauling a baby on her back instead of a backpack. I hollered for Best Wife to come see the famous hiking family. They kindly let us photograph them the mom's trail name is Kanga, the 14 month olds name is Roo (never heard of better names than that) and since the dad is carrying all the food and gear for everybody, there really is only one name he could choose, Sherpa.
Best Wife asked how Roo does in the baby carrier so long. Kanga said, we take lots and lots of breaks. These three started in Roanoke hiking south to Springer Mt, GA. Then they will flip to Maine and hike south to Roanoke. They're called Flip Floppers.
Some people might call them nuts, irresponsible, or crazy. But then some people might say the same about me. Like they say up and down the trail, "Hike Your Own Hike".
Been noticing trees growing on or through or around big rocks. We could learn a lot about their determination and resourcefulness.
My eyes about popped out of my head as we crossed GA highway 76 at Unicoi Gap. Right there in the gravel pull off was a 95 F-150 XLT 4x4 rustfree shortbed supercab. As if that wasn't enough, it was a two tone. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
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So Beau is adopting Makenzie's trail name instead of keeping Joiner? I guess it's available. Cool. Crazy to see a family hiking with a baby on the trail.
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