Mom

Soggy Bottom Girls

Overnight in the cabin, Tropical Storm Cindy descended on us. Lightning flashed all night and I couldn’t hear the thunder over the sound of my mother’s snoring. My feet were freezing due the prune-like state of saturation they had been in all day. I should have worn my Gore-Tex boots.
The heater had been set on [...]

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Overnight at Leconte Lodge

(Here’s the first part of this story, if you are just joining in.)
Eight hours after the start of our hike, my mother and I made it to the top of Mount Leconte without having anyone Air lifted out of there. The highlight of the walk was stepping through llama poop and walking the entire time [...]

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