Have fun while I'm gone!

[dananne]

Well, I'm back. My trip, though fulfilling and fun on some levels, was a complete trainwreck on others. Consider the following: That tropical storm came through while I'm on the trail, dropping about 5" of rain in 24 hours and leaving the trail either flooded, impassable, or simply dangerous. During the first night, the bag of food (including my toothpaste) that I hung to keep the bears out of the shelter was blown down and/or away, or it possibly fell and was carried off by hungry woodland creatures (all I had left the following day was some shredded wrappers from power bars and dried fruit). My thinking is that the 30+ mph winds knocked it off the cable hook thing and that whatever landed on the ground was like a animal buffet table. So, I went the last 24 hours without food or toothpaste. Sometime during the first night, mice got into my pack and ate my toilet paper. Despite what the accompanying literature suggests, NO pack is truly waterproof, as my spare clothes and sleeping bag will gladly attest. Finally, in a puddle on the trail (which actually WAS the trail, as everything was underwater), I stepped RIGHT ON A COPPERHEAD! Other than that, the trip was great [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

In short, I need a glass of wine, since a warm bath and meal have already happened.

I'm thinking along the lines of a N. Ga winery tannat or norton, as a tribute to the N. Ga mountains that kicked my rear over the past few days, but I will take any alternative suggestions from folks for the next few hours. A port, maybe? A hearty CdP or Cotes du Rhone? Primitivo? By about 8, though, a cork will be pulled!

Thanks to all for your kind words and thoughts while I was away.