tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post9197457236779885213..comments2024-01-01T06:40:52.523-08:00Comments on Inane Asylum: MiracleMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-54585169566184644652013-04-25T20:17:44.136-07:002013-04-25T20:17:44.136-07:00Hey TJ...I will now be carrying a partial roll alo...Hey TJ...I will now be carrying a partial roll along with my other stuff. Boy, when you need it, you NEED it. Funny you had almost the SAME exact Miracle...you of all people understand how TRULY Miraculous it was to find one JUST when you needed it MOST! (Maybe it's Mother Nature saying "OH NO! You're not gonna do THAT to my beautiful greenery, no sir! Here...take this" and BAM...one appears out of nowhere in a strange location in pristine condition. Whoever the benefactor is, I was REALLY grateful! (reminds me think of the old joke: a bear was out in the woods doing his business, and a raccoon walks up and starts chatting with him...the bear asks if he has a problem with uhm, you know...'stuff', sticking to his fur, to which the raccoon replies "no"...so the bear picks him up and wipes with him). Sadly, there's never any raccoons around when you REALLY need them.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-12239992996981312812013-04-25T20:10:52.101-07:002013-04-25T20:10:52.101-07:00THAT would have been horrid beyond comprehension (...THAT would have been horrid beyond comprehension (no water anywhere to be found, except in the MIRACLE Port-o). Rinsing my hands with my sticky home evil drink wouldn't be very pretty either. I'd have to burn my bar-tape and riding-gloves after that I'm afraid. No amount of leaves would do what needed to be done I'm afraid. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-90300044018885486462013-04-25T13:25:53.340-07:002013-04-25T13:25:53.340-07:00Man Matt thanks! Your post reminded me that I hav...Man Matt thanks! Your post reminded me that I have failed to replenish my saddlebag with the emergency TP. Rolaids are also an integral part of my long-haul rides. Not that it matters. I haven't gone much over fifty miles for quite awhile now. I'm not sure why, other than laziness.<br /><br />I opened my road atlas a day ago and a printed copy of a 116 mile loop I did last summer fell out. You may know it: Titusville-Merrit Island Refuge-US One back to New Smyrna. Hot and not beautiful but easy, little traffic...the redwoods, on the other hand...<br /><br />Back when I was building restaurants all over the south Coyote and I were doing windshield time somewhere in the far reaches of I-10 and gastro-disaster set in. Green-in-the-face imminent doom gastro-disaster and I was faced with the side of the Interstate as my only option. Then an exit magically appeared and I said "Coyote for the love of god pull off I'm gonna die' and he did.<br /><br />At the bottom of the ramp was...nothing. No gas stations, restaurants, Stuckies, nothing. Just a pristine, inexplicable Port-o-Let. Two rolls, as obviously-never-used as can be imagined. What happened in there does not need reporting.<br /><br />There may be some mysterious (and benevolent) organization in the world who is doing this work. It is comforting to think so. But I take it as further proof that perhaps we are cosmically linked.<br /><br />Good luck with the space ship.<br /><br />tjTim Joe Comstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351911607475089105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-31864008563743527632013-04-25T09:19:07.313-07:002013-04-25T09:19:07.313-07:00don't want to leave the impression that I ever...don't want to leave the impression that I ever did the whole thing, although that was a dream....Like you, I would go out and do sections, 3-5 days worth, and they usually had to be out & back routes too as I usually was companionless. Even when I had a companion we didn't always do the one way thing. Did quite a lot of the San Diego county section, and the rest in the region between Lone Pine and Bishop.<br />Yep, TP and baggies ftw!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-50339224277951320392013-04-25T08:45:02.041-07:002013-04-25T08:45:02.041-07:00Leaves and bushes my friend! ;-)Leaves and bushes my friend! ;-)CMehlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-13678984398627676762013-04-24T17:37:27.200-07:002013-04-24T17:37:27.200-07:00Oh sure, no prob with THAT...it's AFTER that w...Oh sure, no prob with THAT...it's AFTER that which concerns me. I'm going to be wearing those shorts for another 3 + hours. Letting it "fly" is the easy part. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-2217548503409359972013-04-24T15:48:03.101-07:002013-04-24T15:48:03.101-07:00Oh, just hang it over a fallen tree and let it fly...Oh, just hang it over a fallen tree and let it fly next time! That's how a cave man might have handled it! ;-)CMehlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-26409724628694514252013-04-23T19:52:48.628-07:002013-04-23T19:52:48.628-07:00Rae, at least you were carrying some TP...I had no...Rae, at least you were carrying some TP...I had nothing. Just looking into the woods at what I had to work with (grass, sticks and leaves, and maybe a leaf or 2 of some nice green springtime poison oak would slip in, thus extending the horribleness for MANY days after)...that would have ensured a rather unpleasant remainder of my day is all I can say. Which further cemented how much of a Miracle it was!<br /><br />I'm jealous of your trip on the PCT...Greg and I will maybe this fall do a section of the JMT...we've been working our way up to doing a one-way...maybe this year we'll just finally do it! (Tho I need to get my pack lighter, and I'm sure Greg feels the same way).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849348372908281816.post-17816297315922095162013-04-23T11:08:02.012-07:002013-04-23T11:08:02.012-07:00Happened to me once on a PCT trip; I was on my way...Happened to me once on a PCT trip; I was on my way back to the car (last day thank goodness) so was on the eastern slope of Kearsarge pass amongst all the scree and it felt like in full view of everyone at the Onion Valley trailhead. Thankfully there were a few scattered trees and larger boulders to hide behind! No miraculous biffys appeared!<br /> Had to be either contaminated water or my digestive tract just didn't like the freeze dried meal (some bean and corn concoction if I recall) from the night before.<br />Rae<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com