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41 viewsOX with the coolest kid in the world. She and her parents are hiking the trail,, She is 9 i think and the luckiest kid alive.
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31 viewsMoose (whom I met in 1997 at the same time I met OX, came to help us this year) greets incoming hikers to the gap. Quick, I must get the magic box !
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28 viewsAngel Food cake. It`s not just for angels anymore ! I think it lasted a minute and a half and I hear it was delicious.
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31 viewsHikers partaking of the spoils
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30 viewsFruits and veggies are very popular at the gap but only make up a fraction of what is available.
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41 viewsHikers enjoying that full feeling. It goes away,,,
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40 views'Uke'
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35 viewsThe 'Uke' . This guy IS the life of any party.
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29 viewsSignage
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35 viewsJust a few of the many tents at the gap. Many stayed all weekend, esp when it started raining.
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28 viewsBrown Gap
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27 viewsBrown Gap
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38 viewsA small veggie tray for the vegetarians. We converted one this year. She ate a hot dog, loved it, then cried like a baby on her partners shoulder, then left. My job is done here, thank you, thank you very much.
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28 viewsFriday night supper was two 10+ pound hams, chicken breasts, yams with pineapple, cinnamon, brown sugar, etc etc, peas, salad, zucchini squash, and some other things I can`t even remember it all,, oh and homemade breads,,
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28 viewsThe hams on the grill,,
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40 viewsHikers chowing down Friday evening
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30 viewsveggie plate next to the yams which are going fast,,,
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40 viewsLove those smiling faces at the gap
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29 viewsHikers coming back for seconds on Friday evening
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34 viewsThis guy came in right after the Friday supper was served, but he still was lucky enough to get a plate (notice he still has his pack on)
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28 viewsThe magic box. Everyone gets one (if they want it) as they enter into the gap until they are gone. I went through 50 and was out by Sunday
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39 viewsThis lucky hiker got one of the ham bones
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33 viewsEven though it is blurry, you can see the smile as this hiker gets some of the last of the ham pieces
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28 viewsWorking on that ham bone
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