Ok, so far I've told you guys mainly about the experiences I've been having so far along my trip. But I have not yet given you a glimpse at "trail culture".
Now on the trail there is an occurrence known as trail magic. It usually comes in 2 forms. Sometimes someone will just put a cooler up the trail alittle ways at a road crossing with sodas and other drinks in there. Or sometimes someone or a group of people will be waiting at road crossings with drinks and snacks and they'll hand you stuff and you'll get a good few minutes talk out of it was well. Sometimes the people at road crossing will go all out and bring a grill and have hamburgers and hot dogs waiting for you when you show up. When that happens its a real treat. But regardless any trail magic is a good "pick me up".
The other day while I was hiking I saw a sign that said "Trail Magic" with an arrow pointing down a side trail that leads to a spring where you can get water if you needed it. So I figured I'd take the trail and check it out. When I got down there this person had put maybe 55 cans of soda in the spring to keep them cold. It was pretty awesome. So I dropped my pack and had lunch down there with a nice cold soda. It was wonderful.
But the funny thing about trail magic is you almost never get it when you want it but you always seem to get it when you need it.
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