memorial day weekend, erika, nancy, tongie, and i went to the whites for my inauguration into the hiking world (besides fuji of course). these pictures really don't do the views any justice...i ate a lot of almonds and prunes. erika was the queen of the swedish fish, and nancy carried the low-sodium wheat thins like a pro. hmmm...i don't remember if we entrusted atong with any food...maybe her only duty was to stay alive. apparently, she got overheated on the carride over. that's a 3 hour ride in an air conditioned car, sitting next to a cooler. tongie amazes me sometimes. she doesn't sweat like a pig.
i forget where we went the first day...it had a name like little hilly bloke or something cutsy, ya know? it took me a while to get used to erika's bro's hiking boots. those mofos are heavy. second day, we hiked pierce and eisenhower, and third day we did franconia ridge. franconia is gorgeous. there were a lot of little flying buggies that LOVED atong's shirt. her back was always dotted with them. charming.
we dressed in beautiful, capilene colors. i think i was wearing green that day (the only one not in a silkweight...the black sheep of the crowd).
while roasting marshmallows, atong got greedy and used a too long stick. and when her marshmallow (inevitably) caught fire, she couldn't reel it in fast enough to blow it out. she brandished her flaming marshmallow imploringly at me, but i was too choked with laughter to do anything more than spit feebly at it. let this be a lesson to you all. that's erika giggling in the background.
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