Lounge of Tomorrow - Camping Swanking - June 28

:cool: Now looking back on it from the tail end of the hike eventually realized the next day, I had to admit how much more enjoyable the journey was with no company, and how much more significant it was to me to commune so serenely with nature on my birthday.

LMAO love this little gem because after you talk about Miss Hottie Hot Kara and His Royal Meatness Eric, you say how much more enjoyable the hike was without them. ;)

(I assume that's not how you meant it, it just read that way, lol)

Anyway, thanks Steve-O for posting this, I was wondering what y'all were up to when I had my long-ass day in court that Monday ;)

NA I am so glad everyone stared up at the Grove of Giant Sequoias while lying down (hehe I didnt even know you took a pic). It was so amazing. We gotta do that in the Haunted Mansion sometime too ;)

Morrigoon

07-09-2007 05:33 PM

I think the forest floor was cleaner, Cherny ;)

innerSpaceman

07-09-2007 05:35 PM

No, I didn't mean it that way. Hahahaha. (His Royal Meatness??? WTF?)

Oh, so I belatedly turn my office wall calendar to July ... and it's a picture of Kings Canyon all this month!

(Also, it's freaky to see all those cats ^ blinking in unision in that post, Joe.)

Kevy Baby

07-09-2007 05:39 PM

To amuse :iSm::

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Disneyphile

07-09-2007 05:54 PM

Is that a long one-eyed black shaft? :eek:

I think it winked at me. :eek:

lashbear

07-10-2007 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 148204)

When I was about 15, my horse stepped on my big toe while I was out on Cota de Caza camping (it was rural land back then). She turned while on my toe and ripped the toenail off. It was gross.

OK, I have to chime in now.

I had a Bowling Ball (mine - a Red Pearlised 13 Pounder) roll out of it's bag on the third shelf up (about 6' off the ground) and fall precisely on my big toe.

They heard me all the way to Alberqueuequeueqeue.

I still have the toenail in my little box of memories as a reminder.

...and my Bowling Ball is now stored on the ground shelf. :blush:

Capt Jack

07-10-2007 07:54 AM

gravity is a merciless biotch :eek:

Mousey Girl

07-10-2007 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueerica (Post 148215)

How do these black toenails that fall off even happen? Ill fitting shoes? Too much weight to bear? I've been on a few long hikes in my time, but this is the fourth person I've heard of this summer to have nasty big toenails after hiking.

I did it during a DLR trip. I was wearing tennies, and just my big toes rubbing on the inside, top of the shoe was enough to bruise both toes. It was incredibly painful and I would have been better off if I had drained the blood out from underneath the nails.

Stan4dSteph

07-10-2007 10:20 AM

I haven't lost a toenail, but I've gotten some bruised ones from soccer and running. The key for hiking is to tighten up the laces before going downhill to prevent your foot from sliding forward in the shoe. You should loosen them some once you start uphill or hit the flat though.

innerSpaceman

07-10-2007 11:20 AM

Yeah, but there's a certain way to tie them, not simply tie them tight, that helps the foot refrain from sliding forward.

In any event, foot hitting shoefront on 7 miles of pure downhill will not be stopped by any method of shoetie, I'd wager.

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