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skip to main skip to sidebar travlinmanblog if you are a dreamer come in if you are a dreamer a wisher a liar a hope er a pray er a magic bean buyer if you re a pretender come sit by my fire for we have some flax golden tales to spin come in come in where the sidewalk ends shel silverstein search this blog wednesday march 12 2014 the birthday hikes 9 year fourteen actual miles hiked 147 7 miles required miles 147 miles year fourteen ah yes i remember it well that was my year of advancement and recognition it was in the boy scouts of america that i received my civic artistic and outdoor training with a plethora of merit badges to work from we were always kept busy trying to learn and do something new while at the same time trying to advance in a scouting rank and receiving that much sought after recognition there were several overnighters and summer camps during the year that we could attend sometimes it was just an overnight camp in someone s back yard other times it would be an official scout camp where we could learn new skills as well as demonstrate the proficiency we had gained in our existing skills one of my fond memories was at a spring camporee a two night campout at camp wigwam located just outside of salt lake city in mill creek canyon we had spent the day engaged in various activities and contests but now it was time for the knot tying exercise knot tying this is what boy scouting is all about there is a knot for every occasion there is the overhand knot your basic knot used just to show that you can tie a knot i don t know that it has a great deal of use but we had to learn it from there you move into knots with which you can tie a rope to a post or tree such as the half hitch the two half hitches or the timber hitch you could tie your horse up to a branch of a tree with the half hitch and with the timber hitch you could hitch up to a log and drag it across the ground right through the campground of another scout troop if you wanted to my favorite was the bowline now there was a knot the kind of a knot you could tie without fear of it falling apart at the slightest twist or breeze there was a way you could take the end of a rope and with a twist of the wrist and tuck of the rope you had a bowline knot that could save your buddy s life if he had the misfortune of falling over the edge of a cliff and needed to be pulled back up and of course there was the ever famous square knot this was the scouters knot you would tie your neckerchief around your neck with a square knot in a pinch you could tie your shoes with one anything where you needed to join two pieces of rope twine laundry line even a girls braids together at this particular scout camp the final competition of the day was knot tying each troop would select their best knot tier to represent the troop the winner would get a cool plaque that had an official square knot mounted on it with the words first place written below it brent warner he was our knot tier extraordinaire he knew knots that weren t even in the boy scout manual and he was quick he would be finished tying his knot before most of the other boys had even put their two ropes together so the contest began first came the end knots these are knots that are tied in the end of a rope to prevent the rope from being pulled through a hole brent aced that one easily then you have your hitches there is the half hitch the slippery half hitch and the timber hitch there were knots for making loops the lariat knot and of course the bowline brent could tie a bowline so fast that if a boy fell over the cliff he wouldn t even have a chance to yell for help before brent could have his rope with the bowline knot loop tied in the end and thrown down for him the final knot group was the knots for joining these were the simple knots the fisherman s knot the sheetbend and of course the boy scout s famous square knot it wasn t long into the contest before it became apparent as to exactly who the real champion knot tier was brent warner as the final knots were being announced our whole troop started to chant out go brent go brent go brent the final knot they announced was the square knot oh man this contest was in the bag brent was given the end of two loose ropes square knot was yelled out and there was a flurry of hands with the two ends of rope just flying through the air as all contestants lunged into their final knot wait a minute make that everyone except brent warner brent just stood there with a blank look on his face he started one knot then no that wasn t it then he would go on to another his mind was a blank he was still trying to figure out just what a square knot was even as the coveted square knot trophy was being presented to one of the other troops oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light and somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout but there is no joy at camp wigwam mighty brent warner has struck out on the brighter side that was the year that i earned my eagle scout award posted by travlinman at 2 24 pm no comments wednesday february 12 2014 the birthday hikes 8 birthday hikes wed feb 12 2014 day 43 of my news year s resolution and the birthday hikes generally on my daily hike i follow a dirt road from my house down towards silly mountain near the base of the mountain there is a trail which takes off and joins into the main silly mountain trail system since my trail is not a part of the main trail there is a rock blockade which has been placed across the trail junction to keep silly mountain hikers from going off the main trail and getting lost on my off shoot trail today there were some men working on the intersection of the two trails and wearing official looking shirts with a salt insignia on the shoulder well this doesn t look good i said as i approached the boulder blockade what the trail asked one of the men no i mean the boulder blockade i hike over from gold canyon and this is where the trail meets in with your trail system oh yes said the man no we are just doing some trail maintenance i know what you mean though i don t know why they didn t make a trail outlet for the gold canyon residents who hike over here from their homes there are a lot of hikers who come over using that trail we talked and he told me that they were with salt the superstition area land trust and were just doing some trail maintenance are you familiar with salt he asked i told him that i was and that i had helped put in some of the silly mountain trails we talked some more and i told him about my birthday hikes and that i had come over to shoot some pictures for a youtube video i was making i gave him my card and told him that in about two weeks he could catch the video on my web site if he would like after talking a while i said goodbye and went looking for some other willing participants to film in my video when i first recorded my acts of kindness silly mountain thoughts audio i had no idea that i would later be turning it into a video as such i was now in search for someone to re enact the incident which had happened and i initially made the recording it wasn t long before i found three ladies coming off the mountain and i stopped to talk to them i told them about my birthday hikes what i was going to be doing after telling them why i was shooting this particular scene of the video and what it was about they all agreed that they would like to participate we shot the video took some stills and in general had a great time as we parted i gave them my card and told them that i hoped to have the video up on youtube in a couple of weeks on my return trip off the mountain i came to the fork in the trail where i had met the salt workers doing trail maintenance to my surprise there was now an opening in the rocks and a well maintained trail at the intersection with my trail and the main silly mountain trail the workmen were about 50 yards down the trail working on another section so i yelled out them hey thank you pointing to the newly opened trail junction you bet cha gary have a great day now ninety eight percent of the people i meet along the trail are good natured of good mood and out hiking to have a good time the other two percent seem to carry all of their problems along with them and are leery of anyone who comes along seemingly having a good time rarely do i come across that sullen two percent but occasionally i do they are the ones who can reach down in their bag of disappointments and hardships clear back to the beginning of time if necessary just to prove that there is nothing to be happy about and that there is no good in the world they like to carry rocks in their backpack if you will travel with the ninety eight percent enjoy the day life is good posted by travlinman at 2 19 pm no comments wednesday january 29 2014 the birthday hikes 7 day after day after day tuesday jan 28 2014 today s hike 5 4 miles total miles 62 6 miles 3 8 miles ahead of schedule going out on a hike today was not one of my main priorities in fact i have plenty of other things to do and i think that this will be one of those day after day hikes however the weather is good and i don t particularly want to fall behind with my accumulated mileage it s so much easier to stick with the program rather than try to catch up my philosophy is just do it even though i may be down in a funk doesn t mean that others are feeling the same way perhaps if i go out and just happen to meet someone who is a little more upbeat than i am at the moment i just may gain some of their positive energy and improve my outlook we shall see i have a small portable hand recorder that i have been carrying along with me on my hikes to record any fleeting bits if inspiration that may come my way so far there s nothing but i do have high hopes more on that later the trail i take to silly mountain is a dirt road which goes two miles from my house down to the parking lot at the base of the mountain about 1 ½ miles along the road there is a small unmarked trail which branches off and joins into the brittlebush trail of the mountain trail system from there you can either go up the mountain towards the top or you can follow the trail back to the parking lot for the past fifteen minutes i have been debating whether to go on up the mountain up a lesser trail which would eventually go back to the parking lot or to just take the trail which takes me directly back to the parking lot and then back home life has so many decisions that have to be made especially for a tired man i decided to take the unmarked trail which joins up with the brittlebush trail and then make further decisions as whether to go up or down when the time came as i approached the trail junction there was a group of four people making their way down the trail towards me they had found something funny because i could hear their peals of laughter coming from at least 150 feet away when we met up i told them that it looked as if they had found br er rabbit s laughing place up there in unison they all looked at one of the ladies carrying a hiking stick she s the one that found it they exclaimed we all laughed and started talking about what a good day it was for a hike the lady with the hiking stick noted that if anyone gave her any trouble about her laughing she could always take them out with her stick i fully agreed with her and mention that was why i always carried my two hiking poles well that led into the topic of my canister of bear spray that i had dangling from my pack quite innocently she asked have you ever used it oh yes i exclaimed i have bear spray and i m not afraid to use it i then proceeded to tell the story of how i was attacked by a grizzly bear in yellowstone park and how after i had stared him down i emptied my entire bottle of bear spray on him wide eyed and intent on my every word i finally had to burst their bubble and tell them that it was just a fiberglass replica of a grizzly bear but i was ready if a real one should ever approach too close yes a good time was had by all one thing led to another and i told them about my new year s resolution birthday hikes and how what seemed like a good and easy idea at the time had turned out to be a bit of a chore you know every day after day after day after day by the time we were finished we all were having a pretty good time i even gave them one of my grandpa hyde s multi grain bread best bread known to man business cards with a reference to my travlinmanblog blogspot com on it for their reading enjoyment as we readied to part ways one of the group asked if he could get a picture of me with the rest that old man on the mountain i guess sure it had been a good encounter well i am still left with the decision as to which way to go up or down what the hell it s a good day i m going to the top just do it happiness is contagious pass it on gary hyde posted by travlinman at 5 25 pm no comments monday january 27 2014 new year s resolutions resolutions so how are your new year s resolutions doing the new year is far enough along that we have surely wondered what had possessed us to make such a decision as to undertaking this kind of resolution however noble it may have appeared to be at the time today is a cloudy day the kind of day that saps the strength and ambition right out from your soul my resolution to hike 740 miles during this year was admirable enough and really not a difficult one only 2 1 miles per day some day s i make that distance just going back and forth from the bedroom to the refrigerator so far i have maintained my daily mileage even surpassed it i have met some fine friends discovered new trails and eaten lunch at some great and some not so great restaurants it s not the difficulty of the task it s the tedium 2 1 miles per day day after day after day after day after day i am reminded of a journal entry mark twain made as he and his innocents abroad traveled by ship through the mediterranean sea and then across the atlantic ocean to home sunday services as usual at four bells services at night also no cards monday beautiful day but rained hard tuesday somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of malta can not stop there cholera weather very stormy many passengers seasick and invisible wednesday weather still very savage thursday anchored off algiers africa beautiful city beautiful green hilly landscape behind it staid half a day and left not permitted to land though we showed a clean bill of health they were afraid of egyptian plague and cholera friday morning dominoes afternoon dominoes evening promenading the deck afterwards charades saturday morning dominoes afternoon dominoes evening promenading the decks afterwards dominoes sunday morning service four bells evening service eight bells monotony till midnight whereupon dominoes monday morning dominoes afternoon dominos evening promenading the decks afterward charades 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