But here you are anyway. Foul Play salutes you and appreciates your commitment after such a long layoff.
Jim has been working on a massive hitch-hiking-related post for a week or two, but has been too busy with his work at the Lynx Creek store to finish it. Don't worry, it'll be up soon. I'm going to start beating him in his sleep a little more each night until he gets it done.
In the meantime, we just took a camping trip to Wonder Lake, which is 85 miles into the park and where this picture of the majestic Mt. McKinley was taken. It, of course, was a good experience. But it made the discrepancies in preparedness between the two of us even more obvious. You see, being a Moen, Jim has every available piece of camping gear known to man, and it of course is all of the highest quality (to the tune of around $32,000). Sam, being a Neumann, has none of it (say...$3.25), and is still trying to convince himself he doesn't need it.
Picture the following scene:
Jim sleeping soundly on a memory-foam mattress in a climate-controlled portable mansion with scantily clad women bringing him fine wine to drink and grape tomatoes to munch on. All the while, Sam is curled up outside in the freezing rain, shivering and wearing nothing but a pair on gym shorts and a yellow rain poncho.
That may be an exaggeration...but I think it gets the point across.
So the question is: does this make Sam the idiot sidekick for being unprepared? Or is he the action hero for doing all the same things Jim does, just with far less gear?
It's up to you to decide. To be honest...I'm not even sure of the answer.
1 comment:
Hi Samsonite,
Your recent posting brought much joy and laughter. We just watched a special on Denali Park. When are you planning on conquering "the hill"? Best use Jim's gear. It gets down to -50 degrees and has thin air. You are definately the action hero. Our e-mail address is gmthurb@comcast.net. We love you,
Gee and Gak (alias Clark and Lois II)
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