I'll admit to being weird. Strange. You know, odd. Like that. After most hikes I would be just as happy to reload the pack and head back up another trail, as is, if I were able to stay out longer.

After a week of water every day, I can't say I'm aching for a brew, even though I like 'em well enough. And I just don't feel a need to chow down in a big way. I may break out some bacon to add to my next morning's breakfast, if I've been on the trail for more than 10 days. I shower when I get home, but since I bathe each day on the trail (if humanly possible), even that is not so much a celebration as a simple bit of cleaning up.

If there's one ritual I do more than any other, it is to stop the car at the nearest water source after I leave the trailhead parking, so I can wash all the windows before I drive home. I don't give a hoot about how dusty the body is. I want clean windows so I can see!

Like I say, I'm weird. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />