The Plains Crew, aka "Dirty Swingers" started off their hitch setting up camp in the rain and hale. It was very wet, and pretty darn cold. Luckily, the crying in their hearts never made it out. Instead, the theme song to Three's Company and other wholesome jingles carried them through taking turns setting up their tents under a tarp while Tom whipped together some Kentucky Yum Yum Din Din.
Sweet sunshine welcomed then in the morning and by the time they hiked up to their site moving dirt and doing work was all they could think about, so that's what they did. Did well too, banged out rugged trail and skinned logs for a switch back all day long no problem.
By mid hitch the Dirty Swingers had finished the upper blaze of Hill 7 , got a decent start on the retaining wall for the switch back, and set their teeth into the lower segment. Ashley brought a digital camera up and started getting footage of their progress, as well as some ...other stuff. Dirty Swingin I guess you might call it.
Other memories include getting published in magazine, a moose waiting in line for the bathroom and locals blasting GodSmack at 2:30 in the morning ten feet from Katies tent. At first she was really pumped, but then decided she'd rather sleep. Kinda lame in most peoples eyes I'm sure, but hey, to each their own.
In the end they did what they set out to do and did it true, say tbankya. Only the matter of what this cowboy is calling Scarlet Fever really hangs unresolved. Love on the trail is a fickle thing, ain't it?
-Long days and pleasant nights from the D-Swing
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