Tweakers slipped into my camp at midnight walking around my tent flashing their flashlights into my tent for about a half hour. Every time I got out to confront them they melted into the trees. Then at 330am they came back and started a fire in my fire pit. I have a feeling this will happen again tonight.
Well, it took me 11 hours yesterday to walk to this campground. Numerous blisters formed and so I washed my feet this am put on clean socks and now will walk the 3 miles to the nearest grocery store. Haven't eaten since noon yesterday. So it will be a 6 mile hike today on blisters!
Just talked to one of the campground employees, Shaun who offered to take me to Walmart 5 miles away but would not be able to drive me back. So I got into his truck when Shaun saw his boss the park ranger coming up the road. He quickly turned around and drove me back to camp as he would gave gotten into trouble taking me into town in the company truck.
Luckily, he didn't get into trouble. But now am looking at a 6 mile or 10 mile hike depending on what store I go to. Dilemma!
It was very cold last night. Hard to sleep because of that and the tweakers. Woke up with dew on my sleeping bag. Thought that wouldn't happen inside the tent. Oh well.
I will have to finish my weekly column for the Morton Times so I can make my deadline for next week.
Just a minute after I wrote this post Ken Feather the camp manager came out and we talked. Offered to drive me into town to get groceries. This is the mgr that Shaun was worried about! Haha. Men then drove me back saving me hours of walking on blisters!
Met Dean Avery he's got an RV. He and his wife are here for the York County Fair. Will have some company today!
What are 'tweakers'?
ReplyDeletePeople that follow hikers petsons on foot and harass them at campgrounds. They are usually meth addicts. Had run in with them in Paris and now here in York NE.
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