We finally got a little snow.
Today on my walk, I met an interesting man. He was trying to hitch a ride into town but he walked with me for a couple of miles. He has a vehicle, but neither it nor he has been licensed since 2004, so he drives it down to the little store and hitch hikes the 25 miles to town. He is an old hippie that has been living out here for 30 years. There are lots of old hippies out here. They sport hippie names, (like a trail name but for a hippie.) Many of them came thirty years ago and still don’t have a well, phone or electricity.
This guy had a cabin but his cabin burnt down a few years ago. After his cabin burnt down, his dog and he had to spend the winter in a tent he bought at Wal-Mart. It gets to -20 F (-29C) out here. He said he got sick when he was living in the tent. The next year he framed a 10×12 cabin and covered it in plastic. Now, he has walls and windows, but still no door.
He told me about his buddy that lived in a cave out here until one day he went out wood cutting and a tree fell on him. They didn’t find him for a week or two.
