Shucks, I would have loved to come and hike with you but my vacation doesn't start until 10/19.Originally Posted by Teacher & Snacktime
Trillium
sick days?
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
and maybes for:
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wobbles
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Last edited by Teacher & Snacktime; 09-24-2016 at 00:32.
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
LAST CALL !!!!
We're heading out soon and won't be available to check in on this post, so please let me know if you're coming by PMing me your contact phone # before Thursday and I'll reply with mine. This should be fun. I hope to see a bunch of folks there, and properly introduce Gumball to the WB community!
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Can't wait Teach! Hopefully I'll be packed and ready to go by then
"Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be
able to treat life as art." Maya Angelou
Packed, not packed, whatever. We'll just throw it all in the back of the van!Can't wait Teach! Hopefully I'll be packed and ready to go by then
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Can make it Saturday not Friday
Looks like we will be in Boone, NC for the Friday evening. I plan on doing this hike on Saturday. Wish we could have made hike with ya'll on Friday. Have a great hike. Hike On!!!!
Many Moons
Sorry we'll miss you this time MM. There'll be more opportunities
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Trails
What trails in the Park do you take for this hike? I printed off a park map, but does not list where Thomas Knob shelter is or high point of area. Thanks! hike On!!!
Many Moons
Looks like I won't be able to make it
So how did the hike go? Will you be posting photos, Teacher?
Grayson Highland ponies are transplants from Assateague Island in VA where it is illegal in both places to feed or pet the ponies. At Assategue Rangers enforce this park rule diligently. Suggesting or implying 'come pet the ponies' even if intended metaphorically is in bad taste as there are those who will believe and act on anything said or suggested on the web. In Grayson I've seen Rangers disrupt and sternly chastise people who feed and touch the ponies. Even though in both places the ponies are semi wild seeming they are still wild. The saying 'keep wildlife wild' is a rather common admonishment. Wildlife is to be enjoyed at a distance with respect to keeping it wild for its own sake. Neither place is a human petting zoo.
I will Tiptoe, but not until Nov 3. Most of the pics have Gumball in them.
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Dogwood, please don't take offense, but ..... bite me. I'm really tired of the holier-than-thou attitude I've received over this. I tried to make it clear that my phraseology was for the sake of alliteration and not actually a recommendation to defy the regulations regarding the ponies. For my efforts I've already been personally attacked and accused of being of "low morals". For what? For assuming WhiteBlazers can read the "do not touch" signs and know better than to violate the park regulations despite my colorful portrayal?
I'd appreciate it if all the naysayers would relax enough to realize that not everyone is out to threaten wildlife, the environment, the trail, etc. I'm capable of both respecting and enjoying the aforementioned. I refuse to take responsibility for the behavior of others however.
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
If ponies were wild, Id be all over people for petting and feeding as well.
But they arent.
They are only feral in a somewhat loose sense as well, having been placed there, and somewhat managed.
They receive yearly checkups from a vet for petes sake.
they are like domestic ponies in a back 40 pasture.
A really big back 40 pasture.
Officially discouraging interaction is probably as much to protect people from accidental bites and kicks, as it is to protect the ponies from poor diet, etc.
Last edited by MuddyWaters; 10-24-2016 at 20:52.
Good answer Teacher. Boy did I want to pet those ponies! But ... I am an adult, I can read & I didn't want to take the chance of being bitten!
"Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be
able to treat life as art." Maya Angelou
Sorry I missed it!LAST CALL !!!!
We're heading out soon and won't be available to check in on this post, so please let me know if you're coming by PMing me your contact phone # before Thursday and I'll reply with mine. This should be fun
when I was in assatigue, they came into my camp on the beach...what's a body to do but pet them when there nudgin' ya...good for you Teach!
And when I was camping on Assateague Island many moons ago, the ponies would bare their teeth at my kids to chase them away from the water fountains. One even took a loaf of bread (not mine) that was left unattended on a picnic table.
I've posted this picture before of our Grayson Highlands visit during Trail Days 2014. To me it portrays the feeling of the place where a child can observe yet be a part of this wonderful bit of nature.
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"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
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