The three less fun things about the hike.

[nwhiker]

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1. 2/3 of the way through the hike we started getting texts from Linnea telling us that Twisp had a poopy butt. Sigh. She confined him to the bathroom, but when we got back -and I was exhausted, LOL- we had to deal with that. She'd done a pretty good job, but getting Twisp's butt is at least a two person job, preferably three. He is strong and uncooperative.

2. The amount of dog shit on the trails, ugh. It's bad at the place I got on my daily walk, and that place doesn't allow dogs, and on this trail? It was pretty bad. I mean, the stuff left on the trail is disgusting and at the trail entrance is a series of big concrete blocks and one of them had about 50 bags of dog poop. Really people? Dog owners who do stuff like that are scum, and I wish there were ways to fine them or take away their dogs. These people degrade the commons.

3. I voted for marijuana legalization in Washington state, even though I knew I would never use it, because of the decriminalization issue. I didn't like seeing young people arrested and saddled with a record because they had some pot. There are so many days when I reget that vote. SeaTac smells like weed. Areas of DT Seattle are bathed in eau de skunk. People get on buses and exhale their fetid smoke (or vape). But the absolute fucking worst: the number of people who smoke weed on the trail, or at trail destinations. It's stinky and not strictly legal. Yech.