Sunday, July 21, 2019

Eating at Molly's? Is that the name?

Anthony and John were getting into the groove shortly after they repacked and started along the trail. The brisk morning air filled their nostrils with a foresty aroma. Anthony broke into song, with John Denver's, Sunshine On My Shoulders. 
"Hey! You've got a nice voice," a 20 something woman said as she met them going southward. "Did you run into snow on the way up?"
John and Anthony explained how the snow forced them to skip the Sierras, and how they had to turn back after they left the road near Etna. "But the snow level is better now," John said. "We are back on the trail."
Anthony hoisted his backpack up on his back and then leaned on his walking sticks. "How about you? Did you run into snow on the way down?" 
The young woman looked at her hiking partner. "Well, it's like this," she said in a thick Southern drawl. "We started at my kid sister's house in Ashland. Now I gotta tell ya, I ain't never seen a bear up close and personal. But when we got up this morning and Ah unzipped mah tent, Whoa wee! There was a bear sittin right outside Lucy's tent, no further than I can spit. He was havin a rawt nice time chompin on them two extra hamburgers we forgot to put away in the bear canister."
"You cooked hamburgers?" Anthony asked?
"Nah! We bought them at Molly's in Etna." the Southern woman said.
The other woman's eyes lit up. "They were the best tasting hamburgers ever. We liked them so much that we bought extras to eat later. Make sure you stop at Molly's when you get to Etna."
"How did you get rid of the bear?" Anthony asked.
"That was so dang easy. When Lucy woke up, she yelled for me to start the coffee. That scared the bear and he ran off, with the what was still left of the hamburgers. They were so deee liscious. Hmm. hmm."
Cass and Grant picked up John and Anthony where the PCT crossed the road to Etna. 
 Cass and Grant brought them their supplies for the next leg. John and Anthony got busy repacking. While they packed their supplies, Anthony asked Cass and Grant if they would stop at Molly's in Etna. They had been told it was a great place for lunch. They stopped in Etna and asked for the whereabouts of Molly's. The residents looked puzzled. "We ain't never heard of Molly's around these here parts," a local said. "But, if ya have a hankerin for a good hamburger, no one beats Dolly's on the bend on the highway."
Text from Cass: "Anyway, we drove 200+ miles to Scott Valley to meet John and Anthony. Great Time. Delivered their supplies and they bought lunch for Grant and I. Then we drove them to Lovers Camp where they set out on the trail again."



 While they packed their supplies, Anthony asked Cass and Grant if they would stop at Molly's in Etna. They had been told it was a great place for lunch. They stopped in Etna and asked for the whereabouts of Molly's. The residents looked puzzled. "We ain't never heard of Molly's around these here parts," a local said. "But, if ya have a hankerin for a good hamburger, no one beats Dotty's on the bend on the highway."

"I bet you that Southern girl meant Dotty's and not Molly's" John said.

After they filled their tummies Cass and Grant and Levi the dog, took Anthony and John to Lover's Camp. But it took longer than they expected because the  mountain had slid onto road in three locataions. They were forced to go on a small dirt road to help them reach Lovers Camp.



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