RE: [Philmont]: Hand washing

I broke that news to the boys last weekend when they, particularly my
son, kept going off the trail to trees. One boy proudly told me that he
had used a rock that morning. Shenandoah is full of deer and most are
rather tame. We had a couple come right up to the campsite foraging for
food. I think the kids then understood the risk of salting trees.

Diane

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of E Fred Mussler
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:24 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Hand washing

Diane,
the guys salt a rock, if you get my drift..... They advise the males to
find
a rock or bare spot to use since when it dries, urine leaves behind a
lot of
salt. It is not uncommon in that arid climate for the deer and other
animals
to voraciously lick any salt they find. If it is on a live tree or
sapling,
that plant could be damaged. In the same way in the grass they will knaw
it
way past the roots. Since it is so dry, anything that is growing has
been
working at it a long time.

YIS
Hiking Czar

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Received on Sat May 31 09:46:31 2003