Aug. 22 continued: The migrant worker experience

I reached Madison Spring hut at about 4:30 p.m. Normally it's best to arrive between 5:30 and 6 p.m. to ask for work-for-stay, but a hiker named Gritty McDuff and two European hikers, a couple, named Rock Lobster and Walkabout, were already slaving away in the kitchen.

Early Bear and Lil' Dipper sat at a table. When Gritty was finished working, we got a game of Jenga going, which was a freaking blast.

Hikers kept rolling in. We had to wait outside like migrant workers while the paying guests had dinner. We had a lot of laughs, though. It was raining so we smooshed into the vestibule.














[Gritty McDuff, Early Bear, Spaceman Cowboy, Rock Lobster, Lil'Dipper and Wispee, on the threshold of Madison Spring hut, Aug. 22.]