GDG- 2007 GDG Muster

[Smith, David]

I have a suggestion for next year's muster theme:  The "I Survived the
Ed Bearss' Muster" Muster! 

(With apologies to Phil, Garry, Dave, Dave, Dean, Tim Smith, and anyone
else I am missing).

I left Ed and Dean's first tour (which was tremendous) at the triangular
field right before everyone crossed into Devil's Den.  I had my reasons
- I was hot, my water had just run out, and my wife and child wanted me
to do something with them just outside of town.  Still, my wife promptly
labeled me a GDG "deserter"!

Heat, lack of water, and the pull of home might have made any
Confederate think twice on July 2.  By tracing their path in similarly
hot temperatures, I gained a new insight into their accomplishments.

As has been expressed, it was great to meet so many people at the
Muster.

David

Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:57:03 -0400

From: James Cameron <cameron2 at optonline.net>

Subject: Re: GDG- 2007 GDG Muster

I don't know about anyone else, but by the end of Ed and Dean's second
tour 

Saturday - which had to be one of the hottest, most humid and generally 

uncomfortable days I can recall spending on the field in some time - I
was 

about cooked. If there'd been a pool at the Travelodge, and I'd jumped
in, 

steam would have probably come up. Ed Bearss could probably hike to
death 

most men half his age. Or younger!

Jim Cameron