Mountain Dew "Sweet Lightning"
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Sweet Lightning
Resilience
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“I think this is heat.”
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I loved that Good Ole Mountain Dew song. I as fascinated by how the carbonation bubbles seemed to dance to the music...
Popcorn Sutton was a character. He would have been fun to have a few drinks with.
I met an old guy that reminds me of Popcorn decades ago in Red River Gorge. He gave me my first taste of shine. He called himself The Rat. Well, officially, he was The Ridge Runnin', River Ridin', Rip Roarin', Rat. We met him in our mid 20s, he seemed around 60, but would never say his true age; maybe he didn't know. Tall and thin as a skeleton, but he climbed around the gorge like a Billy goat. Nothing but skin, muscle, and bone. He'd hang out with us for a night, never more, singing, dancing, telling stories, and drinking shine til he was howling at the moon. Then he'd pack up and be gone in the morning. He claimed he had a lady friend.
We used to go backpacking 4 times a year, once a season, and we nearly always ran into him; he must have lived in the woods. And then one year he was gone; we never saw him again. If anyone else on this board hiked the gorge in the late 80s, early 90s, I bet you ran into him.
Not really related to anything, just thought I'd share a memory. Old folks do that. 😁