What do you do besides hike?

“So here goes I'm an artist and an art teacher....
Here's a sampling of my work..
http://community.webshots.com/album/64498565tkBgxU”

“Ya got my admiration big time! I loved your art pieces! You are very gifted and it's good to see that you keep it up.

In my spare time, I play guitar (play by ear, can't read music), write, and collect odd pieces of pottery. I also like to drink Corona and I love to laugh. I spend time with my dog, and family as much as I can.

This sounds like a damn personal ad! LMAO!”

“my favorite place for first dates was always the Met in NYC. It always worked wonders”

“wolfeyes I'm glad you can spare a little time for your family after the dog! LOL!”

“My dog ranks...if you knew my family, you'd get a dog, too...or two.”

“LOL! I guess I'm lucky when I get off work I can't wait to get home and see mine even though mt 13 year old could care less right now. (The Age)I guess.

I sing and play music. I recently bought a mandolin and am trying to self teach.I like to work in my yard and pasture and sometimes like to cook.”

“I've got a few toys I tinker with...
Mike's Car Lot”

“let me clarify...i am single without children...i have not created a family...i am just a small creation of one. i just got the dog.”

“I enjoy bouncing around with the gang at the club.”

“I am a gal with... hmmm... apparently now TWO cats (where is Girlie Brown??)... and I like









INNUENDO!!!!”

“Did we get into trouble here? Are we getting shafted?”

“You must have missed Matt's call to stop innuendo. Search for a thread with "innuendo" in it.”

“Cigars
PC
Beer
Girls
Family Guy
Cky2k
Drums


8)”

“comic books
reading in general
movies
dirty words”

“How about double entendre instead?

And, uh... Astronomy, guitar, scuba (awhile back), sailing, old movies, Sci Fi, ...

I've got to go check a few statutes of limitations.”

“Rox..those are soooo wonderful. I hadn't seen your work before...BRAVO!”

“Fishing
Herpateculture (reptiles&hibians)
Woodworking
Just getting into entomology (ties in with fishing)
Tying flies-making lures and sinkers etc Streamweaver”

“THats Amphibians lol dont know what happened to the amp!! Must be the sunspots!”

“I work, watch my son turn into an adult, try to get some things done around my house, and I hike, backpack and snowshoe.”

“Kayaking, running, reading, hitting people smaller than me and running away.”

“You guys hike?”

“Change diapers, chase toddlers and preschoolers, feed aforementioned children, work, think about hiking, repeat. I'll admit my wife does most of the first 2 items.

In two weeks my wife takes her first hiking trip. We're going to Roan Mtn in NE TN. It's been since early March since I took a trip. Yeahhhhh!”

“Hikin Mike -- just visited your website for the first time. Esp. interested in the Mt. Whitney trip report and pics! (My son and I are doing that hike on July 9 after the Sierrapalooza 5-day.)

(FYI - the last link on http://www.thebackcountry.org/carlot/coronet1.htm is pointing to your C drive.)”

“Much the same things as Dayhiker, minus one child plus forty hours of work a week and kayaking and gardening and I love to cook and bake. Also doodle and create every once in awhile.

I'm supposed to be doing some home improvements but they always take last place.”

“Thanks for your compliment and crazygurl...
Hey Wolf you have a dog...me too great ad.. :)”

“Nice photos... walkin dude
and Mike,,who is beating who?”

“are you in your 70ties?/
YOu dont' look it...gosh hiking is great for you and I guess karate too!”

“Sit in work wishing I was out on the trail somewhere.”

“1. Lean on the box of my buddy's pick up and drink beer with the thousand yard stare (don't look at me, I'll figure you're aiming at me and shoot you first).

2. Cross country ski-ing, snowshoeing, long walks, bike rides and canoe camping with the girlfriend.

3. Fly fishing (sporadic and half hearted - don't kill - can't stand feeling them flop around in my creel).

4. Deer, duck and goose (Canadas and snows) hunting - also sporadic and half hearted.

5. Winter mountaineering (a passion).

6. Cooking (French bourgeois, Indian and Szechouan mostly).

7. And alsways, always, a teacher - it's a life not a job and I have a debt that can never be fully repaid to three of mine, now with God.

8. Oh yes, high school boys' and girls' rugby coach.

9. Some times I make wine, but I drink it regularly. IMHO, the best reason for a university education is that you get to drink wine with dinner (and after) without being called a wino.

That's about it.

I'M A CANADIAN (Qébécois) REDNECK!!!”

“lol..I know how you feel...
wondering how I would live if I took a year off and just hit the trail...could I do it?”

“Also, I'm smaller than Artex, but then so is almost everyone else. I generally feel like a Hobbit around Americans.”

“Sounds like a very cool teacher..”

“I hike all the time, I never do anything else. Sure, lugging this laptop around trail after trail really sucks sometimes; especially when it rains. But now that I have an empty Pringles can and can steal wireless internet whenever I get near a town, it's really worth it.”

“yeah sounds good Voracious hiker...but how do you afford to do it?”

“Thanks Fritz, I'll fix it when I get home!”

“play guitar


coach my 3 boys' sport of the season


create innuendo”

“When I'm not in the woods or on the trail? I am THE MOMMA around hyere to two kids. I have to work on guiding these teenagers along with their Daddy.We still haven't got them launched into life yet. Don't wanna see them messed up after getting them this far!

I'm an avid reader.
I work on my yard flower garden.
I chase my husband around and steal as much loving as I can get. ;-)
I love to cook so I cook great meals then use the Momma priviledges to make someone else do the dishes.
I love to swim and dive so I spend time in the river alot.
I work on my photography.”

“Hey i paint too :) I also like to hang with friends, drink beer, play in the river, garden (man my tomatoes are as high as my chin already, cant wait to start eatting those little red bastards) read books about hiking :) and annoy my coworkers.”

“Free would love to see your art!
Dana...photography is great liked to see it.”

“Roxanne, I loved your artwork. My oldest daughter is an artist wannabe and I will show her your artwork. Her school art teacher is very impressed with her talent and is always talking to me about getting her into different art lessons. Lately though she hasn't been interested in doing more than drawing. I plan to get her to lots of art shows this summer to inspire her. Your artwork is a lot like what she does, people and flowers, except her people look a bit like the japanese cartoon characters she sees on TV. Hopefully she will grow away from that.

As for me, besides hiking, I garden, do home repair, plan trips, half of which I don't get to go on, some artwork (I painted my mailbox which came out pretty nice), and spend a lot of time on my two daughters, their homework, girl scouting, social life and sports. This summer my kids are going to an overnight bible camp, and my husband and I will hopefully go on our first backpack just the two of us. I hope to take up kayaking someday.”

“Rox - nice artwork !!
Walkindude - You da man !!
Crazy Mike - No comment
Wolfeyes - *wink wink*
Artex - hope you run fast !!
nowslimmer - party on dude

When I'm not hiking I like to...

workout at the fitness center,
hangout with the kids,
keep up with friends online,
watch movies,
travel (anywhere),
swim/canoe/kayak....

Geezzzz...I'm getting old. Blah!!”

“thanks Lyndy and MSDhiker

for your daughter Lyndy tell her to keep striving for her dream. Although I am not a starving artist becuase I teach I still desire to do my art 24/7 and I have went furthur with my art sellign it yearly. Reminder her of this art is subjective and it depends on who is looking at is as to how it is recieved... she should read the life of Picasso, Van Gogh and DAli..real eye openers..tell her good luck from me!
rox”

“-love to take pictures, and am getting better at it.

-Like to go to target practice to shoot.

-i am actually pretty good in painting, just never have found the time to REALLY get started. Once I copied a huge piccasso on my wall. Looked pretty darn good, but the wall still didn't look straight so I had to get a new wall.

-Whitewater rafting (never done it alone though, always with a guide)

-I would love to learn how to work a canu or a kajac. (spelling?)

-computers (used to mess them up just so I can fix them)

-Like to work with my kids on projects, or sometimes do my own (yummy smelling candles)

-I love to remodel homes.

-I just love to drive. (if it's not dark or raining)”

“I pretty much do whatever I want.”

“hmmmmmm . . . . you mean there are other things to do?”

“Chase the fastest rugrat in the East
Fight household entropy
Paint and draw
gardening
keep HPM on his toes.”

“surfing
rock climbing
reading

Getting ready for my wedding in July...”

“Good luck on that last one, Bongofreak!”

“"Keep HPM on his toes"

Isn't this guy like 6 foot 6? You must be really tall, Treebait!”