Eat, eat, and eat!!!

5/2/13 to 5/5/13

A long weekend with Doug...

by Debbie Murray

Thursday: Greg picked up Doug at Newcomb's Ranch near the PCT. Then, we all met in the Angeles National Forest on Hwy 2. Greg was doing donuts in the parking lot. I said "Donuts" and Doug's eyes popped out. (He thought I had donuts...) Greg brought hot dogs to cook over an open fire. They were good! We camped... 
Friday: Today, camp and stove fires were not allowed (too many fires in Southern CA). This caused a problem since we could not cook and Doug is always hungry.... So, I made a BUNCH of dip and we ate a lot of cookies that Dad made. Doug was ok with just hordouvres and sweets... Then the boys hiked to the top of the mountain and Greg held up a tree, or something... (See picture below.) We ate and Greg split, arriving home in 1 hour. (This is unheard of traveling anywhere that fast in LA.) 
Saturday: Doug and I got up at 6am to go shopping in Palmdale. We ate breakfast for 1 hour. Then, he took 1 hour to buy good shoes that will go 1000 miles, which means that they will wear out in California! Next, we stopped for a weigh in: 190.8. Isn't this .8 more than when he started??? It must be the shoes... One more hour of food shopping, lunch, then the KOA camping in Acton. (Hikers pay $5. I had to pay $36.) I continued to feed him every 2 hours. I watched him pack his backpack for one and a half hours!!! Apparently, there is an art to all of it.
After 2 or 3 snacks, dinner was a huge steak, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, asparagus and sourdough bread. Ya think he'd have nightmares!!!
Next door to the KOA was the Shambala Preserve. The preserve has 47 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, and more) that Tippi Hedron (from The Birds) founded in 1983. (Doug heard them the next day.)

Sunday: Doug had a BIG breakfast, looked satisfied, and was off with his 2 huge sandwiches. I had to point him in the right direction, as Greg always says...

http://www.shambala.org/index.htm