Not Smiling

Wet Beth

Well, to be fair, not everyone on the rainy hill walk was smiling all the time (see photo). Some of the long-time club members remarked that they could not remember the last time they hill walked the entire day in the rain. After we had ascended and descended 1,400 feet, as we slogged through miles of puddles, as mud caked on our boots, and as people were chilled by the decreasing temperature, an occasional expression of something other than joy could be heard.

However, not a discouraging word was heard during the pub stop that immediately followed. That "proud we did it - happy it is over" attitude prevailed.