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Mountain Talk

Dear Steve,

I have just finished reading your article about your adventures on the AT. I have just returned from a four-day AT excursion in Virginia with my husband and sister. We are section hikers and have finished all of the trail that runs through the Smokey Mountains. This year we decided to go into another area. What a surprise! It was such a wonderful walk. I thoroughly enjoyed the article. It reminded me of the calf pain I had on day two of this hike. It also reminded me of what I don’t want to forget. The mountains are my home; I find solace and answers there. I know myself a little better each time I ascend. At the age of 53, it feels so good just to know that I can do it, and I will continue for as long as I can. Thank you for your article.

Mary Jane Nelson,
Danville

Love the recipes

I discovered your magazine through a Horse Cave Rotary meeting. It is a great magazine—it has made Kentucky proud. It will be great to give for Christmas this year. Thanks for all of your wonderful articles and recipes.

Rhonda Underwood, Horse Cave

Kentuckians Abound

Just read your experiences yesterday with meeting Kentucky folks everywhere (Kentucky Monthly, August 2008, page 96). We too have found proof it’s a small world over the years.

We live in Pulaski County. Some years ago we walked into a small church in southern California and the very first person we met was a gentleman from Eubank, Ky., a one-stoplight community right here in Pulaski County.

A few years ago our son graduated from the University of Connecticut and I went up to help him haul his stuff home. We stopped at a convenient store near campus and the manager spotted our U-Haul and inquired as to where we were headed. When we told him, he said, “Oh, I have a cousin who’s a doctor there.”

And, finally, we were in Washington D.C., a few years ago, and because we were with our congressman we got to talk with a young man who was just coming off his rotation at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Where was he from? Kentucky, of course, and a neighboring county. Considering the rigid requirements and restrictions on this honor guard, we felt good to know Kentuckians can live up to the standards.

Janice Harris, via e-mail