Friends
Almost everyone with a cabin stops by our place to say hello. Some don’t pay attention to the fact that the front door is closed with a Do Not Disturb sign on the knob. (Trail Guy is known for his naps, but not apparently well-enough known.)
Cabin friendships develop over generations, summer after summer, year after year. Some of our cabin neighbors have become our closest friends. We look out for each other, and communicate throughout the year, particularly during crises such as wildfires, floods, collapsed cabins, snow slides, sinkholes, and washed out roads.
This neighbor thrives on greeting the public as they pass by. I think he might be bored this year.
Here are unidentified friends and neighbors. (If you hate finding your picture here, email me and I will delete it.)
Ouch. Lots of friends shown here who are now gone. Better enjoy the ones remaining, because time is short.
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Ah, John. I miss John and Teresa. Teresa helped me with watercolor and we have a couple of John’s carvings. Wonderful people.
Donna, putting this post together really messed with my heart. . . so many friends gone.
Love it!! Looks like it’s a very close community
Thank you, Loretha! It is a close community, partially because it is full of generational friendships.
I hate NOT seeing my picture at Mineral King! But I do LOVE the picture of Trail Guy pointing out something to the pip-squeak and future backpacker. I wonder what was so interesting?
And yes, one of my favorite things about Mineral King is getting reacquainted every summer with the multitudes of cabin generations (something some of us won’t accomplish this year, alas). There’s comfort in stability. Our cabin is on its 4th generation, and we’re one of the young ‘ins. Yes, what makes Mineral King unique and special is its people, from all walks of life, throughout the political spectrum, young and old, all with the common bond of life in the mountains, removed from societal distractions (I’m looking at you, smartphone)!
Sharon, it surprises me that I don’t have a photo of you in MK! Thank you for your comment—you summed things up very well.
Maybe we can rectify that next summer? Hope so! Maybe along the trail where the trees form a canopy (you know the place–have you created a name for that area)?
The Yellow Tunnel.
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