Hello Fellow Travelers!
Yup, it's that time of year! Cookie Time! (Of course, any time is a perfect time for round snacks but I've been waiting all year for these to become available and by some magic (some of my in-laws, Thank You, M & M!), I received a magical two pounds! It will probably add more than that to my daily weigh ins but you know what I always say, "Is it cancer? No? Then who cares?"
So I was freezing (OK, Slightly Chilled, but it feels frozen) and jealously guarding my tin of ginger happiness and I came across some travelers who were really hungry and cold. The Donner Party. On The Weather Channel! Who knew?
Living in Northern California, (and being a history fan), I knew a good deal about the Donner Party. It wasn't "a party", and they were "old school" travelers, in a covered wagon who were outmatched by the weather, they never had a chance! Everything that could go wrong, went really wrong. In pretty short order they were eating their shoes and living (and dying) in frigid conditions.
Usually documentaries about the horrendous journey focus on the more salacious aspects of that ill-fated group (the cannibalism, the fate of Tamsen Donner). What appealed to this survivor about their tale of misery, was that many of them made it through the snow and brought back help.
Several "Party" survivors went on to lead happy, prosperous, lives.
I've been to the Donner Memorial (Statue, Gift Shop), and once I finished reading "Ordeal by Hunger", I had a newfound respect for the Donners and what they went through.
Like The Donner Party, I too will persevere! I'll keep training and working until I make it through to neuroplasticity.
The Donners didn't let little things like starvation and blizzards stop them. No siree. Comparatively, I have it relatively easy! I really have nothing to complain about.
But I won't let that stop me!
When I feel peckish, I'll refrain from "nibbling on a neighbor", I'll eat a cookie!
Yup, it's that time of year! Cookie Time! (Of course, any time is a perfect time for round snacks but I've been waiting all year for these to become available and by some magic (some of my in-laws, Thank You, M & M!), I received a magical two pounds! It will probably add more than that to my daily weigh ins but you know what I always say, "Is it cancer? No? Then who cares?"
So I was freezing (OK, Slightly Chilled, but it feels frozen) and jealously guarding my tin of ginger happiness and I came across some travelers who were really hungry and cold. The Donner Party. On The Weather Channel! Who knew?
Living in Northern California, (and being a history fan), I knew a good deal about the Donner Party. It wasn't "a party", and they were "old school" travelers, in a covered wagon who were outmatched by the weather, they never had a chance! Everything that could go wrong, went really wrong. In pretty short order they were eating their shoes and living (and dying) in frigid conditions.
Usually documentaries about the horrendous journey focus on the more salacious aspects of that ill-fated group (the cannibalism, the fate of Tamsen Donner). What appealed to this survivor about their tale of misery, was that many of them made it through the snow and brought back help.
Several "Party" survivors went on to lead happy, prosperous, lives.
I've been to the Donner Memorial (Statue, Gift Shop), and once I finished reading "Ordeal by Hunger", I had a newfound respect for the Donners and what they went through.
Like The Donner Party, I too will persevere! I'll keep training and working until I make it through to neuroplasticity.
The Donners didn't let little things like starvation and blizzards stop them. No siree. Comparatively, I have it relatively easy! I really have nothing to complain about.
But I won't let that stop me!
When I feel peckish, I'll refrain from "nibbling on a neighbor", I'll eat a cookie!
They made them tough in those days. We forget. Can you imagine the self-confidence and toughness of sailors who tried to sail through "The NorthWest Passage" north of Hudson Bay and get stuck in Arctic ice? Maybe the eskimos were even tougher, they survived!
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