Arizona Trail: fairytale mountain, fairytale day

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Unbeknownst to him, a camper becomes trail angel and helps Blissful find a perfect campsite after a long day of relentless forest and a glimpse of a fairytale mountain.

In this episode:

1. The ponderosa pine forest of the Mogollon Rim goes on though signs appear to describe life of lumberjacks from the past, burning 9,000 calories per day and working for food.
2. Blissful is losing weight herself and hungry all the time.
3. She's mostly alone all day except for meeting Waldo with his tiny pack. 
4. A fairytale mountain comes into view covered in snow, or are those clouds?
5. Distracted, Blissful misses that the snow has disappeared and that means no water for drinking.
6. But she's saved twice with a wee puddle and a flooded river.
7. Finally views appear, the large white tubes of the Lowell Observatory’s Navy Precision Optical Interferometer and a camper offers not only a beer, but advice on a perfect campsite. 

MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano

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