Best Hike of 2009 . . . so far

The best hike of 2009 isn't a hike that I took. It's got to be the hike that the Governor of South Carolina took on the Appalachian Trail. I'm sure you heard about it earlier this week as his absence became a headline on the national news media.

Gov Sanford decided that he needed a break and wanted to be sure he got that break. He ditched his security detail and took off toward Atlanta. Nobody in his office knew where he was going, just that he called and said he would be gone for a few days. Even his wife was quoted in the news that she didn't know where he was.

On Monday night or Tuesday he called his office and they told the press that he was hiking and would return to work on Wednesday.

DANG IT!!!!!

It was just announced, as I am writing this on Wednesday, that Mark Sanford was out of the country having an affair.

Turns out he was NOT hiking and enjoying the outdoors. He was NOT out clearing his head for another round of politics. He was out cheating on his wife.

Dammit.

Idiot.