I probably saw you on one of those hikes.
I lived near Leiters Ford at the time
I was the one in the khaki riding breeches. LOL. Since I was 13-15 years old I don’t remember many of the place names. I do know we went though Bass Lake because my buddy has a cottage there where I’ve stayed during deer season for many years. I recall going by the lake.
I also recall spending a day in bivouac inside the bend of a creek and doing a steeplechase race through the fields and woods and across the creek. It was one of the most thrilling things I have ever done.
A lot of the kids were from rich families from El Salvador. Ten to fifteen years later I wondered how many of them had died fighting the rebels. Probably not the one we found sleeping with his horse when we went to stable duty just after reville.