one day the pine needles would be green and next day brown till the forest had become like a picture rubbed by a child with a peeled crayon . he stares at me for a moment , his eyes narrow in thought , and then he looks away . eating it while we walked proved quite the challenge . `` or think our way around them . '' she records people doing all kinds of things at her club and keeps them in a special file . you two can eat before you get back on the road . '' 