What are you doing this weekend??

“Worked 7 hrs today, 1 hour nap after. Now its 6:30 and I am ready to eat dinner and RELAX! Church and dayhike tomorrow (1/2 dayhike technically).”

“I got the girls outfitted with cross country skis! Now, if we could just get a few more inches of snow.

I got together with my girlfriend and our kids. We helped the kids make and decorate cookies to be given to teachers, bus drivers, etc.

I spent a few hours investigating summer 2002 TT trips (Montana, Isle Royale).

Tomorrow? Laundry. :o(”

“Drove to West Point Nebraska to deliver 48,000 lbs. of buttermilk. (From Utah). Saw some really cool wrecks along the way. People are very entertaining at their best.”

“Hobbit...LOL...
i neglected all household duties and went kayaking with Arclite to Crystal River..where I learned how to fall asleep in your kayak after a huge lunch. I got sunburned....it was a gorgeous day and it was fun meeting him....
then, i got a call about 930 pm that temple friends were meeting at the santa fe river for a full moon float.....luckily, i had not unloaded the kayak and lunatic that i am, headed out to meet them.
we were moonstruck......on the water til one am...very cool
.it was a fun weekend...i am cleaning the house now....well, i was ..heh”

“So how was the hike LeSubtil? Did you have any success with the wet wood fire?”

“Non stop rain all weekend long kept me inside. The good news is the Sierra got about 2 feet of fresh snow and it ain't supposed to stop this entire week!

Gonna bail outta this dump early on Friday and hit the damn slopes! Yeah, baby! YEAH! In the pow!”

“It didn't stop the whole time we were in Mammoth. Coming down so fast, each run was fresh tracks. Sat AM we were riding in the trees, hiked a little hill, about calf deep snow. Sun 4pm, tried to go up it for our last run, got off the boards and sunk waist deep! We skipped lunch both days, the snow was so good! It was whiteout and windy conditions, but we ride in the trees, so it was great! 39" this weekend, added to the 37" from last weekend.....this is gonna be a great season! Looking forward to next weekend!

btw, my new MT/R All Terrain tires are awesome in the snow!”

“Sass... I checked out my indicator light problem, ok so somehow my gascap was missing and it sounds like the additional oxygen pissed the computer off! So that was decent news and you were right. Best news... depending on weather I'll be walking my @ss up San Gorgonio next weekend!!!”

“Good deal! Birch and I drove all the way to Georgia with the engine light blinking and the door ajar bell dinging in a little ranger I used to have. Not so good for the nerves LOL. I was extra glad to find out whatever the blinking was about was a sensor that registered emission problems. If you disconnect your battery and reconnect it sometimes the light doesn't come back on and voila! your problem is gone. :o)”

“I'm not ready to reprogram my radio though DAGNABIT! I'm gonna give the folks at Nissan a call and see if they know a trick to reset my computer without resetting my rado presets too.”

“christmas shopping? Hiking in east tennessee?”

“Saturday I made my first turns of the year after picking up my season pass to Sierra @ Tahoe. Yesterday I called in well and headed up to Sugarbowl (Sierra @ Tahoe was closed - too much snow and a closed highway). Sugarbowl received 3-6' (that's feet not inches) and we laid fresh tracks all over the mountain. Next Saturday it's back to Sierra @ Tahoe.”

“I'll go back to Mammoth Mountain. Can't beat the feel of riding on top of fresh powder. 6' (feet) in 11 days!”

“I'll go back to Mammoth Mountain. Can't beat the feel of riding on top of fresh powder. 6' (feet) in 11 days!”

“I'll prolly have to put up the damn Chirstmas tree and lights on the house.
Somebody shoot me.”

“Powder Rides

click on "View slide show" to the left, and set it for 3 sec, its quicker.”

“Grabbing my daughter for the weekend!!”

“I'm going to meet my new nephews, this weekend. My bro and his wife had twin boys, the other day. Future backpackers, I suspect!

It'll be nice to have a couple more lads in the family. By the time they're ready to hit the trail, our girls will graduating high school”

“A small intimate get together with 13 TTers in a tiny cabin. A blazing fire in the firepit outside, good food, wine and beer. Possible indoctrination into the Polar Bear Club, maybe some tubing if we get snow and a nice long dayhike.”

“Weekend with my kids. Might try to do a short day hike at Village Creek State Park on Saturday.”

“I took next week off! then I get xmas week off too. I'm prolly doing 3-4 solo days on San Gorgonio (depending on the weather report) getting ready for Montana is a bear ain't it???”

“Nice pics, Snow Nymph! Gonna hit the slopes for the first time, this time tomorrow. Squaw one day and Alpine the next.

Oooh weee am I stoked! It's pow city up there!”

“Off to Damascus. Gonna get a ride up towards Trout Dale and hike the AT and side trails back towards Mt Rogers. Over the mountain and down again, maybe Clark Mountain trail or a loop back to the AT. Lots of time - be out a week - so no specific agenda, just see what the trail throws my way. Bummer is that I think there's still a ban on open fires. Might actually get a little taste of winter, 'cause it sure ain't happenin' up here. Keeps up like this, I'll have firewood comin' out the wazoo come next summer.

Anyway, if any of you are in the Mt Rogers area from the 9th through the 15th and you see an all green hiker with a rust colored long-haired dog with a green dogpack (that's Leroy), say "hey".”

“i'll be building panel sections for the wall in our library. gotta go get a christmas tree saturday.”

“I will be in saint mary's and I hope it's cold, but not snowing ... well maybe it can snow little.”

“broken - please let me know how the blowdowns are on the trails you hike in Saint Marys Wilderness - I am hoping to get to some of them this weekend - finish the Bald Mtn. Tr. then start on the river tr.”

“i'm hikin'”

“I be on top of Blood Mountain Sunday..Hoping for good weather..
The last time I was up there it was blistering cold..But what a trip..!!!!!!”

“I'm going to do a local overnight backpacking trip. I hope to run into some snow up in those hills.”

“Larry, Darrel and Nigal ar hittin' the trail! YEEHAW! Doing the Morgan Sisters/Symmes Creek (this is in Ohio Fritz 8) trail. Weather.com is calling for partly cloudy but with Larry along it's bound to rain. LOL!”

“WingDing, you have to drive north for the snow. Poppycock was up at Baldy yesterday and ended up slipping & sliding down a few hundred feet down the hill. Windy, cold and lotsa ice. Go to the Sierras, at least you'll get soft stuff there.”

“no problem HOI”

“Wellllll, I am doin a canoe trip, in some spring thats has warm warter, 72! I am at the mercy of the great and powerful, OZ oops I mean OM.”

“Well done, Nigal... thanks!”

“Meeting I-am-Om and Jerbear to kayak down the Sante Fe River on Saturday and the Ichetucknee on Sunday. Crystal clear spring fed water, white sandy river bottom, high 70's, sunny skies... you've heard it all before.”

“Going up and spending the night in the Minnie Winnie then Elk hunting in the morning. Weather's to good for hunting, but the walk in the woods is always good.

Tomorrow evening will be watching the youngest (10) in the Nutcracker.

Sunday, watching the Vikings lose again.”

“SnowNymph: I won't make it to the sierras this weekend, but maybe I will get there next weekend. Fluffy snow sure would be nicer than slushy ice.”

“Finally met Jerbear. What a blast. I-am-Om shares my mellow side and Jer's my kind of guy. I-am-Om, Jerbear and I had a great time even though the weather didn't cooporate. Imagine, cloudy skies in Florida. It's unAmerican I tell ya.”

“I met broken and friend in Saint Marys Wilderness as I was scoping out the river trail - the low end is in good shape blowdown wise - has one duck under that I will probably take out soon. The falls spur trail is clear. The upper end of the river trail looks like it will take some time to clear completely. There are apparently other people working on the blowdowns so it may get cleared faster than I suspect. I did not quite make it up to the Mine Bank Tr. intersection before the nice day and sore muscles convinced me to take my time going back to the trailhead.”

“Last weekend I had to stop short of my destination due to the lack of crampons. This weekend I'm going to head out to try out my new crampons.”

“Me and 4 other people are going backpacking this weekend to Hoosier National Forest in Charles C.Deam wilderness.If anyone would like to go please get in touch with me at iluvbackpacking@yahoo.com

Take care and happy hiking....:)

Mike”

“Storms brewing up north....going for the powder!”

“Me and the guys from the gym are getting together for guy’s night out. We have a lot of fun!


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“Sassafras and I (and maybe Reformed) are doing a training walk for the Avon 3-Day in the spring. Then I'm baby-sitting my niece and nephew, and finishing up my Christmas shopping. Only 11 days left!”

“I do believe I may go use my new tent!”

“Tonight - putting up our Christmas tree, and inside Christmas decorations

Tomorrow - getting up early to take two of my kids to a diving meet; also I am judging the meet; after that, cleaning and doing laundry; taking my son to get his driver's liscence; more cleaning; then if I am lucky, going to a performance of Handel's Messiah at a local church

Sunday - go to church, get ready for my sister's family to vist in the afternoon, hopefuly watch part of the Eagles-Redskins game. After they leave, I have my first piano lesson, which I am really looking forward to.

Typical non-stop weekend in my family.”

“Tonight, I have to work. But it's not all that bad. Last show of the year and I'm taking next week off (I'll have almost three weeks off).

Saturday - Putting up the fake tree and moving funiture outta my son's new room.

Sunday - Get piss drunk and watch football all day, while eating high fat foods and yelling at my friends and the TV screen.”

“Tonight: Client's Holiday Party then Max's work party
Saturday: Baking in the AM, 2 yo Bday Party in afternoon, Friends Holiday party in the PM
Sunday: Clean and Cook in AM, Cookie exchange at noon, Parent's neighborhood Annual Open House at mom's house in the afternoon.

This is why I dread the holidays.”

“Gonna be a good weekend - Mammoth got 18" yesterday, and the forecast shows snow today!”

“Tarabull - it's that wonderful time of the year ----party - party - party - party - party - party - party -”