Memorial Day weekend plans?

“Johnsonville brats ROOL!

Memorial Day weekend is the annual Highland Festival at the Orange County (CA) Fairgrounds. Gonna watch big men in kilts throw around telephone poles and drink Bass & Newcastle and watch bands play”

“Mixing them with a red beans and rice dinner is good too. Most of the prepackaged red beans and rice dinners I've had go way overboard on the spices though. You might consider making and dehydrating your own.”

“Yikes! For 26 people? Might want some well ventilated platform tents after they all eat beans!

No, I think that I want to stay away from beans on this trip. Maybe sloppy joes? Potato, carrots, green beans and beef chunks in gravy in foil packets, and apple cobbler packets of foil in the hot coals?”

“Heading out to the Trinity Alps with Dunk and a few other shady TT types.”

“You will not miss me I am going to be the one that is so happy that I can't control myslef!!!!

8)

Like Sass said jumping around and such ya thats me!!!!”

“LyndyS, you just can't go wrong with foil packs.”

“Oh yeah, don't forget to toss in a whole apple. It makes the meat tender and juicy and the apple is really good 'baked' like that.”

“Soaking up margaritas at the Pink Pony in Gulf Shores, then maybe 6 dozen oysters and a couple gallons of beer at Papa Rocco's.”

“Then, nap.
Repeat next day.”

“6 doz's oysters sound good dude!!!!!!

8)”

“Oh, man, is it ever! With lots of horseradish and Tabasco. Then, over to Billy's to pick up some fresh amberjack or snapper for supper!
(belch!)”

“Father Goose, I will be in Gulf Shores over Memorial Day weekend. Beer is on me one afternoon if you find time.”

“Sounds cool, bro. I'll look you up before I go.”

“I will be leaving for the coast on the Wednesday before Memorial Day and staying a week. Email address is in my user info.”

“Mo -

I have the kids that weekend..want to hook up and camp together? Do ya have any room for me and my two??

Call me -

Tex!!”

“Hey,
I want to go hiking/camping, but am unsure where.. any ideas? I must bring my dog, too. I live in Seattle, so, it must be within driving distance?”

“I have a business conference that Thursday and Friday. It will be at Stillwaters on Lake Martin, AL. I'm debating on whether to stay the whole weekend and play or come home and goof off.”

“go home and goof off dayhiker,,,,that way you will still have a bp trip in the bank with your wife.”

“So, what's everybody doing?

I am thinking of a few trips:

1. Yet another trip to Yellow River State Forest, to either hike the usual trails and see just how many people DO GET OUT on Memorial Day weekend... or hike some other areas of the forest.

2. Do a night or two at the Kickapoo Valley Preserve in Wisconsin between Ontario and Rockton. It's kind of a new place with lots of trails... however, they're multi-use. Also, good canoeing. The Kickapoo River is the "crookedest" river around.

3. Do the North Country Trail trip of CMB's... if it's still on.

4. Do an overnighter or something in the Richard J. Dorer Forest in SE Minnesota.

5. Do a trip I've always plotted on the Upper Iowa River, from the Lower Dam on through DNR land to Coon Creek trout stream. Been in from both ends, so know the land. Would prolly camp in between. OR go to the far end, have a bike hidden there, stash the pack and bike back to my car, maybe 7-10 miles??

6. Sit around exhausted pondering the possibilities. LOL!! (and also saving moola to leave very shortly for Nebraska/South Dakota)

LOL!”

“gonna be in estes park. :D”

“At this point either the Pine Mountain Trail or something in Cumberland Gap.”

“In five words...Me. Wife. Dog. Camper. BEER!”

“wine!”

“Hooking up with some of the TT originals for some backpacking in Siskiyou Wilderness. Looks like ChinaChas, Oldtimer, Alpine and Trinity Trekker are in as well as some other friends. We're also trying to convince Strider, Nomad and Meerkat to play too.”

“West side Sierra to Silliman Peak....and beyond ;)”

“riverfest at floatrite!”

“whatever buffalobabe tell me to do...”

“Red river gorge, wanna go? Jerbear@backpacker.com Yo bear!”

“Doing what I have done every Memorial Day I can remember.



On the beach in LA.”

“when is Memorial Day, anyhoo?”

“nigal your car camping on a holiday weekend?
hope you have LOTS of beer. I will never ever do that again.

did it one year for July 4th. camp was next to Six Flags. OMG huge mistake. thought treebeard was going to divorce me.

Lizs, # 4 gets my vote.”

“A lot of alcohol!”

“he will need a KEG



or maybe that was just me in need of one.”

“I have one ordered for a BBQ.

Goose Island Honkers Ale!

Damn, I cannot wait.”

“5th annual Ba$$hole Creek Boy's, Cedar River Flow canoe trip. Lots of fishing and beer drinking.”

“The beauty of hanging on on the beach near the Pink Pony is that you can always stagger back up the dune for a cold one if the cooler plays out.

Last year, however, we just took margaritas in milk jugs.”

“climbing Mt. Washington!!!!”

“i need to make some plans...”

“I'm taking an extra day off and gonna go hang out at one of the public lands with my kayak, hiking boots and bike.

Normally I don't go anywhere cause I hate the traffic, but I'm itching to get out!”

“Starting our move into our new place. Not fun, but exciting to be starting the process (finally).”

“Lyra - Maybe 5/31? Although I didn't know when Mothers day was so maybe I shouldn't answer?”

“Bearmagnet is correct; Memorial Day is on the 31.”

“Thanks. Maybe I'm better with Holidays that I have off? ;)”

“obviously i have a lot of plans that weekend! ;-)”

“I would love to go to Red river gorge, if I could .. want to do a weekend hike in NC.”

“I'm thinking of going to Indian Cave SP in southeastern Nebraska. It would be somewhat on my way home.”

“Hey Rox, I put a post on the CH board, I'd be willing to come up to NC again, prolly without kids this time. Been wantin to see Joyce Kilmer again, or maybe something around Cold Mtn.”

“Indian Cave is liable to be a madhouse. Check first; last year they were doing mountain bike races.”

“Thanks, LiRM. I wonder if Nebraska's DNR webpage has any info.”

“Not sure yet....let's see black flies and Memorial weekend....we want to get out there...but...hate those pesky bugs. We might go to Boston for a day trip, then who knows?”