BRT - Ozarks Dec 27-29

“No new trail name for you.

8)

Don't pout be happy.”

“Please tell me there is only one stalker.........”

“well then who the heck is dewdtarts??

Someone please straighten this out!!

Tex”

“i am stratdwed.....it's spelled backwards......well kinda......i think i was buzzed when i did it...”

“by the way dewdtarts,,,,,,,



I think you owe me a bandana after UGA covered,,,,,,,

an orange one will work just fine, thanks”

“already bought you one last week chiliedawg. i thought you might make it over for our white rock hike this weekend so i wanted to have it if you did. sorry, they we're out of orange. it has a big razorback on it and little razorbacks allllll around the edges.......you'll love it!”

“a pint of clorox to a gallon of water and those little piggies will go "weee weee weee all the way down the drain"”

“lmfao!”

“If you harm the piggies I'll have to call PETA.”

“That was a fun time this weekend! I really like those guys -- jerbear, mozark, and jgeils. Of course, I wasn't bellowing "I love you, man!" through the trees to them when they retired for the evening....like someone I, um, married. But, boy do I have GEAR ENVY!! They have good stuff. I have a whole new list of toys I want...like Moz's toothpaste packets, j's stool and his bag, Jer's bear mace...

See you on the Buffalo!”

“So, BuffaloBabe, did ya ditch that crazeeeeee dewdtarts/Stratdude and go on this hike with "the guys" yourself??? Ya better d@amn well not be bellowing "I love you, man!!!" lol

Chili, I don't think there's much hope for me for this hike. However, on that note, what day/time would you be leaving? Like say if a person flew into Memphis and needed a ride? (like I said, not much hope, but am looking into some options)”

“couldn't stickmonsky pick you up liz? heck, fly to XNA(yes, we have a real airport here).

and no, she din't ditch me.....”

“lizs, if a person were flying into Memphis, I would schedule around them.

Ideally, I would say Thursday, late or early Friday. You could get back to the airport late Sunday or early Monday.”

“stikkimonstee would be working Thursday or Friday. And I don't know if it would work or not. Not like I have time off (or VACAY pay!). BUT.... mebbeee”

“And I would be able to pick you up thurs evening...so thanks for asking!”

“What the hell is XNA???

lol”

“it's the regional airport. i din't name it, demmit.”

“it's the regional airport. i don't know why they call it that.”

“regional airport WHERE???”

“Oh boy I hope things work out for me so I can go.

8)”

“Fayetteville AR.”

“ty jgeils....actually it's in hifill, near lowell....kinda between rogers and springdale. it's about an hour and 45 minutes from the buffalo.

dood, where's moz and jerbear?”

“Yo bear! When someone actually hammers out a plan, e-mail it to me at Jerbear@backpacker.com.

Had a great time at White Rock Mountain on the OHT. Lookin' forward to hikin' again wid ya'll.”

“hey jerbear! i did a mini trip report.


anybody bringin their kids on this one?? would anybody be bother if we did? they can hike pretty good. i don't think we'll take the chance on getting a ticket by taking bucky.”

“who's in, who's out?


in;
-strat

-buffalobabe

-maybe strat jr, strat jrjr, and strat jrjrjr


out;
-buckshot”

“Quite possibly IN... I mean, if ya think ya could put up with lil ole me???”

“I will know by the 25 in I am in I know that is very late but that is the best that I can do.

Its becuase of work en all.

8)”

“hope to see you both....



and chilie and his newbie

stikky

arky?

moz n jgeils are plannin on comin it think. jerbear too


who else?”

“I'm in. My brother is also.”

“coool j! my bro might come alog too, he's not positive.



he's just like me! can you imagine 2 of me? omg! he play whoopass guitar, so we'll keep ya'll entertained...oh and his girlfriend is a great singer. they have a band together. she'll prolly come too.”

“I might bring a drum.

8)”

“YOU'RE HIRED!”

“Good deal I could bring a nice real skin drum or a talking drum.

8)”

“Mozark will be there and everywhere in between or before and after!

Liz - Southwest Airlines flies into Little Rock INTERNATIONAL "take that regional boys". Back to my point here, it may be cheaper than Memphis or the NW Regional. Tex is arriving in Little Rock Friday morning and riding with Jerbear and me to the Buffalo. We could steal Mather's van and squeeze in one more backpacker and gear. I believe Tex is riding back to Little Rock Sunday with Mather so start making your plans. Yeah, Stickmon could pick you up in LR I guess but that's another option.

Start praying for rain and the river and creeks in the area will put on one majestic water show!

Later,

Moz”

“that's out of the way for stikky though, the one here would be better...maybe memphis?

is mather coming ,moz?”

“whatever drum you wanna bring mike, hell, bring um both. we'll have us a hoot-in-nanny! jerbear plays a mean bear canister. jgeils can play bass on his backpackin chair, and mozark is great on lead whisper-lite....

man, i tried a little to play guitar last weekend and it was hard to play with freezing cold fingers, lol”

“Tex, what time are you arriving at Little Rock on Friday? And leaving at what time on Sunday? I am seriously thinking about this BRT hike and looking at flights. SW flies real cheap!! Course, I would have to drive to Chicago Midway. EEEEEEEK!!”

“southwest out of Chicago...230 RT chicago to LR. thats a good price...I will look into company discount tomorrow...have to do that via the intranet.

goodnight...my eyes are bleeding.”

“BUT... I can possibly get flights that cheap out of Minneapolis, too. No Southwest from there. And even if they're $300, it could be worth it, just for shorter drive, I KNOW where to park, etc.

Thanks stikkie! Let me know what you come up with. Also, didn't you say that company thing was with United? I'm real leary of flying them right now. They always say flights won't get canceled, BUT... of course they're gonna say that!

Also, I may call local travel agent. Like last night, I saw a flight out of Cedar Rapids (that went INTO Minneapolis) that was pretty decently priced. Course, it might also have been the one with TWO stops enroute, one being a half-way transfer at O'Hare. EEEEEEK!!!”

“ok, so liz is a maybe....”

“my newbie managed to spill a beer on me last night........

I am not too sure she will be making this trip.”

“So will this be a social event or will there be some hikin?”

“I am thinking there will be some hiking, jerbear.”

“Moz and I are talkin about campin up on a bluff cross from Kyles landin, Mather is commin up Sunday.Kids are cool. Hike your hike. Could be the recommended itenary. UNLESS, Chilis gonna bring me a wild hairy legged woman.LOL YO bare!”

“I have ascertained that she does not have hair legs........the "wild" part is still in question.

But today I am still pissed that she knocked over a beer into my lap last night. What a fiasco.”

“Catch 2 different ones! You still have your kona bear trap? And do we NEED Another clumbsy hiker! LOL Her and BB will git along fine. LOL
BB j/k!~”

“dang chilie, i thought you we're mose sencitive than that dood. we clutzes are people too , ya know. dork discrimination is just wrong. where would i be in life if my boss hadn't forgivin me for accidentally spilling that hydrochloric acid on his jaguar? oh wait, he fired me the week after that for dropping his ming dynasty vaise when i was dusting off the table. but i think my point is still made, so forgive n forget mang. besides...if she stops shaving the legs now, we should achieve a level of harriness acceptable to jerbear...


i'ma gonna be hikin ma ars off out there. doesn't matter where, i'm just glad to be there. jgeils wants to do some of the old river trail, which i think would be cool too.”

“Maybe it was just her way of getting your pants off (j/k). If the timing works out stop by here & I'll buy you guys a beer or 2. There is a place right on Hwy 7 & I-40.”

“ever eat at arby's? that's my store. i don't own it, but i fix it whenever it breaks. i love taking hwy 7 up to harrison from there. awesome drive!”

“If I bring the newbie, I will probably go up there on Thursday night/Friday morning and return on Sunday.

If I don't take her, I will probably go up Friday and stay until New Years Day.

Arky, I will let you know what the travel plans are.”