Halloween

“how about a spooky backpacking trip???”

“With Brian the Stalker, right?”

“NO NO NO



OH

NO”

“Come on you are no fun!!”

“maple, I am probably the first one to run away screaming!”

“maple, I am probably the first one to run away screaming!”

“yes a hike on Halloween would be a blast


but do not invite Brian.”

“i hate when I do that. Not enough coffee!”

“Nobody invites Brian. He either shows up or not. (stalk, stalk, stalk)”

“The colors would be very cool then.”

“who is brian?”

“what a fantastic idea gemini!

hey, what is the story of the stalker??”

“Can we trick or treat? What about costumes???

I'm definitely up for this one! Let's figure out a place and get this on the trip page.

Smokey mountains?”

“My friends and I climbed Mt. Marcy on Halloween. We took masks and generally goofed around in camp and on the top of Marcy. It was frightfully funny!”

“I think we should plan this. I would think mask would be okay. Don't want to try to get some scarry makeup off my face while backpackign tho. I guess that's everyones choice tho.

Trick or treat would be fun! I could get a couple of chocolate candies with alcohol. (not much tho, they cost big $$$)

Smokeys would be okay with me. I love the smokeys.”

“Brian is a special friend of Maple.”

“Its a long way between shelters, don't expect to get too much candy :).”

“Just make sure the guy wearing the hockey mask and carrying a chain saw is part of your group!”

“Im telling you all here and now.
anyone and I mean anyone that comes within stalking range of my tent WILL BE SHOT ON SITE


shoot first then ask questions.”

“we can trick or treat from tent to tent! LOL yeah right, but we can have our own trick or treat at the campfire.”

“All I got for trick or treat was jerky and Powerbars!”

“LOL @ Corp. Nasty! Did you at least get a physical description of him to give to Gizmo?

Note to others: To avoid inside jokes that no one else gets (how rude!), "Brian" is a suspicous character who has been reported around the area we hiked who allegedly has been harrassing female hikers. Gizmo, the Ridge Runner (?) who works along the Appalachian Trail, warned of us him, as did another hiker before to someone in our group."
Artex
06:24:09 PM
07/28/02


and no one bothered to tell me this little fact, until the day we left.
then it was "oh you didnt know it"

NO I DID NOT KNOW IT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PEEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY MYSELF.

leave me hanging my bootie out to dry.... nice guys you all were.”

“what would be the treat?
filtered water?”

“I'd pack in treats for all, could be candy,caribiners, bandanas, something little and not expensive.

Oooh! those little bottles of alcoholic beverages!

The possibilities are only as limited as your imagination.”

“See, I knew Brian would be a great addition to a Halloween hike!”

“ahhhhh. so brian is not a peronal friend of a TTer!! (whew)”

“Sounds fun! How about somewhere like PA-Maryland Appalachian Trail? That's a closer midpoint for North/South east coast clans?”

“That'd be about a 10-11 hour drive for me. Dunno about New Yawkers and Pestylvanians...”

“I think I'll dress up as Artex (Memo to self, find source for hog carcass to drag along trail).”

“...and you'll need a vial of butyric acid (for the smell)...”

“I think I can synthesize that with some help from some chili and beer.”

“now now geobeet, you only have to DRESS up, not STINK up!”

“BOBO that is a good area. lets talk abou that one”

“I like bobos area also”

“we could car pool, at least for some of us. I come from SC, so if someone crosses my route...let me know. This would be so cool and scarry....

maple. You are funny. I can just imagine. :)

who will list in on the trip page? let me know if I should do it. First we have to find exacts anyway. Smokeys would be great for me. It's about 4 or 5 hours for me, depending where I guess.

come on now yall, don't chicken out, we wont scare you too much!!”

“oh , i missed that. Fine with me. shoot anything is fine with right about now.”

“can i get a town maybe so i can see how long of the drive it is?”

“Frederick, MD is close to there.”

“hhhmmm 4 hours. not to bad. Fri-Sun?”

“maple, are you taking your kids?
(just wondering, as it is halloween)”

“so Bit des this mean your game?”

“I'm thinking about it. It would be right after our DisneyHell trip, so I could sell it to my wife as a "decompression trip", lol...”

“its right after the tree family comes back from AZ.

think tree is going to be happy?”

“It looks like there are a couple of good state parks in the area, which might make it perfect for this sort of thing.

It does look like about 10-11 hour drive for me, but I think I can deal with it.”

“I will have to take the kids trick or treating first then take off there after.


(this is my fav time of the year!)”

“lets do this in Pa and have all of the southern TT'ers invade so the outcome can be different this time”

“The AT in Maryland is very close to Gettysburg, Ewker. Antietam, too...”

“Bit,
That would be a great area too. Ghosts of the Civil War type stuff. Everyone bring a ghost story!!!!

I'm going to put this on the trip page, so that we can post details when the location in decided. I think the timing is pretty obvious.”

“Here's a JPEG map of the AT in that area. Not a lot of Maryland detail, but it gives you a general idea of the location.”