Ocala Part 3

“I heard he could make it change colors.”

“Gosh treebait, I didn't hear that! I wonder how he does that?!”

“All he has to do is think about it.”

“It must be changing like a klaidescope, everybody talking, typing and thinking about the thing!”

“Is Artex's "thing"... or thingy, as the case may be... like a mood ring, showing emotions by color???”

“I don't know...you gotta ask treebait! SHE seems to know a lot about the thing!”

“I find that quite disturbing.”

“LOL!”

“Poor HPM!”

“If I get off the plane and Artex reveals his thing, I'm hopping back on. Tango, are you available as my backup?

Thanks for all the advice on packing for the flight.”

“Man, I sure don't feel like reading thru 560 posts to see what this is all about, and when. Hoping Artex can get me caught up this weekend. ;-)”

“It will be a pleasure to meet all y'all not from around the South and a few in the South I haven't met yet.”

“You all will likely hear about "the thing" for this trip. At which point you will smile and nod politely, while thinking "jeez, is that all?".

Looking forward to meeting everyone (and hiking with that stupid, moronic, good for nothing, idiotic, spring pissing two eyed sonuvabizitch Pennsy again). But if I hear of anyone dissing "the thing" during the trip, no homemade jerky for you!”

“Pennsy I'm first choice or no choice. You've made your decision so your going to have to grin and bare (oh my) it through Artex's thing. (So to speak!)”

“LOL Tango! That's really really skeery.

That is not fair Artex. I am not good for nothing.

btw - I am expecting everybody to wear name tags so I'll who is who.”

“So, this means Artex doesn't have much of a thing, huh? Pity.”

“OMG treebait! LOL”

“Feb 6-8
This is all the pertinent info on the trips page

Come along, it'll be good to meet you.”

“I'm out..sorry guys..maybe next year!!!”

“Bummer Opie. I looked forward to meeting you.

Pennsy, you're right. You're not a good for nothing. You are giving me a ride to Baxter, after all. Hee hee hee.... :-)”

“yea me too artex...what else am i gonna use this army surplus gasmask for now...like i said..hopefully next year!!”

“Ha ha ha! Definitely.”

“Darn it Opie! Next year. You will be missed!”

“Right now in Orlando it's 47 F with a wind chill of 40. In the AM it will be 34!!!!”

“That's a heat wave up here. I'll have to remember to pack a tanktop and shorts.”

“Tango - you know what that means...gear test! Got to see if that bag holds up to the nighttime lows.”

“Okay, this trip has my attention....I'm not going to read through all 576 posts...but is anyone flying into and out of Orlando? What times? If so, is anyone interested in sharing a rental car?”

“There are TTer's in Orlando willing to pick up other TTer's and drop them off.

Ask Coop and Tango”

“Cool, I'll check with them. Anyone driving from up north? My spring break is the first week of March so it's iffy for me on this trip...but this trip does sound pretty cool.”

“There's a big group of the Indiana TTer's and the Tennesse TTer's coming.”

“I will be leaving Memphis, thru Birmingham, on through Montgomery and Dothan, into the pan handle and across from there.


Departure time not yet determined, but I will be at the trailhead, on time.”

“Good.
I wouldn't want to be forced to write you a tardy slip. Cause that might go down on your permanent record.”

“And I know I wouldn't want that to happen.

Somewhere down the road, the company will want to promote me and say, "you know, we can't do this,,,you were late to a TT hike once"


Boy, wouldn't that suck.”

“Too true.”

“uh oh...MY professional future is in serious jeopardy then.”

“LOL @ om!
Ain't that the truth! ;)”

“I'm glad I had my "thingy" in Minnesota.”

“I MIGHT consider this trip...... Is this TC 4, or just a small convention??? LOL!!

Seriously, AirTran flies semi-cheap into southern cities. And I did miss Om in November!!

Will have to think, seriously. So is there a max cut-off number?? lol... Also am debating Sipsey..”

“Book your flight Liz...we wanna see you!”

“Lizs - There's plenty of room for you! (Er, how much do you weigh?)

« grinning as he ducks »




Fly to Melbourne. I'll walk across the street to the terminal building and meet you.”

“This is a backpacking trip that seems to have grown to the size of a small mobile convention and apparently it's gaining popularity. I'm a little suprised and gratified at the response but like any hike there will be a number of folks who will have bail at the last minute so who knows what the final head count will be?

There is no cut off as permits are not required.

I hope to see you all there.”

“.... there will be a number of folks who will have bail....

With this TT group, I sure hope so.”

“LOL nice catch SS

Bring yer whisky, yer best gal or guy, yer side irons and yer get outta jail money!”

“Hmmmm. When in the past or where did I used to hear,
"Is this thip necessary?"”

“WWII, Nowslimmer...it's in Bugs Bunny cartoon of the era as well.”

“Well HPM, you know how rambunctious om gets. Bail money might be needed. ;)”

“Yes, you must come to both Sipsey and Ocala.
No kidding, Ocala is a must. The trails and camps can handle this big group with ease.”

“Thanks, bitpusher.

Glad you could read my through my typing error.
"thip" was intended as "trip."”

“This is great! Lizs you can fly into Orlando I'm picking Dhutch up and have room for another if you want, it will be no problem!”

“I am just glad you guys didn't name this trip the "Floridapalooza"”