Wind-o-Rama

“TxWoodswoman,

I sent you an email.

Can you send my your name for my list.

Thanks”

“The Shadow Riders - Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot inspired by a Louis L'Amour story”

“Na, that is not it. It was a good movie, but not the one that was on recently. Tom was the drifter guy who's friend died and he promised to take care of his wife and ranch in Wyonming. Of cource the evil banker wants the wife and ranch for himself.

It was one of those orginal plots that no one has ever heard of before.”

“I remember seeing the ads for that movie, but I can't remember the title, remember that it looked like it'd be good, but I never saw it.”

“Crossfire Trail”

“It was shot in and around Calgary.”

“Yep! thats it!

May look for it at Blockbuster...”

“I am not going to say it is worth paying money for, but if you catch it on TV, it is worth watching.”

“I have gotten no feed back on the route. If everyone is happy with it, then I will officially post it as "the route" .

Good news on my end. My wife leaned over my shoulder while looking at my route. I told her the issues of two groups and different hiking styles and then mentioned that I was with the five day group. She looks at me ands says " I did not say you could not go on the 7 day trip, I just wished you would have discussed it with me before you went ahead and planned it". So there you go, I am in the 7 day group and I am a little wiser.”

“When i told my wife i wanted to go on this trip she gave me her usual reasons why i should not go. She thinks i am unable to enjoy myself away from her? Whatever she now is resigned to the idea.”

“This is going to be a great trip!”

“I know I'll regret not going.”

“WTH?
Wives and back packing = oil and water????”

“I'm a wife--I like backpacking.”

“And thank God for that Mary!”

“I haven't had a chance to look at the new route yet. With all of the thought and effort you put in to it, I'm sure it will be a good one. Will map it out thise weekend. Did I say thanks a million times yet. I am SO looking forward to this trip. And kudos to your wife BigPoppa”

“MaryPhyl I wish my wife would go on trips but she doesnt like hiking. Good News........The mail man just dropped off 3 Wind river books at my house. Wind River trails by Finis Mitchell. wind river mountains by Kelsey and Hiking wind river by Ron Adkinson. Its snowing here and im off work 2 days so i think i will put my feet up and do some reading”

“I CAN NOT FIND MY FINIS MITCHEL BOOK!:(”

“I haven't had a chance to look at the route yet.”

“Wingding, is that your final answer? So to speak.”

“C'mon Wingding, you'll have a great time.”

“BP - I just sent you an email because I didn't see the one from you. I may have thought it was spam and deleted it!! So Sorry!

Let me know via email when you get my note - thanks!

Tex”

“I'll decide for sure later on, but there are just to many areas in the Sierra that I want to go to.”

“Wingding, I'll know on Tuesday whether we go to Oregon before or after Wind-o-Rama. Either way, we would be happy to shuttle you one way from Sacto airport if cutting costs would make a difference.”

“Did everyone find there books? It was difficult reading the book and looking at the map because there are some unknown trails and there are some trails that have different names.

Enjoy the reading and let me know what ideas you have.

For all the mile crunchers like myself, just like I did in the Serrias, I am looking at some off trail routes to campsite since I in the seven day group now. So for those who wanted more then 6 miles, I have a plan.

Trust Big Poppa.”

“The extra distance sounds good. Especially while sitting here at my computer dreading the trip outside in the rain to the laundry room!!!”

“Too lazy to read back too far. What book is the best one for this trip. El cheapo me sees that the books are $25 and up so let me know which is best Please.”

“Climbing and Hiking Wind River - Joe Kelsy.

This is the book I have read the most.”

“Amen to the Kelsey book, it's my favorite of three I have. You need maps too.”

“Internet maps don't work for me as I'm cable chalenged. USGS good enough?”

“I've got the maps from Earthwalk Press. I STILL haven't plotted the newest route but they seem to be good. I've only had trouble with some trails missing (?) on one proposed route so far. And there have been many. There is a North and a South map. Check Latta Outdoors.”

“The earthwalk press maps are excellent for an overview, although they don't show some trails and routes, the Kelsey book has the more obscure routes and trails in it, including basic maps. The falcon guide has more info on the main trails. So I'd use all three of those resources when looking things over.”

“Im trying to follow the proposed trip route in my books. Does it start at the New Fork Lakes trailhead?”

“Yes it starts at New Fork the thread for the route is here.”

“thanks bison I need to get some maps”

“Thursday in the 15th and I said I would post the route on the 15th. I have not gotten any feedback on the route so I am assuming that everyone is happy.

I feel it offers a lot of opportunity for everyone. We get to see a lot of the park. If there are any changes, email me. If not, the official route will be posted tomorrow.”

“Guess everybody is so busy getting in shape that we have no time for TT...... That's why I haven't looked at the topos. Besides, I'm willing to trust the experts.”

“Are you in trouble! I am the guy the English magazine got the directions from.”

“English Magazine? I didn't mean I'd never look at the topos, just that I haven't looked yet.”

“you can't possibly have missed the english magazine reference their are about five TT threads going on about that story.”

“I have set aside time this weekend to wallow in my books and maps for this trip.”

“I have missed that thread. I can't possibly look at each TT thread......... Should I take a look?”

“A English Magazine wrote aboute a route and if you followed it, it would lead you over a cliff. There's a editor that follows up on all the facts of his writers.”

“Ah. You weren't planning to that, BigPoppa? I seem to recall we were going to take a trackless trek over the Continental Divide. When I looked, it seemed like we might be obliged to slide down one of those many glaciers, but no cliffs.”

“That route did look like a lot of fun. If I could have found any kind of reference to any kind of trail, I would have mapped that.

Well at the very least, it would have made a great picture.”

“yo big poppa!”

“Will we need any specific mountaineering gear for this trip? Huh? Huh? I'd like to start my shopping list now.”

“Can somebody speed up this global warming deal? I'd like to go on this trip now.”

“I wish we could hurry up the year, but I neither have the money for the trip nor am I in shape yet, so I need the time.

Yo bear! Are you back in town yet?”

“Now that I have a real job with real vacation time, I've switched myself to yes for this trip. Cannot wait.”