Savage Gulf 1/16-18/04

“HPM will be the dude with 15 kids that act like adults.

Let's see the 4 remaining folks from our original group + 15 +15 -34. No problem.

I'm on the road heading north.”

“I'm feeling better right now. I'll be there for at least one night.”

“call me”

“Cottonsocks is packed and ready. Of course, I could hike half way across Alaska with less gear than she packed.”

“Watch out Chili!”

“After she tried on the pack, she decided not to carry the quart of orange juice.”

“puttin in her pack...lol

CS...I'll be heading out of the office at 4:00 and hopefully one the road by 4:30. If I get to the meeting point early, wake me up, cause I went to be VERY late and will be VERY tired all day long. STUPID MOVIE!!!

anywho..I'm packed (all except my sleepy bag (washed it last night) and Khatru;s food and my water jug.”

“socks......pack light darlin....glad to see you are coming..!!!”

“"Pack light", ha ha ha,,,,,ROFFLMAO.”

“Chili..morning!!”

“Good morning, darlin.”

“you are going to be missed:(”

“Well, my next hike is next weekend to Hurricane Creek Wilderness. This I come home, clean up the gear, and go back there the next weekend (for 4 days) on our annual company trip. Then home a half day, clean gear, pack it up and on to Ocala for three days.

Plenty of backpacking coming my way. Sipsey in early March, Black Creek in Southern MS in late March, Texas in April.

Only weekend I don't have covered so far is February 20th. I am thinking maybe Montgomery Bell SP, but I can't remember what walkindude told me about it.”

“Woo Hoo! Had a GREAT breakfast cooked for me this morning.
We'll be hitting the road in a few!”

“My pack is a little heavy! OMG what am I going to do?”

“Call me when you get a chance. I cant remember all the details. I need to write them down.”

“Hey cotton - Bring me a Qt. of Orange Juice too!

divinity said she would trade you some bacon for Juice.”

“I have bacon and juice. SS I will bring the juice if you carry my bag!”

“Ok...we are hittin the road......sooo looking forward to meeting new friends and seeing some old...
Hugs & Kissesss
everyone be safe.....”

“I will be out the door in a few minutes.

everyone have a safe trip down”

“See you all tonight!”

“it's going to rain all weekend and half the folks will bail before saturday night.”

“I am gonna have to bail at the last minute. I wanted to bring my neighbours along, and we can't get there until Friday night after dark. They aren't excited about hiking in the rain either - and I don't want to night hike in unless I have a guaranteed tent spot for me and my two neighbours. We going to hike up Mt. Leconte instead, and come out to Savage Gulf another weekend.

Y'all have fun, and if I was coming by myself, I would be there in a heartbeat - rain or snow! Fooey!! :(”

“i know how you feel smokygirl. i wish more than anything in the world that i could be there right now. well i guess i could be there, but i don't need to risk getting sick again after just getting over the flu. my new job is too important right now! i told opie he has to have twice the fun so he can have fun for me too! i know they are all having a blast right now.”

“Miss Opie/Smokygirl

Sorry you all can't make it.Erich and I are planning to leave in the morning for Saw Mill campsite.Looks like the others had a great day today and tonight.I'm glad.We are caring a tarp and extra dry clothing..O well wet like ducks I guess.Hope you fill better Miss Opie..see you in OCALA? Smokygirl I know you would go if you could..next time girl..
: )”

“t-girl--
let the gang know that embear and I won't be making it. I hope i get to meet your dude SOON!

have a great time!!”

“We will certainly miss you youngens.. : )”

“have fun trekkngirl! keep my boy in line for me!”

“Miss Opie you're kidding RIGHT? lol”

“j/k! i hope everyone has a blast!

trekkingirl.. no we won't be in Ocala.. next trip for us is the sipsey trip.”

“Are they gone yet?”

“What are you gonna do? Talk about them or something..lol

Miss Opie see you in Sipsey then..”

“No, I just thought it would seem quieter after they were gone.”

“it looks like everyone is gone but trekkngirl”

“I see..It is quieter actually..I'm leaving in the AM, I'll tell them you miss them.. : )”

“I had to WORK 12 LONG hours today..That's why I'm not leaving until the am.”

“Have a good trip. Tell the ranger hello for me.”

“Thanks.. we shall”

“cottonsocks, moses and stikmon should be there by now.

Looks like house cleaning and time with the kids for me.”

“No rain here yet.I'm outta here..Have fun Chili”

“Chili...cottonsocks, stikmon and moses arrived safely late last night.


email me for further details...lol...”

“Ms. Opie - I tried not to think about it over the weekend! Foo! Hope you are feeling better!

Trekkngirl - Sorry I missed y'all! Will see you soon on the next trip hopefully!”