HIKE MAINE III

“oh how true that is...LOL!

o(=D”

“Cheapest flight I can find out of Phoenix is to mht--$340 I think--about $150 cheaper”

“DATES!!

August 14-22, 2004”

“Woo Hoo!
The Master Planning Schedule shows that week open!!!!!!!!

Maine, here I come!!! :)”

“Pee on Woodstock! Get y'all's butts to Maine!”

“OK”

“Woohoo!!!!!!!”

“We have three lean-tos for three nights at CHIMNEY POND! We'll be able to run all over Katahdin to our heart's delight!

whoo golly!

o(=D”

“Does this mean we will be base camped at 3 lean-tos for Sat, Sun, Mon nights at CHIMNEY POND?

We could hike whatever loops, whatever day, and come out Tuesday?

Maybe fly in Friday afternoon, drive to twiggy's house, sleep on twiggy's floor, drive to Baxter Sat morning?”

“Yep! and basecamp is halfway up the mountain already.”

“Kick arse, Twiggie!!!!”

“This means we get to DAYHIKE Katahdin? Without heavy packs, Whoo golly golly!!!!!!!!

We are almost for sure going to have at least one good day of weather!

What are we doing after Tuesday?

Ewker, Yam, MaryPhil!!!!!!!! and any other's flying in!
We need to coordinate flights and share a rental car! Save bunches of money we can spend on gear!”

“Mapleleaf & treebeard!!!!
"Pee on Woodstock! Get y'all's butts to Maine!"
StoveStomper
01:03:34 PM
01/08/04


but its the 35th a-day of woodstock...

this sucks :(”

“I'm sorry mapleleaf, I had to take what I could get. :(

After BSP, we can do whatever - I put some ideas on the trip page. Anyone else have any ideas, chime in!”

“Damn it Mapes!
This is my chance to meet y'all,
and it will be dayhiking from a Base Camp! Fun, fun fun!
Even ol' treebeard is to young to have been a real hippy!
Get y'all's a$$es to Maine!
Don't make me raise my voice! ;)”

“Hey SS, I might be able to help you out with a ride from say..... Portland, if you fly into there.. but can't say for sure until the thing transforms into reality.”

“This looks good for me. Hopefully I will be divorced by then, if not I may be in jail.

Let me start checking as to where to fly into.

Portland, ME would probably be the best but I think twiggy mention Manchester, NH as a good place also.

Stove, I am going to check out both places for the best price.”

“Ewker, it's about the same price at both places for me.
Portland is closer but I sure would like not to rent a car solo.

Artex - thanks, I may need all the help I can get! Sooooooooooo, your 'thing' is gonna happen? ;)”

“Manchester is about 130.00 cheaper for me than Portland. Then I have to rent a car, how long of a drive from Manchester to Twiggy's”

“StoveStomper - I will learn more in March, and should know for sure by June. :-)”

“Well--I can't be in two places at the same time-dang--I will have to put the mind to this.....”

“3 nights at Heaven Pond? Woohoo! I've already got some fun routes planned in my head.”

“Ewk & SS--
I'm not sure yet if I'd be able to be there the whole time. So....I'll have to see what you guys set up for yourselves (plane wise and car wise) and go from there.
I want to go sooooooo bad, too. Even if I can only go for 2 days. (well. That's being a bit drastic, I guess)”

“I'll get details from my travel guy tomorrow, but he says Manchester is cheapest then take a bus to Portland where someone can fetch you. Not sure what all it involves though.

Chimney Pond in August is primo - who cares what we do after that!
(we max at 12 for this leg of the trip)

wahoo!”

“Hey twiggy, I may be back up - warn pennsy to find some better earplugs..

Drive maine!!!!”

“Almost forgot - I may be bringing a friend so count me as 2....”

“Yam, come on and go. This will be your one biggie vacation of the year.”

“Even ol' treebeard is to young to have been a real hippy!

StoveStomper
04:13:47 PM
01/08/04


ummm tree was the HIPPY!

ps. he is oldddd”

“Maple, you rat. Tree is almost the same age as me. I'm not old!

Not cancel that Woodstock crap and get y'alls butts to Maine!”

“but but.......



DAMN YOU!”

“I've updated the trip page...”

“I noticed this update:
If you're extremely ambitious you could incorporate the Abol or Hunt trails into your adventures.

ME LIKEE!!!!

Then there is the monster loop:
CP-Dudley-Knife Edge-North Basin-Davis Pond-Russell Pond-Roaring Brook-CP

Maybe Paddle Boy will be back in mountain shape by then. ;o)”

“you're an animal!”

“(but I put that on there just for you, LOL)”

“more updates...”

“OONGA BOON.......

Oh wait, sorry.

Um, cool! I'm anticipating only being able to make part one of this trip, but the itinerary looks fantastic. Looking forward to it.”

“Hey! no oonga boonga-ing on the August trip! bad Artex! :)

PS - anyone who doesn't want to buy the Stephen Clark guide book and map, send me your snail mail and I'll send photo copies of the map and guide for the area we'll be in.

HIKE MAINE!”

“Hey Twig-
What time you think we'll be leaving Chimney Pond on Tuesday? morning.......afternoon.......evening?”

“The schedule for Tuesday is...

...hike down from Chimney Pond whenever you want - takes an hour or two to hike. Just have to move out of the lean-tos by 11am.

For those continuing on, the rest of the day is maybe a short hike to Sandy Stream Pond or the nature trail, Hidden Springs for a shower, then drive a couple of hours to Ellsworth to resupply (i.e. hit the liquor store, LOL) and set up camp at Donnell Pond.”

“Lets see - 3 days = 6 bottles of firewater, good thing your car camping. Maybe I should order a 10L hydtomedary bag for TT trips.

:}”

“Are you lugging your car up to Chimney Pond so you can camp beside it, Lumberjack? LOL...

o(=D”

“ok thanks, T!”

“LJ probably figures that anything is possible after last year's "Drive Maine" adventure.”

“What? You people sound like you didn't enjoy the toilet paper tour! Guess I'll have to take that off the itinerary for this year's trip. :(”

“I just ordered the trail guild for Baxter. Lumberzac's going to Maine! Oh Yeah!”

“this is still on my trips to do. I wish I could give a confirmed yes right now but unfortunately I can't :(”

“lumberzac, could you please send your e-mail address to the address in my profile?
thanks.”

“Hurry up August!”

“You got mail”

“thanks!”