Ithaca Car Camping trip

“Hey, Baltimore has some excellent rats!

But since Killer and I are going to Gaspe' first and finishing our road trip in Itaca, we will be at a distinct dis-dvantage.

You mooks can bring something that you prepared at home where I will have to truely cook it at camp.

Damn you all!

Maybe we can catch some swamp rats up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and keep 'em on ice until we get to Ithaca.”

“Squirrels...squirrels are the way to go!”

“Since only outsiders can be judges, I truly want to be the "Official Tastetaster of Ithaca 2004." Except for Bit's entry. He can keep his possums all to hisself.

All this food talk... is anybody going to be hiking to the fabulous gorges and waterfalls?

Good stuff is multiplying. I am back on Tango's good side and when I was in church tonight, I did NOT get struck down by lightning. There's hope for me afterall. However, the Bishop did give me a dirty look when I got too close to the altar trying to get a good shot of my newphew who was being Confirmed.

Fiona Apple, eh Scorchy? We went to the same school so I might know more about her than you think.”

“Pennsy, I am gathering lots of info on a multitude of great day hikes for the area. There's so much to do, I am having problems limiting it down to three days worth.”

“Hey MarkO, if you stop by my place on your way through, you can take that woodchuck that lives under my rosebushes to the cook off - I even have a recipe for ya!

o(=D”

“Taughannock SP has a 215 footer that is 33' higher than Niagra. I want to stand at the bottom of it and let the water douse me (if they will let me)...

...and assuming it doesn't crush me!”

“How come you no sign on for trip, mon?”

“Woodchuck and Possum... Mmmmmmmmmm... NOT!

Treebeard - I have a photo book that inludes Taughannock Falls. I really want to see that one. Plus Watkins Glen, and so much more.”

“Come on Pennsy, they taste just like chicken.”

“Yeah, Penns. Taughannock and WG are # 1 and 2 on the list. There is also Cayuga trail that goes through the gorge at Cornell. I did that one (or at least part of it) about 25 years ago and remember that it was absolutely beautiful...”

“besides, woodchuck is easier to skin than squirrel...”

“Woodchuck surprise on the menu, Twigstah?

TB - dang, we might have to extend this trip to get to all these hot spots. You might have to make all these meals "to go."”

“May-be! There's also Buttermilk Falls, which sounds nice. Here's a snippet of the brochure:

Dropping from 1,000 to 400 feet avove sea level, Buttermilk Falls State Park surrounds Buttermilk Creek as it plunges through a gorge down the eastern slope of the Cayuga Valley at the southern edge of the City of Ithaca. At the end of its lovely journey, the stream reaches its scenic climax in Buttermilk Falls. BM Falls was born 12,000 years ago after the most recent continental glacier of the ice age had melted from the central NY landscape. Glaciers carved the steep walled valley that is now partially filled with Cayuga Lake...

Sounds nice, doesn't it?”

“Buttermilk does sound nice and I have that pic in my book as well. I think it might get crouded though as there is a public beach at the base of the falls.

The book I'm looking at is called "Waterfalls and Gorges of the Finger Lakes" by Derek Doeffinger. If you want to borrow it to help plan the hikes, I'd be glad to send it to you.”

“Fiona Apple, eh Scorchy? We went to the same school so I might know more about her than you think."

same school? she's from nyc.”

“Unless there's another singer named Fiona Apple that went to high school in Phillipsburg, NJ.”

“Ms. Maggart went to school in NJ? Did not know that! I love her music, but her personality's gotta go. I met her once, not very friendly at all.”

“hiking, yeah
camping, yeah
cookoff, yeah
Waterfalls, yeah
sighseein, yeah

but when the hell are we going to KAYAK?”

“Over the falls”

“works for me :D”

“"Hey MarkO, if you stop by my place on your way through, you can take that woodchuck that lives under my rosebushes to the cook off - I even have a recipe for ya!"

twigeater

Dang twigeater, you got a Vermonter livin' under your rosebushes?”

“kayaking? i'm there!”

“Scorchie, I knew you were a yacker.....didn't know you were a kayaker.”

“always up for somethin new”

“The last time I got into a kayak I had a hell of a time.............gettin' my arse out of it!”

“hahaha should be interesting!”

“I gotta get pictures of this.”

“we should find out who is interested in renting kayaks.

maybe get a discount for a group.”

“I am interested!!!!!

Never paddled a kayak before.”

“I am so brining extra film!!”

“Sheyat! I am bringing a video camera”

“im arming my kids with one each...



wait, they may try to black mail me..
never mind.

carry on”

“Obviously what happens on the trail stays on the trail doesn't apply to car camping!”

“As long as the tape or photos don't make there way into the hands of my wife.”

“I would need a bigger kayak or a smaller arse.”

“I found a place I want to go...Sapsucker Woods. We can visits Pennsy's relatives. J/K”

“hahaha, good one, tango!”

“Whoa, Tango!”

“carp campin sucks big dick!”

“You mutht be cwazy!”

“anything outdoors does not suck dick”

“Hah! Hah!”

“Alright girls, that's enough of that!”

“Okay Dad! Jeez!”

“Don't be talkin' about Nixon like that!”

“Huh????”

“Don't Change Dicks In The Middle Of A Screw, Vote For Nixon In '72!”

“wtf?!”

“??? before my time.”

“ditto”