Ithaca Car Camping trip

“i spoke to the park police and they tell me that if you know your site #, and the name of the person you are sharing with, then it's no prob getting in, even if you're not registered.
oh...and the most important part... alcohol and glass bottles are ok in the park.”

“whew, thats a relief!”

“Thanks for the leg work and info helinka.”

“I'm bringing the new digital we got, the Canon G5. It's first TT trip should be a biggie!”

“I've been downloading maps and directions. WooooHooooooooo, I'm stoked.”

“anybody know if they "lock" the gate or anything like that. I prolly won't arrive until like around 10:00 pm on Thur night.”

“Helinka, you're a dear.

And the "most important part" really was the most important part!”

“When you get to the "bridge", you will be asked three questions:

1) What is your name?

2) What is your quest?

3) What is your favorite color?

If you answer questions 1 and 2 correctly and then answer, let's say, red! Uh, I mean brown! You will be cast into the gorge of eternal peril. So, please be careful. Hope this helps!”

“I cannot decide whether to bring my new digital camcorder (digital camera built in) or my spanking new digital camera.”

“our camera can take 3 mins of vidio and adieo.

can you say BLACK MAIL?”

“Hell WK, it's a car camping trip. Take both!”

“can you say SPELL CHECKER?”

“holy castings Batman!

THANKS!!

Fer sure wanna avoid the gorge of eternal peril!”

“The problem I wil have with the camcorder is when the batteries die I am s-o-l. I was thinking about stopping at Radio Shaq to pick up one of those things you plug into your cigatette lighter that has an adaptor. You know what I am talking about?”

“There are plenty of gorges in that neck of the woods. Gorges aplenty! One right in the park!”

“The weather is not looking too good at this point. Keep your fingers crossed for a change in forecast.

Friday and Saturday, 50% chance for rain.”

“That's why we'll have the Tarp Mahal.

Speaking of which, we may need more than one tarp. I count upwards of 30 people. The Tarp Mahal is rated for about 15. The Fire Marshal gets antsy if we go above that by too much.”

“Tree whats the exact directions for when we get close to the park...off route 13 ??????
Thanks”

“I have met 15 TT'ers in my life time. On the Ithaca trip the only one of those 15 is Pennsy.
So I will meet 26+ new TT'ers......yeeeee haaaa




God Help Me!”

“I can bring some tarps Geo.”

“Snafu, I will post them ASAP”

“Wally World sells a 16x32 tarp (same size as the Tarp Mahal) for about $25. The poles (six are needed) are extra. Also needed: stakes and rope.”

“Guess I'm gonna have to study up on my glacial geology. I see beautiful U-shaped valleys and what have to be drumlins, moraines and such. A few lakes on the plateaus look like kettle holes. The finger lakes, of course, were carved by the ice.”

“This is a good point. We have a small canope set-up which may or may not be good for this bunch. Does anybody have any gear along these lines that they are willing to throw into their vehicles for party central use before anyone goes out and speands more money on this stuff?

Let's see if we can pool together enough here...”

“screw party central. I am not getting rained out again.


hmm I wonder what hotels are near...”

“"The finger lakes, of course, were carved by the ice."
Geobeet

The Finger Lakes are from God's hand print, when he created earth :-)”

“I thought they were made from real fingers!”

“I got a big 20x20 blue tarp... a bunch of 2x4s and 2x6's....rope... a sledge hammer, nail gun and aircompressor....”

“The Dodge Ram Inn will be available! LOL”

“"our camera can take 3 mins of vidio and adieo.

can you say BLACK MAIL?"
mapleleaf
12:43:37 PM

Do you mean, "adieu"?”

“shut up marko...im on drugs!”

“Whoaaa!!!

I like it when she's nasty! >8^P~~”

“Drugs are bad, mkay.”

“hey lumb
who is in site 60?
roam is in 59 and your in 61 is there a site in between”

“some poor sum'beeyatch!”

“I'm not sure who's on site 60. I didn't pick that one because I wanted a site in the shade.”

“Drugs are bad, mkay."
lumberzac
01:33:10 PM

thank you mr hand”

“Ya got it made in the shade, lumberzac?”

“Who's supplying the foil hats?”

“marvin garden is not coming is he?
he scares the poopie out of me...”

“Why isn't Must Hike going on this trip? We could use his wheelbarrow.”

“Hey tree i got a wheelbarrell too!!!

Lumb, how did you know it has shade...????


LOL at Tree”

“Snafu, are you driving an 18-wheeler with all that gear?”

“Snafu has more sh_t than Home Depot!”

“i cannot wait for this trip!!!”

“"Hey tree i got a wheelbarrell too!!!

Lumb, how did you know it has shade...????


LOL at Tree"
snafu29
01:58:26 PM
07/08/04
ignore this user

It said so on the reservation.”

“dodge Ram 4x4 with 8' box baby!!!
LOL

I could tow my snowmobile trailer full of sh1t too!!!

Ditto to what scrochie said!!”

“

The campground should be near where rts 13, 34 and 96 intersect”

“I will not sleep with a red X”

“doesn't look like 96 intersects though. Ok, I just called the park. FROM THE SOUTH:

rt 17 to rt 13 through small town of Newfield. Road divides for about 1/2 mile going downhill. This is the outskirts of the park. There will be an old Victorian that used to be a restaurant called Turbacks(sp). Then a plant/fruit stand and then the sign for rt 327. and entrance to park

FROM THE NORTH:

rt 13 south past Buttermilk Falls about 1 1/2 miles . Rt 327 is on rt as well as entrance to park”