Everything goes RIGHT on a TT hike - Sav age Gulf

“skiracer, if webshots works tonight (didn't last night)I will have mine up. I will not show all of my pics on webshots, I don't need a X-rated memo to come up before you look at them.”

“Ewker, your pics are up. I viewed them this morning.”

“dayhiker, I took 90 pics. That was all I could get webshots to do. It seems when I have pics to post so does the rest of the world.”

“oh you guys look like you had a fun time!! Savage Gulf is a great area.
Glad the weather wasn't miserable for you, too.”

“Despite hiking out in the rain, this was a great trip (even if it was just one night for me). Great to meet you guys. The fireside chat session Sat. night was hilarious. Got to hand it to you GoJo and OPIE (and others), that was the best, most lengthy, rapid-fire joke telling I'd ever heard! Very entertaining. Thanks to Dayhiker for keeping the faith through issues that never really became issues.”

“Ewker send those funny pics to me! I just gotta see them.”

“cottonsocks, why do you want to see them. They were of you ;)”

“Thanks everyone. I just wish we'd had another beer for the Ranger Friday night when he asked for seconds.”

“He did gulp that first one down fast didn't he.

oh I forgot, Thanks to Father and Mother Goose for the chili, cornbread and cider.

I just looked to see how many pics I do have up. Glad I got dayhiker with his rubber ducky fleece mittens on and Father Goose's ultralight backpacking stove and pot. Guess I will put captions on those today and work on the others tonight.”

“The folks at the office got a kick out of my homemade mittens and sleeping hat.

Drat, I meant to plot out about a 5'x3' banner that said, "Love Shack". I was planning on putting that in front of SS and divinity's tent but got busy on last Thursday and forgot to make the dang thing.”

“I just wanna f---in see dude! LMAO”

“Those would go great with my homemade sleeping bag liner Dayhiker!

”

“I just got an email from chili that said, "WTF is that on your head and hands?"

I didn't have mittens or a cold weather hat to sleep in. It was supposed to be cold Friday night, so I went to Wal-Mart for some fleece. My choices were either rubber ducky or Pooh Bear. I chose the ducks.”

“Nigal, that's a nice pattern.”

“Well yeah cause no one wants to see you with poo all over hands and head.”

“Exactly, that's why I chose the duckies. My kids like them.”

“It was sooo nice to meet everyone.....I love putting faces with posts....(pics don't get it)....I hated the fact that Bit & Super left :(
Bit...hugs ...& I so enjoyed meeting you....
WalkinDude...thanks for the cd...woohoo....have it in now.......totally enjoying it!!!
DayHiker...thanks for putting this together......and I LOVE the hat & mittens.....
Thanks Ewker for the water Sat!!! .....I didn't want to walk to the spring after Stage coach road....grrr ...and It was so good to meet you & hey..I even like you!!!
Special thanks to Stikmon for helping me across the water at Suter Falls.....( you could have helped earlier in stead of having a camera out....grrr)....but I am so sad I missed your famous flute playing....
So good to meet Mother & Father Goose..(even tho he called me a #&%!$...)LOL..hahahahah
Opie & Gojo with the wonderful jokes......
...to be continued....”

“"..(even tho he called me a #&%!$...)
divinity
01:06:48 PM
01/19/04

Actually, I think I was talking to cottonsocks, darlin'. And I believe I called her a whining #&%!$, LOL...”

“I'm real happy this trip turned out for y'all. It didn't look pretty for a second there, but like I always say, everything will work out....it has no choice....”

“Actually, I think I was talking to cottonsocks, darlin'. And I believe I called her a whining #&%!$, LOL..."
Father Goose

I still love you FG!”

“Enjoyed the trip, and meeting all the folks that I did...I was fighting a budding cold, and tho tempted to stay through the weekend, when Bitpusher needed a ride back home the scale tipped towards leaving Saturday morning.

NOTE; IN FAIRNESS TO THE RANGER, HE DID NOT DRINK A BEER...LET'S NOT GET THE RANGER IN TROUBLE, HE WAS MOST PROFESSIONAL, AND VERY HELPFUL...

I tend to hike solo or with a friend, hiking is an escape from people for me, but every now and then I show up for a trip with a group....

This group was kewl....and as Father Goose said, I have not met a TT'er that I do not like.”

“LOL..Nooo Father Goose...you was trying to get the air out of your thermarest and was rollling it the wrong way...I suggested you turn it around and you called me a B!tch......LOL..hahahahaaha....soooo funny......I forgive you.....hahahahaa”

“I refuse to be held responsible for anything I said or did whilst under the influence of hot cider or any other adult beverage...if I don't remember, it doesn't count.”

“Dang FG, that's knocks out the whole of Friday night and part of Saturday morning.”

“Father Goose.....
it doesn't count because of this comment!!!!!



5. Divinity and cottonsocks are a couple of gen-u-wine
DOLLS.
Hubba-hubba...

totally forgiven.....
and...it was sooo funny.....”

“Hey, I was just fine Saturday morning, thank you very much...”

“The look on your face when you introduced yourself to cottonsocks and she responded that you'd met the night before was priceless.”

“WTF did you all do to cottonsocks last weekend.

She just came down here and said she was leaving to go to the doctor.

She took off last Thursday to go to the doctor, too.”

“You have it backwards. I walked in Saturday morning and asked which one was stikmon and he replied that I had just passed him and that we had met the night before. I then went over to cottonsocks and reintroduced myself on the theory that, even though we had met the night before, since I didn't remember, it didn't count. Turns out she didn't either...I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!!”

“Ahhh, I missed that part of the story. Sorry about that. Heck, that's even funnier.”

“It's been a long time since I was that fried...”

“I preferred the look on his face when he found his liquor stash and discovered it was empty...lol...”

“Kinda like a kid who had his lollipop stolen, LOL...”

“Yah, but by himself! lol...”

“Actually, I found another Platy full of Maker's in another pack after I got back to the van on Sunday. Oh yeah, we drank your wine Saturday night, too. I'll get your bottle back to ya.”

“Ah good! Glad it didn't go to waste!

Any time on the bottle...no hurry.”

“Glad you all had fun. Hope to see more pics soon.

I actually printed out the directions to you guys...but I never made it. Knew that anyway....but I do have those moments where I just hit the road...not this time though.”

“It was nice to meet all the new folks and catch up on old times with walkindude. Next time I'll be sure to clear my tent location with cottonsocks so I won't set up camp in her designated latrine area, lol!”

“Damn, dude. You set up your tent near the privy??? Man, that's hardcore!”

“bit, how are you feeling. Sorry you had to go Sat morning.”

“He didn't set it up next to the privy, but his area BECAME the privy when cottonsocks got through.


longlosthiker - thanks for the bourbon balls that you made. What were the ingredients again? I remember crushed vanilla wafers, cocoa, bourbon, but I believe there were about 4 more ingredients.”

“Bourbon, bourbon, bourbon, and bourbon.”

“This stuff almost tasted like fudge. MM and I were fighting the urge to just reach in for handfulls. I didn't want to be too rude.

Guys longlosthiker can bring it. No one took him up on it, but when the marshmallows came out Friday he handed over a 1# bar of Hershey's semisweet chocolate. Then he had these bourbon balls in a zip lock.

Also, koolaid grilled hamburgers on his stove Sat night. They looked dang tasty.”

“cottonsocks tends to pick her privy as she pleases sometimes”

“Carpet cleaner on your speeddial, chili? lol...”

“Heck, he's a Director of the largest carpet cleaning in this country.”

“Can you say, how handy??! YES!”

“Sounds like a good time was had by all! I waiting to look at the pics till there are captions. Glad it all turned out well.”

“I was surprised there weren't more cameras on the trip. I guess everyone was scared of getting it wet. That's why I didn't bring on.”