Everything goes RIGHT on a TT hike - Sav age Gulf

“Wow, $2 apiece! They don't have a weight listed though, hmmm...

Might have to get some to complement the nonics my wife is supposed to be ordering for me...

Now all I need is beer on tap in my den, and I'm an Irish brewpub with Internet access, lol...”

“Ah, thread degradation by way of discussion on beer.

I love this place.”

“Actually, when you go to the order form, they are $2.50/each. Still a great deal, though. Maybe a couple of (2 oz!!!) shot glasses as well...”

“That's a healthy shot.

Not as healthy as the ones that <name of TT'er removed> was taking the other night, but healthy nonetheless....”

“Gee, who could that have been???

Moi? Ce n'est pas possible...”

“Oh, and bit, the glasses aren't heavy at all (unless, of course, they're full of Beamish).”

“And even then...

What was I talking about?”

“(hic) Beats me...”

“Somebody pass the bottle...”

“Tilt and Father Goose makeing 'nice' to each other just seems weird. ;-)”

“Reminds me of the commercial with the guy from Ohio State and the girl from Michigan making out on the couch. They show them for a few seconds, then pop up text that says "WITHOUT SPORTS, THIS WOULDN'T BE UNNATURAL" or something to that effect.”

“It's the Kum-ba-yah Karma I tell ya”

“Geeeeee Thanks for that, Bit!

<RETCH>



Nothing personal, FG..... LOL”

“LOL!”

“What time did you leave Saw Mill camp Sunday morning. There was a tent still up when divinity and I left about 9:30. It was over close to where trekkngirl and we were camped.
Just wondering if that was yours.”

“Surely someone with more PhotoShop skills than I can hack up the appropriate pics?”

“I saw FG come off the trail around 11:30 while I was waiting for OPIE. I saw that one too and even walked up to it to see if it was you, SS. I was trying to make sure everyone that needed a shuttle, got a shuttle. I never could find your little lovenest though.”

“Did we leave someone?”

“I left about 9:30, SS. If you recall, I packed my hammock for that trip. No more sleeping on the ground for me...”

“We gotta go back and get whoever it was! They're still there!”

“At least get the tent if it's worth a damn...”

“I wonder who it was?
From the fire, if you walked on the trail past the privy a little ways on the right at the next camp spot were trekkngirl and we. A little farther on the left at the next campspot was the subject unknown tent. Never saw anyone around it.”

“It was the ranger's tent”

“That was my tent. I like to sleep in on the last day. I didn't break camp 'til 10:45. I saw Stikmon and Gojo before they left. By the time I changed out of my muddy clothes at the ranger station it was after 1:00p, a heavy fog was rolling in and it was getting COLD!”

“That's the tent. I can't recall now if I got an answer or not when I talked to the mystery tent.”

“Good, we didn't lose anyone then! ;-)”

“Yeah, you asked if it was stikmon, i said "no", you said something about shuttling to Collins West and I answered that I was parked at Stone Door. That's all I remember before nodding back off to sleep. When I got to the parking lot I was just happy that the "power T" license plate had not been desecrated. :)”

“Ouch! I wouldn't have touched the power t, kinda like the opposite of holy water and vampires, only I'm the good guy!

Thanks for the Wild Turkey recipes. I'll be trying some of those.”

“I'm home from work........my calves hurt...but feeling great ......my poor co-workers had to hear about my trip ALL day today complete with maps....LOL”

“Hay ever buddy!

I gess yall did not kno I was gonna rite a ventully.

Well I will say some theengs.

Ferst. no buddy did not say what happend Raney mornin. Raney mornin Miss Rottin Soks sayed "it is verry raney lats nite so I did not go "out!" and pee so I jest peed on my sleepy bag" BOL!
(she is the CRAZY womin!) but that is ok I gess.

I was verry happy to smell the nother new stinky butt that was Kat Tru. He is verry hamsom and got a verry stinky butt (but I did not like it when he got by side my suppers). Him and Gissmaeioux was buddys.

I was happy to meet ever buddy and see ever buddy els that I awreddy kno'd.

I gess I will see yall some more at Flowerda.

By.”

“he liked your stinky butt, and your other stinky thing. He didn't like it though when Gizmo tried to hump him. Khatru is the kind of boy that likes to be the humper, not the humpee...

and as for rotten socks...peeing in a plastic zip lock was just too much for me. NO WAY...chili...she's ALLLLLLLLLLLL yours.

well, I still haven't finished my trip report, actuall, I barley have begun, been real busy at home and work, but I will try this evening. I looked at my photos, some are real good, others are a real dissappointment. I don't like this particular camera I used, oh well...just gonna have to go back, I guess...

DH...no, I did not hang around, I went home, and that worked out well...hit the office up on Monday, and got lots of good stuff done, and even watched X-men 2. good movie. It pays to work for the cable company...hahahha

More later/....”

“StoveStomper's Pictures are up.
Captions will have to wait till tomorrow.”

“FG: Great. Done. We can move on. Schedule-wise? My gosh..TS-16949. Enough said, if you know the venacular. Anyway, hiking..dont know..but SmokyGirl and a few others, been trying to get me to plan one, but my work schedule is pretty tight right now.. working a LOT of weekends..but hey.. surely by Feb or March.

My buddy John wants to do a return to the AT.. Go in bout Woody Gap maybe, I forget -- and do the Springer trip in reverse.

My friends SG, and her clan are talking SEVERAL trips.. mostly around the spring breaks,college wise.

Sipsey would be nice -- since it's fairly close to me -- but i want to also do Cold Mountain this year -- and get started on Cumberland Trail

So I got a full season -- if I can ever get started again. Hope to hang out sometime with you,and all TT'ers. Always a good time.

Howdy everyone.”

“Thanks for sharing pics....my camera sucks!!!”

“NO WAY...chili...she's ALLLLLLLLLLLL yours.


stikmon
06:57:56 PM
01/20/04


And? Was there ever any doubt about this?”

“Great pics everyone. Interesting that so many of the pics of me caught me with my eyes closed. I was really tired by the time I got to camp.”

“Yaz, thanks for the photos! This is the second trip in a row where I've gotten to the trailhead and realised I'd forgotten the film!!

(dang 20th century technology.....)”

“chili, apparently not after the first 1/4 mile or so...lol....”

“Let's see,,,,it was about the first quarter mile I ever backpacked with her when I had to cut off the panties.

I can't believe she told that story.”

“Damn, I missed that story!”

“Nice pics, SS!”

“OPIE needs to post his dang picks. I crossed the creek at Horsepound falls by using walking across a small, wet log. OPIE got an action shot that I'm curious to see. Also, he got several waterfall pictures.”

“Thanks for sharing the pics ya'll !”

“and nice pics, walkindude.

When I first looked at the shots I had to do a doubletake, cuz I thought I saw Crazy Mike. I guess it might be Wounded Knee?? But he is wearing clothes similar to what Crazy Mike has worn before and has the same kind of body structure. Least wise, it looked that way in the pics.

Also, please bar pants that have reflective stripes on them!! LOL! j/k”

“Good pictures, y'all.

I had a great time. Cudos to Daysie for a job well done.

The Great Stone Door was impressive - it alone made the trip worthwhile. Add a couple dozen TTers to the mix, and it's, like... grooviness overload!

Chili -
Not only did we hear the panty extracation story, we got the lowdown about "The Incident"...

Yes! The Incident - LOL!
j/k...

Going in, I was like "WTF? Rangers coming into camp AFTER dark?" (that's contrary to NFS policy). But I now understand the importance of monitoring folks in the backcountry so's to make sure someone isn't lying at the bottom of a cliff...

The dogs and I solo'd out Sunday. I always enjoy having the backcountry all to myself on that last day. Dunno why... maybe it's my way of bidding farewell to the woods...

My first TN hike, it was. And a doozie to boot!

God Bless Tennessee!

See youn's at Ocala or Sipsey or what never...”

“gojo, it was very nice meeting you! Oh f- me!”

“Daysie?

gojo - glad you made it to this one. You're even more fun around a campfire than you are here.”

“I've added captions to most of my http://community.webshots.com/album/112406649iIxQtG/0">pictures.”

“You're even more fun around a campfire than you are here."
~dayhiker

And you're even more fun since I changed your name to "Daysie"- LOL!”