I'm moving to DC

“I like DC. The met (subway) is pretty good too. Park on the outskirts & take the met in. Get a ticket that's good all day. I could easily spend a year in the Smithsonian. Liked skyline drive & the smokies.”

“anywhere is better than Nashville”

“bad idea dood.....there's snipers everywhere up there!”

“bearmagnet, I got a feeling this Royale Palace is a tiddy-shakin' joint!

nashville, the alpine experience can be had in the Dolly Sods/Roaring Plains area of West Virginia.
That is about 200 miles from D.C.

There is a Dolly Sods trip in late June.

I might be going to Roaring Plains in April.”

“Hmmm, Is Spruce Knob in the Dolly Sods? I hear that has an alpine feel.”

“Spruce Knob is 10-20 miles south of Dolly Sods.

Those places are part of the Allegheny Front/Plateau.

Dolly Sods reaches about 4,000.
Roaring Plains goes above 4,700 and Spruce Knob is 4,860.

Fir and red spruce are found above 3,500 in West Virginia.

These plateaus have a lot of bogs too.”

“Scorch - I failed! I f***ed up the dough! My dad is rolling in his grave. The Gravy was awesome though. Can I pay you to cook for me? Gonna try again tonight - should I buy a rolling pin?????

MarkO - They dancers do shake it at the Royale Palace. They may even make contact if they like you!”

“failed? noooo!!!!

glad you liked the gravy : )

it takes a while to get it right. the first few times i made it, the cheese wound up all over the oven. i dont use a rolling pin, but i'm sure it'd work just as well.”

“What the hell are you two cookin'?”

“homemade gravy (sauce) and stromboli and calzones. jealous?”

“Yeah my dough was too thick and I definitely didn't use enough cheese - that's a first!

MarkO - what's it sound like?”

“I've made calzones with my pizza bread!

>8^P”

“.......with asparagus and cheese or some of Baltimore's best Italian sausage and cheese or all of the above!”

“You cooking for us scorchie?”

“pizza bread?

yea, i'd try a rolling pin then, bear”

“no! i cooked last night,.. tonight's not my night.”

“Rolling pin or perhaps a bit more patience. I was getting hungry! :)”

“Yeah, pizza bread!

Its a focaccia bread recipe and I use it for pizza or calzone or knot rolls or baguettes.

A rollin pin is a must......thinner is better!”

“mmm sounds good! bring some next weekend on the trail.

bear, u like seafood? i have a killer seafood pasta recipe.”

“Maybe we should have a cookin' thread, hmmm?”

“Killer seafood pasta recipe? drooooooooooooooool. gimmee gimmee gimmee! Ppppppplllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz?”

“k! i need email address again..”

“send email to scorchess@aol.com or just post ur email addy here and i'll email u the recipe.”

“Is it lunchtime yet?”

“You have mail at several addresses, scorch!”

“otay.. gimme a minute. i'm at school adn this computer is really really slow so it's taking forever to check email.”

“sorry my aol isn't working right on this dumb computer so i'll just post the recipe:

fettucine pasta
1.5 sticks of salted butter
chopped up fresh garlic (however much u like)
olive oil
whatever seafood u like in ur pasta: i usually put 1 lb. baby shrimp, 1 lb. baby scallops, and 1 whole king crab or alaskan crab leg chopped up.

sautee olive oil (enough to layer the frying pan) and 1 stick of butter. let butter melt before adding chopped up garlic. add a dash of paprika. add all seafood. add as much garlic salt as desired if u like it extra garlicy and keep lid on to keep taste in, occasionally stirring.

once sauteed, mix in with cooked fettucine and add half stick of butter and as much a salt/garlic powder, whatever else u like as desired. enjoy and brush ur teeth 10 times after eating. : )”

“OMG! You sure about the butter volume! Should I call 911 before I start eating?

Thanks! Can't wait to try it”

“What about no butter and more oil?”

“hey if heartattacks happen, i don't know you lol”

“you could do that, but i prefer the buttahhh”

“Extra virgin?

Is Greek or Spanish olive oil OK?

I don't want any ethnic tension.”

“LMAO always on track, darkO...

oh wait, i meant always on CRACK”

“Hee hee, yee-yeah!!!!”

“just make sure u save some for this weekend : X”

“I think we need to have a big cookout!! I can burn some toast for everyone!!”

“alright, sounds like a plan. i'll bring the 'boli!”

“Strom?”

“Ok so who is all in for the hike coming up in April (weekend #2) in the Shenandoah?

I arrive in DC in aprox 4 weeks.”

“me, possibly. depends on how much stuff is going on for school. thesis and finals are around that time.”

“wtf i DID post a reply to the suggested trip, but it's not showing up.... anyway, i'm game depending on how much school work i got with finals and thesis that week.”

“I'm definitely in, I'm going to Shenandoah this weekend to scout out the route. Should we go ahead and post this on the Trips page? April 10-11 right?”

“nashville, another nice trip about 100+/- from D.C. is Wolf Gap/Big Schloss/Tibbet Knob.”

“i am.”

“I can't see the messages on this thread.”

“Bison. Let's start planning that trip!!

MarkO when is that trip?”

“Oh, hell......I don't know.

Maybe this month or next.

I've gotta go somewhere every month.”

“I'm gonna hike Shenandoah this weekend and try to scout out campsites along the route I'm looking at for the Old Rag Hike.”

“March 19-20-21 I will be going to the mountains!

I've been wanting to do a loop around Trout Run Valley in West Virginia.

That is a 13 mile trip which is mostly ridge-runnin' and pretty rugged in places.
It goes by Big Schloss and Tibbet Knob, both very nice overlooks at about 3,000 feet.
Big Schloss has a 360 view from its top and features Big Cock Rock and nice rappel cliffs.

I like this trip because its only about 150 miles from Baltimore and 100 miles from Tacoma Park, Md.”

“Do a "mapquest" search for Wolf Gap, West Virginia.

Its on the state line just about 12 miles west of Woodstock, Virginia.”