Introducing myself

“Since I have posted a few times on here I though maybe it's time I introduce myself :)
I'm a 43 yr old male, married,and live in Elkhart IN.
I've been backpacking for about 5 yrs or so but we've been car camping for longer than I can remember :)
Haven't been out to much this yr. a couple of car camping trips and 1 backpacking trip (hiked the NCT/MRT loop Memorial Day weekend) but am getting ready to spend a week up in the UP....Woohoo.
And yeah I LOVE da UP liz :D
Ok now bring on the troll messages :D”

“Dang trolls are getting smarter and expecting to be called trolls. Therefore I shall call you an Oger instead, Oger!”

“Dang trolls are getting smarter and expecting to be called trolls. Therefore I shall call you an Oger instead, Oger!”

“Dang double posts.”

“Dang double posts.”

“Nice to meet you, UPLuver. I bet you got all the Greatest Hits by the Yoopers. Where are you going, Pictured Rocks, Porkies, Trapp Hills?”

“Dub, isn't it Ogre?

Hey UPluver, maybe we passed eachother on the NCT/MRT memorial day weekend. Better get a picture up on Phil's Photo page quick so I can tell. =) Welcome.”

“Dang Dub can't spell ogre. ;-)

Welcome ogre!”

“No, Ogre is kinda like when someone gets torlled. :D”

“Hey Prosecuter nice to meet ya too and no I don't have their albums but I have been to their home town...does that count?? lol
As for my vacation not really sure yet...think I'm gonna spend at least 2-3 days in Sylvania doing some kayaking, not sure about after that..thought about checking out the Trap Hills or I might just head up to Copper Harbor and do some car camping and kayaking.”

“Watch out for the black flies UP!

Dub you need to watch "Shrek" a zillion times with the subtitles (in english) on.”

“Welcome, UPluver. I'm from the UP and once lived in Mishawaka, IN. If you head up to Copper Harbor, send a message.”

“From one troll to another... nice to meet and welcome to the forum!”

“Buck, when we going hiking so you can lose that troll status?”

“Welcome, oh long-time acquaintance (from the CD burning software thread... why we've "known" each other since Sunday!)

See, I told ya they'd call ya troll, but you threw them. Then again, dub ain't the smartest (note the "oger" spelling -- DOH!!)”

“welcome!”

“Hey Dub, I go every weekend and then a few weeks on top of that... you name your time. I may wear a mask though so as to keep my troll status here. It's a fun position to be in. I may change my handle name to Zorro.”

“Alright. Where do you live in Cali and where do you normally hike? The Sierras? I've never been backpacking anywhere in CA but I'm planning a road trip there next year. I wanna take three weeks and go to Glacier for a 3 day trip, Yellowstone for 5, and then somewhere in CA for a couple days, then back home after a stop at the Grand Canyon.”

“zorro was sexy.”

“I live in the Sac-of-tomatoes area, Northern CA. I backpack mostly in the Sierra and on the coast, but I have and hope to continue (Lord willin') backpack extensively in the Rockies, mostly in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. I love big western wilderness. That's be cool if we could hook up. I have no idea where you are, but it sounds like you're not from around here. Are you an "alien"?”

“Well, I am from WV so I can be considered alien. I will be driving from Ohio next summer when I come out there. It will be around this time. Maybe you can give me a few photography pointers ;-)”

“Welcome UPlover - you'll have to join the MI crowd for a hike some time.”

“How's it going UPlover? We are starting to rack up the Indiana folks here. Gforce lives in South Bend and a bunch of us live near Chicago just over the border.

Good to have you on board!”

“Welcome UPlover!”

“You Plover? <G>


From Bored of the Rings (Harvard Lampoon)... One of the gifts given to Frito (Frodo) by Cellophane and Lavalier (Celeborn and Galadriel) was "a plover's egg the size of an emerald".... LOL

(I'm not really awake yet, so I have some excuse)”

“Welcome!”

“XYZZY”

“My photography pointer of the day - - point your camera at something that is at least semi-pretty or semi-interesting. You heard it here first, folks. For free, even. The next one is gonna cost you.”

“Thanks all for the welcome...but really, that's all the meaner you can be?? lol Maybe if I told ya'll, I sometimes post over on that OTHER backpacking wesite you can do better!! LMAO
Hey Sassafras it's very possible we did pass each other...I do know this..we got SOAKED!!! :-)
Sunshine... if I make it up that far I'll definitely get in touch....love meeting fellow packers :)”

“notice that a troll was first to respond to this thread?”

“UPluver - Dang it man! You are supposted to take offense and make some smarta$$ remarks about how you hate us all and will never post in this uncivil site again!

Party pooper! ;-)

...and welcome.”

“Upluver, I didn't get soaked. =) I was snug in Wolfeye's car, full of good out-to-eat breakfast and on my way home when the rain started coming down Sunday. We did the two day version of the loop.

So you kayak too eh? You'll definately have to meet all the other Michigan folks for some hiking and paddling (not at the same time) or maybe even just a night out sometime.”

“hello ..hello welcome to the tters fun!”

“Lucky you Sass :-)
actually the rain Sun wasn't to bad, but since we were taking my sister and BIL on their first BPing trip we decided to stretch it into 3 days, and of course Mon morning it flat out dumped on us!
But hey it still beat the heck outa being home :-)”

“And it's a beautiful place to get soaked. Ever swim in the river there? Perfect summer hiking place.”

“Yeah we swam in it last summer, my goofy BIL dove in Memorial weekend...brrr
And I gotta agree it's definitely a great place to hike :-)”

“BIL? dunno that one....”

“lol BIL = brother in law”