Trail? What Trail????? Mt. Mitchell TR

“hey Blalock! Man, it was awesome hiking with you. Look forward to getting out there in the Blacks again.”

“Have a beautiful red pillow I will sell you.lol. E-mail address and I'll drop it in the mail. Sorry things did'nt workout,mans got to do what a mans got to do. KEEP IN TOUCH!!! You are welcome any time. Thank you for putting it all together. Also let me know of future hikes.”

“everyone's checked in except Bison and Topherac. Anyone know their status?”

“Oh thanks Blalock. I forgot all about that pillow. It's totally cool. The trail is still there and will be for a long time. It's my favorate trail so I'll be back for sure. Plus, I want to get some more sixers on that range. I have a trip in mind that I may try and throw together for the fall.”

“Hey Blalock, so great to hike with you and Helen. Lets do this again sometime okay??”

“Gotta love those strategically placed KFCs don't ya!

So where the hell is Bison?”

“Bison is very busy and will report to TT at his earliest convienence.”

“yeah, he should be home by now. My cell phone isn't working anymore and I can't get his phone number to call him.”

“ah, there you are. Good, all accounted for except Topherac.”

“whew! we'as about to send out a search party Bison!

btw, i checked out the contents of the TOP SECRET envelope - verrrry interesting.....”

“send me an email to my addy in the profile since you aren't kind enough to disclose one in your profile.

please and thank you”

“I enjoyed the trip reports and pictures everybody. Thanks for sharing. When's the next trip?”

“Roam - You have mail.”

“one in the works for October that could potentially be even more of a buttkicker than this one was.”

“I can not imagine unless there is just no trail at all and it was was raining/snowing which can be very possible in October. That would actually be kind of scary. I think we got very, very lucky that we had a dry night.

I need to remember camp shoes.

I just finished looking at all the pictures. Great pictures everyone. Congrats on hitting all the peaks. My calf was bothering me pretty bad most of the way down and I am glad I did not do the rest of the trip with you. I am sorry that I missed it. It was a great day to hike on Sunday.”

“I can not imagine unless there is just no trail at all and it was was raining/snowing which can be very possible in October. That would actually be kind of scary. I think we got very, very lucky that we had a dry night.

I need to remember camp shoes.

I just finished looking at all the pictures. Great pictures everyone. Congrats on hitting all the peaks. My calf was bothering me pretty bad most of the way down and I am glad I did not do the rest of the trip with you. I am sorry that I missed it. It was a great day to hike on Sunday.”

“The bottoms of my feet are still sore!”

“I feel like blaaaahhhh today.”

“Had a great time. Thanks to EnS and everyone for making it a fun trip :o)”

“I was just showing my "boss" some of the pics from this weekend, especially the one of the Mt. Mitchell tower taken from Mt Craig and then the one from the tower looking back at Mt. Craig.

She said, "Wow, thats a really long way, how did you get there?"”

“hahahaha we clicked our heels together.”

“YOU guys!!!! I already went running and went to the lake swimming. What's up??”

“but Gem, you are crazy backpacking woman.”

“lol....I actually saved my Spa gift certificate for this trip. soooooo...I'll have an one hour massage and a facial coming tomorrow. nananannana!!!”

“I'm gonna resume my running schedule tonight.”

“yeah well, I took the day off today and I am going to lounge and trail talk all day long. Ha. I also have to get new cell phone too.”

“I just looked at your pics again and your caps are pretty darn funny and again the pics are great. I liked the one about the REI add. lol.”

“Gem, I'm totally amazed you could run yesterday. I did swim a little yesterday. My calves are still sore today.

I get to mow the yard after work today, then back to the gym tomorrow.”

“couchtater, let's say I run/walked okay? :)

I never take long to get back to normal. Same after a night of drinking, I am just fine the next day. LOL I think I had one hangover in my life.

EarthNSky: I really thought that pic is a perfect REI pic. Didn't we just talk about that in camp? Perfect weather and all?”

“"lol....I actually saved my Spa gift certificate for this trip. soooooo...I'll have an one hour massage and a facial coming tomorrow. nananannana!!!"
Gemini
11:40:32 AM

Gonna get your cheeks massaged?”

“who knows what's all on the massage list.... who knows....”

“:0”

“roam, that reminds me...how did you date go?”

“lol lol lol”

“There's talk of ass-grabbin' and Gemini is reminded of dating?”

“calling that a date is a gross exaggeration.

more like a meeting, lol”

“I finally did my laundry today. Bad Rob. Totally smelled up my apartment and couldn't stand it anymore. The water in the washer looked more like oil than water. Stuff got relatively clean though. I was a bit surprised. Still kinda smells though.”

“I've found I need to was my hiking cloths twice after a hard trip.”

“it maybe about time to wash my sleeping bag.”

“yeah, I had to wash some things twice, like the gators and my pants.

I actually was surprised that it came out clean though.”

“that would be "gaiters" Is that right now? or still wrong?
well, you know what I mean”

“I washed out my gaitors in the tub, figgered that was good enough for now.”

“the maids are going to love you. I like to leave the mud on my gaitors. I think I should wash my boots though. They have about 10 trips worth of dirt on them.”

“And don't forget to wash real good behind them ears!

And check yore ass fer ticks!”

“oh, i rinsed off my boots in the tub too. lol

The maids already saw the tent hung over the shower curtain rod. She wasn't too sure what to think about that.”

“I hope you leave a good tip.”

“its all good as long as the drains don't clog!”

“What's with the maid, Bwana?”

“they only come once a week anyway in this extended stay situation. and all they do is collect the trash an change out my towells.

I'm in a hotel for the time being, working on the road ya know.”

“still waiting for Bison's TR - always a pleasure to read those.”