dub

“I wonder if Dub's parents know what a great kid he is???...Polite...good sense of humor....very smart.....respects his elders.....being in college isn't easy...lots of stress.....and being a kid at this time isn't easy...easy access to drugs and other substances...it is hard to find good kids now days....I am proud of my kids and their accomplishments...and I'll bet they are too!!!”

“what a suck up!!..

hehe..”

“I wonder what div wants from dub? ;-)”

“I am not a suck up......I look around and see alot of kids who are losers.......and sometimes folks need to take a good look at the good ones and let them know they are proud!!!.....”

“Wow! Someone hittin' on Dub rather than the other way around? LOL!

Yeah, he does have his shlt together for one of his age.”

“LOL @ TD.

Why thank you Divinity, you are a great person yourself. You've got three wonderful kids (one my age whom I still need her number...), you're kind, easy to talk to, great company on the trail, you work hard for a living, and you can cook up some good food in the backcountry, and you're a wonderful friend!”

“Being in college isn't easy . . .

If I remember right it sure beats the heck out of working. ;-)”

“aWw... can I vomit now?

;)

Truthfully. I've met you both. I have to say, I agree. Both Jeremy and Claudia seem to be really great folks!”

“Eh, it's back to work for me for the summer. I've been looking for a job the past week, got a couple leads.”

“Dub...maybe ya can talk my youngest into college...tell him it is easy & fun..LOL......and I will send him up to live with you....and you can talk him into backpacking with his mom!!!

And You were lucky..I have had some cooking disasters...it is important to measure water....”

“Well, Div, I could lie and tell him it was easy...but the fun part is true! Send him up for a weekend...once he meets some of the girls I know he might change his mind. Especially on a game day...when he sees 25,000 hotties dressed in scarlet and gray he'll want to become a college man.

As for backpacking, that might be a little more of a challenge.”

“Most kids my age just want to party and go to the beach...hence the reason why I end up backpacking with you guys without anyone from home.”

“LOL....yes...he said he would go camping with me, but he said he hates backpacking.....I made him promise me he would go backpacking with me...I will have to take him somewhere very pretty & cool...so when he starts complaining...at least I will be happy..LOL...”

“I get yelled at about once a week for going backpacking and you beg your son and daughters to go with you. "You put too many miles on your car." "You spend too much money on backpacking." I haven't bought any new gear since March and trips only cost me gas. I guess I could just stay at home and not go backpacking (getting exercise) but partying every weekend spending more money in a weekend than the cost of three backpacking trips. That's what most people my age do.”

“Dub...you just come on and backpack with us old farts.....I'm hoping someday my kids discover how wonderful it is.....”

“dub. why aren't you coming over to ithica with the rest of us party animals?”

“Dub, you are being summoned to Ithaca. Do you answer the call? (You know you want to go.....)”

“ATTENTION: Would you all please move over to the "Bragging on my Kids" thread?

"(one my age whom I still need her number...)"
Dub

And I'm still trying to get divinity's number!

Divinity -May I suggest a little refraint from pushing backpacking on him? If he is willing to go camping, I suggest getting him warmed up with some car camping combined with some canoeing. From there, eventually, you could ease into canoeing combined with backpacking(portaging). At his age he is probably more interested in action, sports, dancing, etc., and would prefer places where girls are visible.

I was able to get my children in the woods at early ages. So, on my recent trip, my youngest daughter(20) at Grinnell, IA, chose to sleep in my little tent at Rock Creek SP, rather than her own bedroom in the house that she is renting with some other classmates. I guess I should be posting on the
"Bragging on my Kids" thread, myself. After reading this thread, I wrote a check and sent some extra spending money to my "baby" in Iowa.”

“Ithaca is a no go for several reasons. First no $$$. I am literally down to about $150 total! Hence the job search. Second reason is my parents made me promise to not go on anymore trips until Oct and I'll probably break that in Aug for Vesuvius if I can. And third I have something else going on here that weekend that I can't miss. I looked into driving down when it was over but it's almost 8 hours and I just can't do that for a day. Sorry guys! Maybe next year.”

“we're gonna miss you Dub”

“Bummer about Ithaca dude; that's going to be the party of the year...

Now we have to work on finagling your way to Isle Royale in September...”

“I'm gonna miss you guys! I sooo want to go but alas circumstances. Hopefully this trip will be an annual event and I'll make sure I get there next year.”

“I had a chance to meet Dub at this years Trail Days, and I agree he is a pretty good guy. ( Or is he just a good con man on first impressions)?”

“lol Mild? bill?

hahahahahahaha”

“When I passed 30 years my "W" started turning around and turned into an "M".”

“LOL, "mild"bill. Hillarious! And welcome to the dark side! I'm gonna try to make it to the blueberry feast if I can....it's really iffy right now but hopefully I'll make it and see you there.”