Colder than a Blair Witch's T*t: Part du ece

“Woo-hoo, Friday has arrived! I was worried yesterday afternoon, I started getting a fever about mid-day and by dinner I wasn't sure I would go (so much for my %99.9999 prediction). Feeling almost normal today, so I'm a go. I would have been reeeaaaalllyy pissed if I had to bail.

Temps are now predicted warmer. Now only down to 19 for Saturday night instead of the earlier prediction of 10. Breakin' in a new jacket this trip, oh yeah!

Spam - you can just drop everything in your truck at the trail head before you go park. That'll save you a few hundred yards between parking and trail start.”

“So who all's actually going?”

“I'm sure of the following either by reading the thread or direct contact:

Squilax
MarkO
techntrek
techntrek's brother (not on TT yet)
Bison
ScorchFire
Spam
stratusloop (I think)
PhantomSoul

Did I miss anyone?

I've hiked with PhantomSoul twice before, and my brother several times, everyone else will be added to my "who have you met" list. Will be great to meet everyone.
last edited: 1/14/05 8:15:24 AM”

“How could you leave out Embear?

Shame on you.

It'll be great to meet you to, and Squilax, your brother, Scorch, Spam, and maybe Stratusloop.

Isn't Batman Luke going also?
last edited: 1/14/05 8:18:08 AM”

“Wasn't sure of his status by reading the thread. New list:

Squilax
MarkO
techntrek
techntrek's brother (not on TT yet)
Bison
ScorchFire
Batman Luke (?)
Spam
stratusloop (I think)
PhantomSoul
Embear”

“Ahh. that's better. Looks like a great group!”

“....the car is packed and ready to rock and roll....i'll prolly be arrivin' somewheres in the neighbourhood of abouts 8....iffin i'm lucky....I might stop for dinner along the way and have a brew or 5....

Peace out.....”

“i hope you have a good time this week-end, maybe next year for me.
i went to the doctor's yesterday and he thinks i have a partial tear in one of my knee tendons. treating it with meds, still planning on doing the ocala trip with my daughter.”

“Yay! I am feeling much much better today and am about to catch a flight in a few hours to DC!!! I will see yall tomorrow morning!”

“Yay! The 10 am flight was delayed though, so cross your fingers honey.”

“Isn't Batman Luke going also?

yuppers. he just doesn't post on TT much.”

“Embear's flight is delayed.... As usual :(”

“hey y'all....just in case I completely change my mind and I decide to go....where do you guys all meet saturday morning? and what time?

I know you meet at "the inn" but wtf is "the inn"? in what town? is it called anything else then "the inn"???

what are you all doing friday (tonite)??”

“Tomorrow at 9 am. Meet in the parking lot of the Old South Mountain Inn. www.oldsouthmountaininn.com Click on the Location button on the left of that page for directions. Mapquest seems to give better directions.

Tonight - Dahlgren Backpacker's campground. AT is a few hundred feet from the Inn. Dahlgren is a few hundred feet up the trail, same side of the road as the Inn.”

“thank u :)”

“Squilax is delayed on I-83.
He said traffic had stopped just north of the Maryland line.

He should be here by 4-4:30.

See you all there tonight.”

“Freakin' Murphy's Law. AAAAAAHHHHHH!

Not your fault, Squilax, I know. :-)”

“well i just got home from work (earlier than i thought). me and luke are gonna go pack and then head out. see you all there.”

“Oogie Boogie !!”

“Snooze.”

“I'm outta here like the fat kid in dodge ball...

C Y'all in about 3 hours or so.”

“Squilax just showed up, I'm gone too.”

“you guys should be finishing up now. bummer I had to miss the hike.I was on the seat of my pants thinking about going. But think it was best to stay in doors this weekend. I lost my voice. Now I just need to feel better in time for the Catskills next weekend.”

“We're back, we're tired, trip report later...


It was COLD!”

“Hey ENS, get well!!

Squilax just dropped me off.

I'm havin' a beer and watchin' the Patriots knock off the Colts.”

“Go Patriots! :D”

“so...were are the TRs??? Looks like you had fun. whhhaaa!!! wish I could've been there, but hey... my kids had me for a weekend. That was nice too. :)

TR already!!!”

“Hey gem, I went backpacking...you were metioned a couple times by the guys...;) I think germans fascinate them.”

“i think techntrek is writing the report. but i have my pics up on webshots i'll post the link.

all who were there:

me
batman luke
phantomsoul
squilax
bison
embear
spam
techntrek
techntrek's brother stevan
stratusloop
and
marko”

“webshots is acting up, sometimes when i click on that link it tells me that the album no longer exists, but it does. it's there. i swear.”

“Hey Scorch!!

Too bad those New Yorkers couldn't make it...>8^P”

“yeah, I can't see the album either. hmm... i'll try again later.

SC... don't listen to anything [whoever they are] they said. it's NOT true!”

“Is so true!!

I got a look at the album.

Nice photos!”

“Nice pics, I thought about you guys last night while having dinner, thinking, I could be having freeze dried beef stew right now instead of steak and shrimp. I enjoyed dinner, but really wanted to be bp'ing this weekend. Hope you all had a great time!”

“what? you all can see the pics?? got to run and check again.
last edited: 1/16/05 6:45:26 PM”

“so spam is real..I had my doubts! nice photos.”

“spam is real. a real cool dood. and he really lives up to his name,.. great burritos, spammy!”

“I enjoyed dinner, but really wanted to be bp'ing this weekend. Hope you all had a great time!”

sorry u couldn't make it, BS... we'll meet one of these days LOL”

“yeah I saw the pics. Nice. now I am waiting for the TR!! did ya see anything scary???”

“Scary??

I saw SPAM fajitas!!!
YIKES!!!

Scorch, you got mail.”

“nothing scary except batman luke lighting his fart on fire to entertain the group!”

“Holey crap!!!

How could I have forgotten??

It was about time I saw one of those.”

“Just got home about 8:45 PM. I ran into snow on the way home and it's snowing here tonight. Threw the clothes in the washer, unpacked, got something cold to drink and signed on.

A terrific trip! A terrific group! I had a lot of fun 'cept for those "effen rocks" - LMAO!

I got pics, too. Will post on webshots then post the link here. Will be working on some kind of trip report tomorrow as long as I'm home.

I can't wait for the next opportunity to get out with you guys. This weekend was great - in spite of the cold.”

“As funny as it may seem....that was the higlight of the trip....a freakin' flame throwing fart from Mr Luke!”

“I can die happy now, having seen someone light a fart.

We were sittin' mighty close to that fire last night.

I suppose it was cold.”

“I thought we accidentally went the wrong way and ended up in Pennsylvania by the rocks we had to go over... LOL

Got home about 8:45 and took a hot shower, grabbed a bite to eat and now I'm here. Pics under construction...

(PS I heard the Eagles won.... :~P )”

“so embarrassing!”

“I've been home long enough for some good vittles and a shower. Ran into some snow in southwest VA.Had fun!!! Will check in tommorrow!!!”

“Ok, they're not there yet, but when Webshots decides to post them, this will be the link:

PhantomSoul's Maryland AT Pictures

Piece!”