Sssshhhhh!!!! This is a secret trip

“Stikky can cook too.......and the two of them put on quite a feast!!!!!!”

“Bumwort Mo....LOL craking up.....

The trail head is up on highway J, BEFORE arriving at Riverton. J is off of 60 near Bardley. The food fest of Thurs and Friday night will be held at Greer Springs camp ground. This is off 19 north of Alton, Mo. 19 crosses the 11 Points at Greer...can't screw this one up...and who the heck is this Jgiles troll personage?”

“I'm a new guy. Never been hiking before. Do I need one of those backpack thingies? :)”

“LMAO...hahahahahahahah.....”

“unless your like me, and can have your gear floated for you.

Welcome...call me for details ifn you need em.”

“cool site on where we will be paddling
http://missouricanoe.org/elevenpoint.html”

“been there, done that...LOL...There is probably only one person that knows this river better than me, and that would be Dave...(was that bragging?)”

“yeah it was!! but to us who haven't been there it is a good site :)”

“yer right! what was I thinking...I've been in a bad mood this week, but, I'm getting better by the minute, as the end of the week gets closer and the hiking trip approaches.”

“Hello all -

I might just be able to make this one. I don't know yet if going to float or foot it, leaning towards floating. If I can make this work then we will be down late thur night. See ya”

“What ya gonna float in????”

“It would be the "Stalker Yacht" or the casual onlooker a canoe.”

“LOL...hahahaha.....you named your boat???/...Stikky made fun of me cause I named my kayak.....( and here he named his bicycle)

I have Buttercup a Perception Swifty....and my new one ...Waterlily a Old Town Rush..

recreational kayaks......I wanted something fun......and easy to transport.......”

“I believe I shall be hikin! Lookin forward to ALL the food! LOL And of course metin up with Div!Yo bear!”

“"The Tokin Bunnie". and how did you know I named my bike. I don't recall telling you that, and if you do know that I named, what did I name it.”

“Yo bear!!!!!”

“Hey, what is on the menu for Saturday night and Sunday morning? If I get to do this I need to know what to bring.”

“after a sword in LOTR.....hahahah

YOU made fun of me!!!”

“I am looking forward to this trip..I had a horrible weekend.......danced with a guy Fri eve at a club...he said " God doesn't want me to be here" and proceeded to tell me he loved plumbing and his ex left him for a man 20 yrs her senior.....a sugar daddy.....OMG TMI........I remeber now why I don't go to clubs!!!”

“jgiles, hope to see ya there!”

“Holy Moley Divinity, Did the guy mean mean that "God didn't want him at the club, or on the planet? and was he drunk?
Keep the freako's indoors, and stick to the rivers and woods”

“degenerative lowlives have to do with this secret trip...sheesh...keep it on topic please.

Jeff. If you wondering about the meals at this point, then, I can't help ya. Dave and I haven 't worked out all the particulars.
All I do know is that I won't be eating no backpacking food.

At this point, I know that there will be buiscuits and gravey on Sunday morn. With sausage, pototaoes, eggs, bacon. Loads of coffee and juice.

Dinner on Sat night (Im workin backwards here). maybe a suckling pig...joking. large pot of lasagna...baked beans, chicken and dumplings...yes...all 3!

Sat morn breakfast. quick and easy...pancakes and eggs, bacon.

Friday night...ribs...Ham...don't really know...every one is invited to bring something and cook it for the group.

Friday morn...buiscuts gravy, sausage, eggs, ham, breakfast burritos...who knows..we'll eat something tasty.

Thusday night...whatever anyone wants to bring in...Dave and Polly talked about baking a Ham. I have thought abuot bringing a Turkey Roulade...but, since this will be second t-day dinner...maybe something less filling would be in order.

Who all is going to be coming in Thursday night...other than Ewker, davinity and myself, dave and polly.”

“Friday night menu from Mathers grill

BBQ Chicken Breasts
Corn, yes on the cob
Baked Beans
Dutch Oven Style Chocolate Cake with a bottom layer of cherries.

The rest is as Stikmon said, except he ain't been in the SOUTH long enough to learn how to spell BISQUITS & GRAVY! LOL

We are still sizing up the group to determine how much of what to bring.

Moz


Divinity - Bring along those TMI(s) stories for the float trip. Laughter is good!”

“When I hiked the 14.5 mile north white's creek trail last month, I met stickmon and dave at the river and the food starting appearing about 8 and continued to on until bed time.

They must have had a ton of gear each brought in by boat.

Hell, they even had whipped cream for the brownies.”

“a pecan and pumpkin pie already made and whip cream already bought...and as for my spelling...bite me.

Ya...we need a real head count to get a handle on the food purchases. Those that want to pitch in money, instead of bringing food, thats ok too. Help around camp in cleaning and setting up and gathering wood would be good too. I'm gonna bring a stack of wood also. I would recommend that others do too, this way, there will be plenty of wood for thursday and friday night.

Who all is coming out thursday nite?”

“I will be pitching in money and bringing some wine. Stikmon what was the name of the wine you said was pretty good.”

“Ripple.”

“If I can make it, I will be there late Friday or early Saturday. I am more than happy to send some $$$ for food. Just let me know where to send it.”

“chili, he did mention that one but there was another one a little classier that he was talking about..not that there isn't anything wrong with some good old Passion Pink Ripple”

“LMAO Chili......hahahaha

Stikky....kiss my butt.....”

“omg...nothing for the vegetarians??????”

“div, who is a vegetarian? i know you like meat”

“Well...just in case anyone else is a vegetarian......”

“I will take this as thwe food is being taken care of I will pitch in with the dinaro.
MEAT TOOOOO FUnny!”

“where is the irish wilderness on the missouri map?”

“Guess I have lived here too long!”

“Mather heard from Creekjumper last night and she is seriously thinking about joining us!!!!

Can you say "Eleven Point Irish Stampede"?

Started sorting gear last night!!!!!!!!!!!A few more nights and I should be ready..LOL”

“Jerbear,

In the Mark Twain National Forest just northwest of Doniphan, MO.”

“Chili, good thing you told the town. There is only a dozen or more Mark Twain National Forest there”

“Mrs. Stalker has been ill, but she's getting over it. Still a little early to tell if this is going to be a go. So I can't commit on any food planning at this point. I really want to come out and play.”

“LOL, Ewker.

US 160 runs from Doniphan to Alton, Missouri.

About half way between the two, Road "J" cuts to the north.

Irish Wilderness is between Bradley (?) I think that is the town and Wilderness.

Wilderness, Missouri is in the north edge of the Irish Wilderness.

Going up road J, you will see a sign for the Irish Wilderness. Camp 5 Pond is on the left down a short gravel road.”

“Stalker, if you are going, I will go the Irish Wilderness instead of Sipsey.”

“work out the food details this weekend on our Devils Backbone trip...although, if Chili goes, I think that he should make a batch of the stuff. So, If I've read this correctly, If Stalker goes then Chili goes, and if chili goes, I want chili made on the river!

And...I still have the Bunnie available for anyone that wants her for the river trip.”

“If stikmon goes, then I'm not going. Just kidding stikmon. This past weekend Mrs Stalker indicated that she would like to go so long as her cold breaks. So I'm thinking by the end of the week she will be better or dead, either way then, I can come out and play.

I hope I can make this, it will be good to see everyone again.”

“its looking like a PARTY!!!!

chili...be prepared to make the brew!!! There will be plenty of cauldrons to simmer the stuff.”

“stikmon...wine name!!!!”

“We are going to need a Bigger Boat to carry all the food!”

“beaujolais nuevo. george duboeuf is the big shipper and probably the most widely available. 3-4 bottles of it will get you admission to a superb thanksgiving supper. I'm gonna have the turkey deepfried. YIKES!!! its soooooooooooooooooo good.”

“my vote is for chili on saturday night... (professionally made of course) corn bread goes good with chili. Transporting of ingredients to Sat. night camp site available.”

“waves hello to Dish Pan Dan!!!!”