Upper I-O-Wanna Canoe/Kayak Trip, June 3 -5

“trekkngirl and I sure did spend a lot of money on air tickets to come to this fantastic trip!!!!!”

“Can't wait for this trip..NO ONE NEEDS TO FALL DOWN ON THE JOB!!!

right stovie?”

“Well, I spent the day bringing a canoe down from our family cabin to use on this trip, along with two life preservers, three paddles, and canoe bags.”

“Stovie, what's a goober, ya call lizs that enough, ah I think I know”

“Geeze .o8 secs babe..lol”

“spalpeen doesn't know what a goober is?! Never heard that kids' song, "Eating goober peas?" heee, hee! You must have lived a sheltered life. ;)”

“Look up 'goober' in the dictionary, and there is a picture of lizsbaby! ;-)”

“goobers---- chocolate covered peanuts?”

“Hey Prosecuter..be cool to see you again.Log time!!”

“Long time..lol
Had a drink or 2 lol”

“gotta go post later”

“LOL!!!
trekkngirl must still be in party mode from Trail Days.”

“Wish ol' sunny wasn't going to school. :-(

I know, I have no shame. ;-)”

““LOL!!!
trekkngirl must still be in party mode from Trail Days.”
StoveStomper
9:02:58 PM
5/16/05

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Babe”

“called me last week, and asked if I might be going on this trip. At that particular moment I said I was now a maybe, but then I looked at the calendar and realized that I had to travel to Oklahoma that week and that I needed to (groan) respect my position within my company and hunker down and pony up to my (double groan) responsibilities. So, while I might not be on the trip, trust me when I say, I'll be there in spirit, BUT...there is a chance the my good friend Dave might be in attendance.

Wish I could be there.”

“Youse guyz sayin' I'm fallin' down drunk on my dutiez??

LOL! There shall be a plan... Keep the faith.

Stovey and spalpeen. Ya know, goober... or, for the dyslexic, booger. Same dif. LOL!

Stikkie, yep, DOD has written to say he may well be here. You really should just ditch TW, be "sick" and c'mon.

I'm looking forward to the DUTCH OVEN WARS with DOD and Prosecutor, should they both show. :-)”

“..you and I have met, as have Dave and I...

Gotta tell you sir: Bring your BEST 'cause Dave is a KICK ASS Cook with a Dutch Oven, and lives up to every letter of his name....

I won't be on this trip but my mouth will water just the same...LOL.”

“well... and there's a lot of us who can attest to Prosecutor's many versions of cobbler. YUMMMMMMY!

LOL1”

“I will have my Moss Outfitter Wing and, of course, a couple of Dutch Ovens. I expect to be arriving 8:00 p.m. +/- on Friday. I plan on floating on Sunday also. I do expect two people from the Cedar Rapids area also to attend. We all have our own boats, tents, etc.”

“I wondered how long it would take before someone would crack and HAVE to post in anticipation...come on, spring! Hey, it's above 40F! Life good!”

“This is looking like it would be a super trip...I'd certainly like to come up and bring my own inimitable dutch oven cooking, but alas, not this time. enjoy my friends.”

“Extra Yukon Jack for the good Prosecutor....."check!"


I'm all set.Always good to have another Yukie sipper along.
last edited: 5/18/05 9:33:00 PM”

“Who has got the Yukon Jack? Set the tent up next to them.”

“Did lizs ever decide where we are gonna camp?
Where do trekky & I need to meet y'all?

How much food will we need to bring?
Canoe rentals?”

“A quote: "Are there any alligators in this river?"”

“Settle, settle, Stovey.... all will come... in due time... that time being SOON!!!!

NS... are you gonna be around, to either canoe or just visit camp?

and no, I don't have an old backpack for your daughter. The only one I have is the one I use. sorry.....”

“BUT I WANT TO KNOW!!!!
RIGHT NOW!!!!!!

LOL”

“Take your time, lizsbaby.
I would it rather be well planned than not.”

“We will build rafts, sleep on them and dunk our heads in the water to catch fish. Thats the plan”

“As anal as lizs is, this will be the most detailed plan known to mankind.
HA HA”

“HA HA... you know it! ;-)”

“spalpeen, ya got it wrong. We will SPEAR our fish. get with the program, tsk, tsk”

“spalpeen is still listed as a maybe.
What's up with that?

I guess Ruby is to much 'in love' this week to even think about us. ;-)”

“Lizs - Thanks for your answer about a backpack. No, I will not be around. I'm taking my daughter to the airport in Chicago on the 29th. Then it will be back to GSMNP for me.”

“I still think we should troll for fish with our teeth”

“well, maybe at the riverside campsite some night, kinda like bobbing for apples, but slimier. . Say... are you going on this canoe trip, Mr. Maybe?”

“nothing is certain in life”

“>:-O”

“E-mails out to all. Getting close to nailing this route down. :-)”

“Here it is, from the water, the same weekend I was out scouting.

Now I'm thinking we may not paddle there (but hike)... however, wanted to share the shot. Go through this guy's photos to see what you're in for, no matter what stretch in there we do. :-)

http://www.lhrimages.com/pictures/other/uir0504/slideshow.php?index=51&db=day1db”

“But, I thinking that I'm the only one with skill enough to get a canoe up that waterfall...the rest of you would have to ask my assistance.”

“I am now a maybe, eh!
And have just learned about a meeting that I must attend. Damn... removing myself from the list.
last edited: 5/23/05 11:04:30 AM”

“I am now signed up, now go away”

“Ya friendly recluse, you. :-)”

“lizs - I can't believe you missed all those things that I said about you!
http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/37859,-1.php”

“So it looks like this for crafts??

1. Dutch Oven Dave
2. Nick from CR (anyone else, DOD?)
3. Lorax and tagalong
4. lizs and spalpeen -- need canoe
5. prosecutor and Ruby
6. mataharihiker
7. climbmda and partner
8. Stovestomper and trekkngirl -- need canoe
9. hikrpaddlr and gf
10. elementary1 and bf
11. Dr. Atomic -- needs craft

Anyone else?”

“What's the diff between a 'craft' and a 'canoe'?”

“A craft is like basket weaving”

“well ya crafty guy... I'm just saying "craft" because, for example, matahari will have a kayak. Got a better word? :-)

Hey, didn't I send you a note asking when you were arriving? tsk, tsk, stovey not answering his e-mails. LOL

OK, to call the canoe places right steekin' now and get this finalized. It's pretty funny, I've picked Nick's brains a little, because he's on an Iowa paddling forum and, who'd a thunk, he's the guy (or one of the guys) DOD is bringing from Cedar Rapids....”

“How bout an ark, than we can float 2 by 2 down the river”