hey Jackstraw

“it's probably two hour drive from La Plata to York and then a 7-8 hour drive from York to the Smokies. It's about 2 hours closer than the Cumberland Trail trip though.

We could either meet you in York or meet you along i-81 somewhere.

drop me an email with your phone number and I'll give you a call.”

“you've got mail”

“hey Jack - got your mail. I'll give you a buzz sometime tomorrow.”

“I will be in and out today, catch me on my cell phone sometime after noon.”

“did you get Friday off?”

“I am crushed. I had a class come up wed. thru Fri.It is a major thing and was especially arranged at the last minute. My plan at this point is to leave Friday afternoon and night hike into the shelter. Good idea or bad? I would park at Newfound Gap(if possible.. and have you drop me there on the way back to the cave trail parking. HELP!”

“yeah, your plan should work. Bummer you will miss Mt. LeConte, but should still be a fun hike.”

“hey Jack - are you coming with us on the AT this weekend?”

“I would love to but it looks doubtful. I may have to be at MIR Raceway Sunday if the races get canned due to rain on Saturday. This scenario appears likely. Sorry I havent shipped your bottle yet.

I am eyeing the Old loggers trail trip.

Thanks for the invite.”

“that's cool. The Old Loggers Path will be a lot of fun. Our butts will be kicked. I think there are some short cuts to take if need be.”

“hey dude, how is it going?”

“want to come up and do the AT with us near Harrisburg this weekend? We're doing another Friday nighter from Bernhisel Bridge on Bernhisel Rd to the Darlington shelter (3-4 miles) friday night and then from the Darlington Shelter to Duncannon on Saturday (11 miles) and then food and beer at the Doyle before heading home.

The plan is to be hiking by 8 Friday night.”

“Love to, but I'm flying to Michigan to pick up a new toy. See the "I bought a Harley" thread : )”

“GM and I saw Amish people on our way to and from the BFT this weekend. LOL ;-)”

“No Way !!!!. ROFLOL. It's a conspiracy I tell Ya. Just what are the Amish doing in PA anyway ?!”

“Well...when we saw them, they were riding in their little horse drawn carriages down the side of the street. :D

I don't think I'll see any in Baltimore this weekend. LOL

Unless they are following me...”

“Hey Jackstraw! I have tried to return your e mail many different ways and they all get returned. I'd like to get together. I hope you see this in time. Please contact me through this thread and I will check it tomorrow...”

“Sorry, it didn't work out. Do you have a filter that blocks out certain e mails? I couldn't get a message to you, no matter how I tried...”

“Putz”

“Hey TB, I appreciate the effort. I was accessing my mail through the website. It sucks. Sorry I missed you guys. I took my nephew and cousin down to Delaware water gap saturday evening and put a few miles in. It was a beautiful evening for a hike. I'll make an extra effort next time. Always nice to visit the Island. I love NY especially Staten Island.”

“I think your nephew has the HIKING BUG big time!
well done there uncle :)
I told him about Harriman State Park, I think that would be a good place for him. He soounds like a great kid. hmmm maybe i should let him meet twignut?

LOL”

“He is a great kid.They go to Zion Lutheran where my sister is the youth pastor. This past Saturday we did a carwash for a trip to Texas for them. While I was there, he got the instructions for an alcohol stove and built and tested it. He is stoked!”

“I would love to take him to harriman someday, I think he would like it. Id do it this weekend, but it may be a little to much for him (grown adults getting loose LOL)
maybe in the summer.”

“He deffinately has the bug. My Cousins sonand my son went as well. they enjoyed it.The water was high and made for lots of waterfalls”

“jackstraw - ygm”

“Back at Ya Sarge!”

“ygm”

“hey JS, I tried to call you but couldn't ge through.

Wanted to check in with you on your plans for the Smokies.. yehaww, less than two weeks to go!”

“bump”

“Hey ENS some #$%@* stole my phone. YEEHAW is right!

I'll email you with an alternate #”

“oh that sucks!! I had to change my number too. I now have a PA number (finally)

cool - talk to ya soon!”

“Where did this come from?”

“from the depths of the moon..”

“Hey ENS Just in case email me with your number and Ill give you a ring this evening.”

“Hey ENS, you get my email?”

“hey Jackstraw.. do you know what you're doing yet this weekend?

also, I saw that there is a DSO concert in Lancaster, PA next month at the Chameleon Club.”

“whats the place like? thats not too far for a Wednesday night.”

“hey dude, got anything going on this weekend? Want to go to the Catskills for some peakbagging?”

“I'd love to but I got personal stuff to take care of. I am definately leaning towards doing something like that the weekend of the sixteenth though.”

“I might be up for something in the Reading area next week.”

“Mail!”

“thanks”

“was your chef hat ringing?
chrissy made chicken and bisket ala' masten jackstraw for x-mas our dinner.”

“Sacco, I am truly humbled. I enjoy most the sharing and to think you made something like this a part of your tradition, I'm Speechless. Thanks”

“hey dude,

are you thinking of going to this trip?

Pre-FYAO Chill out Houghing up Hough”

“I'd love to but too soon. I just started a 4-midnight shift. theres no way I could get up to the DAKS in time. I may do the Old rag trip if they don't ask me to work. The Catkill slog is almost a definite.”

“Old Rag is going to be a blast. You'll get to meet Gemini!”

“If necessary I may just do a drive by bag night. Let me know where youll be Saturday evening.”

“Rock Spring Hut along the AT just south of Hawksbill. It's easy to hike to from Skyline Drive.”

“Zang! I hope to work Saturday. No chance to work Sunday so... How much of a hike Sunday? any?”