Hoosier National Forest in September

“Scott,

We will pick you up. You will have mail in about 5 minutes.”

“Okay, so then I will not be picking him up Saturday morning.

I just want to confirm because I have other peeps to get.”

“how far you guys hiking on saturday?”

“8 or so miles”

“going clock wise or counter...this thread's too damn big, i couldn't find it...i'm thinking of joining you guys for just the day...maybe hike in 2 or 3 and then hike out”

“counter

Shure thing! Be there at 10”

“don't tell me what to do jk

we might be shopping for wood floors but not sure”

“Screw the floors, go hikin'!”

“screw the wood floors?

yikes!”

“would you need a wood screw?”

“Perhaps not, but a wood screw driver might come in handy... ;)”

“Troy and i are headed up Friday morning...we're gonna camp at that pond where we camped at last year and all the spring peepers about drove us mad. So if anyone wants to join us,that's where we'll be,otherwise see you guys Sat morning.”

“Cool!”

“Spring peepers arnt that bad....so long as your laying on the ground and have ear plugs! lol”

“I didn't wear any and I slept fine.”

“what the!...what are spring peepers?”

“hmmm...WK, I say next spring we take TC out to find out! :D”

“damn it SC, it's thrifty...anyway, i just did what i should have in the first place...i researched it on the internet (they've got that on computers now)”

“TC, you JUST cant research it on the comp...YOU have to expirience it to believe it :D”

“i have, just didn't know what they were called

spring peepers...i pictured some back woods yookle sneaking in to camp and watching you undress LOL”

“that would be me.”

“just an fyi, i know yall will be heart broken, i won't be making it saturday...this is the only weekend we'll have in the next couple months to get wood floors and get them laid (hee hee, i said laid)...my wife's getting tire of living on concreat floors!!”

“buff the wood!”

“hehehe knotty pine....”

“Weather is still looking sweet!

Possible rain for Friday will add to what is already in the creeks we will be crossing on Sunday!

Damn, I am pumped!”

“this trip is getting BIG from here and at Midwesthiker site ,looks like 8-12 people
Oh who's bringing the purple PEEPS”

“Mike will not be able to make it, but you are right!

I think we will have 10 or 11.

The wife just said I can take her car. We get to travel in style now!”

“hope they all pan out for ya...we had about 12 on thursday but by saturday morn it was down to 5 and only 4 spent the night”

“I had a chance of schedule, for the BETTER, and now will probably join Dub at Camp Peeper on Friday.”

“Everytime I see this thread float to the top, I get nervous opening it. I figure everytime, someone is pulling out.

I cannot wait to see all you peeps!”

“Well...two of my friends did drop out, one has to prepare to go to Eqypt for the army and the other has a wedding he forgot about...but no fear! Troy and I are still coming. We'll probably leave Columbus by noon and then dayhike the 4 mile loop by camp peepers and then go setup camp. See you there Chin! And see the rest of you Saturday!
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“Up and packin'!”

“Whoo Hoo!”

“So fridays camp is NOT at Blackwell?”

“Doesn't sound like it Bear.

Sounds like they will be parking at the firetower and hiking to the campsite at terill ridge.

Will you be joining us this weekend?”

“Yea I am gonna look ya up! I now have the camp coordinates for tonight will try to locatet the group ifin not will see ya at the blackwell camp sat 10ish. Lookin forward to meetin ya all”

“NICE!

Yo bear!”

“YO BEAR!”

“Well the best laid plans sometimes do not come to pass. I am all packed and heded down 75 when my nose stared to run, blood. I am sorry but I cant make this.I had surgy a week ago and thought I could do this but I need to heal. NAMASTE! Another time. Yo bear!”

“That's okay!

Take care of yourself.”

“thanks”

“from my house to deam is about 2 1/4 hours, wk”

“so if we get you at 7 or so, we will be good.”

“Made is back in one piece. Mugsy and I did a bit of dayhiking on the way home. I took the Cockapoo to Kickapoo. No machetes were seen.”

“Ha Ha!

I will get to the trip report tomorrow. Going to post the thread to the report in a second. Gotta put the pacifier back in the kids mouth.”

“I hope you all had a great time. I thought about the group this weekend as I was mowing the grass, fixing a bench, cutting up a tree limb with a chain saw that fell from the last storm, etc.”

“Wow! It never rains chainsaws in my area.”

“Hey WK, how did the knee react to the hike?”

“jerbear - Catch ya next time. I wasn't worth it to risk your health. Get well.”