Is anyone from My area going to be going ?

“Man, thats a rough pic. I have found two dead like that, but not anything that ate up with mange.
See ya later.
Randall”

“Yo Randell,

E-mail me at backpakn2@sbcglobal.net, I have a few questions.”

“You got mail!!!!!!!!!!”

“Randall

Back at ya!”

“Hey, what's with all these secret emails? Are you guys planning a suprise party for me?”

“Hey guys! I havent kept up to date, waz goin on?”

“No Hub, just planning on my arrival having the red carpet set up!

MOOOOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“WK, im gonna have booby traps set up! (maybe you'll get mooned too!)”

“booby? Mike might get upset.”

“wow! this crowd is starting to look a little rugged . . . :) I hope I can go, but I won't know for sure until the weekend before.

Is anyone planning on hiking the entire loop? If I go, it's likely that is what I'll do . . . starting from the east side of the dam . . . hike north on the east side of Brookville . . . cross the causeway . . . hike south on the west side of Brookville . . . and meet up with the group on Saturday evening. It will be a long day.”

“gforce, how many miles would that be on Saturday?”

“I don't know how many miles that would be for sure, but I'll check the map tonight for approximate miles. Both times I've hiked the trail, I did the entire loop in a day with full gear . . . so it can be done as long as you start early.”

“i might be up for doing the whole trail”

“:P Damn, CB is going?”

“The east side of the trail is 13.5 miles and the west side is 10.5 . . . according to the map. You have to add another .5 mile for crossing the causeway and .5 mile for crossing the dam if you do the entire trail in a loop. That would total 25 miles for the loop. So I'm guessing it would be a 17-18 mile day depending on where the camp is on Saturday night. It seems as though I remember the campsites being on the north side of wolf creek instead of the south side, but I could be wrong about that.

The trail on the west side of Brookville is much tougher than the east side. I only remember going up one hill of any size on the east side, and that's after passing the boat ramp by Garr Hill.

This is a short trip report I did after hiking the trail the first time. I had a cast on my wrist and I stopped to take a lot of pictures . . so it took about 14 hours. Last summer it took me about 12 hours . . . but I didn't take any pictures.

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/30882,-1.php”

“You guys are nuts if you want to do the 25+ miles in one day!!!

Me, im going to take the more relaxed pace :)”

“great...save the hard part for the second half of the day. ;^)

I will still definitely consider doing the long Sat though. I haven't been out since last summer, so I thought I would just meander and take in the sites on this trip. However, working up a lather on a distance hike has its appeal too.”

“hub, I havent been out since november and this darn desk job....grrrr...no way am I taking the long route!”

“so are you going WK?...wow, no CB is in...i'll be able to meet just about all the people on TT i've been wanting to meet in one trip”

“Don't know yet Thrifity. I will know the week of the trip.”

“That a great idea, but I won’t be doing that in one day!!!. I’ll just stick to the posted thing and hang with the laid back bunch. I have done the whole thing but never in one day. When I first started hiking there were no trails there at all and we followed the deer paths. I once went from White Water state park all the way around the dam and ended up at Egypt Hollow on the west side, but that took four days.( remember no trails, bushwhacking all the way) There are several good campsites on the west side south of Wolf Creek and that’s where I was planning on camping Saturday night. If you guys do what Gforce has in mind ( and that sounds cool) you will be close to 20 by the time you hit camp. We will only be about 5 miles from the dam or less.
See ya later.
Randall”

“gforce and hubcap,

I'm up for the full-loop experience. I'm a glutton for punishment. :-y”

“This is getting serious. Excuse me while I call my Personal Trainer. Salem, be sure to wear something bright, so we can find you lying next to the trail when you collapse from exhaustion! btw, can I have your Vapor Trail? Hot damn... only two weeks to go!”

“Hey Golfhiker,

You're cracking me up! You know I'm much more likely to be lost on some side trail, and no you cannot have my backpack. LOL”

“I think Salem can hack it! Me on the other hand, im prolly gonna die on teh short trail LOL! I tried to wear my hiking pants today and well....:( damn desk job + butt enlarging medication + sugar addiction...welll....Lets just say I wont be wearin em hiking for a while! lol”

“Salem: Upon reflection, that was just plain mean of me. I know we don't call you hiknmachine for nothin. You sure can hike.... not too bright, but a real trail mule. Seriously, when it comes to getting lost, I'm the king, but I can attest to some of your misdirectional activities. Now which way was it to the trailhead????”

“lmao...the last trip to KY, I did not come in last only because someone got lost! lol!”

“butt enlarging medication

huh?”

“Hey, 8Am is the start time on Saturday, yes? Is that Chicago time of Indianapolis time? Right now Chicago is behind Indy by 1 hour.

Help?”

“TH...I call the meds I have to take butt enlarging meds as they make you gain weight too easily :(”

“You mean the bacon ring?”

“yeah im a porker :)”

“Hey everybody!!!
The times posted are Chicago Time, that would mean we would meet at 9:00 AM Chicago time on saturday morning or it would be 10:00 AM Indiana time.
See ya later.
Randall”

“Anyone know if cell phones work out there? I was hoping I could exchange cell numbers with someone just in case I am late or get lost. I hope to be neither but would like to be prepared. Thanks”

“Cool, that helps!”

“csiler,

Mine in 219-688-0799. If you want to call me, that is cool. If you do not want to post your number online, e-mail it to me...

backpakn2@sbcglobal.net

I know exactly where we are meeting on Saturday.”

“does anyone have a link to the weather forcast there?”

“weather.com

put in Liberty Indiana.”

“Thank you so much. I probably should've thought to offer my e-mail for exchanging numbers. I don't mind putting mine out there 937-673-5899. If some strange woman calls requesting directions, that'll be me, my name is Cheri. :-) Frank (clio2727) is driving and we printed directions hopefully we'll be okay. I'm really looking forward to this trip!”

“holy #&%!$ its gonna be 70!!!!!! :)”

“Cell Phones huh!!!
Mine dont work with a crap there, I have only been able to get a good signal from the north side of wolf creek, and that was right on the water. I am a Cingular customer so maybe somebody eles will work better.
See ya later.
Randall”

“Verizon...

Can you hear me now?

No problem Cheri.”

“Yo Randall, ya need my addy and #? I'll shoot you an e-mail :)

NM. I cant. Anyone know randalls e-mail? could someone e-mail it to me please? It isnt on his profile.
last edited: 3/05/06 9:52:39 AM”

“offtopic: Cheri, do your friends call you Phoebe Buffay?”

“Anybody need me to make some B&W copies of the map???”

“Just who is going to be there Friday and where?”

“I am, if I can get ahold of randall :P”

“Yo Nicole!

You have e-mail.”

“Yo Nicole!

You have e-mail.”