The 2006 Edition of the July Fourth Butt kicker!!

“Pennsy, I'll carpool with you.”

“I'm going to Sacco's place Friday evening and then on to Stowe early enough to get there before noon.

There is a pretty good diner about a half-mile west of Rt 100 on Rt 108 on the right called McCarthy's Restaurant.

McCarthy's Restaurant
454 Mountain Road
Stowe, VT 05672
802-253-8626
fax: 802-253-3026

$, B, L, SB, V, C, W

Every town has its 'local' gathering spot for breakfast and lunch and in Stowe it's McCarthy's. Homemade, always, with freshness as a hallmark”

“Jump back Jack!!”

“Bump-Ditty-Bump!!!”

“bumpy-bumpty-bump”

“look at frosty go”

“Diggity Dog”

“Sorry guys I'm out. I just found out that I have to work on Saturday......

Maybe another time. I was really looking forward to doing a section of the LT.”

“I want to cry. i am at the gym every single day, sometimes even twice for this trip, and I can't go.

hope you don't have too much rain”

“Dang, we will see you buttheads some other time!

I think the rain will move off.”

“It is not the rain it is work. Sucks but got to make money.”

“I hope y'alls mountains don't float away before the trip.”

“Dang, they're dropping like flies. Maybe we'll see ya next week, Lt. Gem, I miss ya darlin. Get back up here one of thse days. Looks like it's just the 3 Stooges, eh?

There is an outside chance I'll have to bail but that will depend on nature's fury. As we speak, the Delaware and Lehigh River's are well above flood height and my little city of Easton is under water. They say it's still rising and there's a chance I'll have to do storm restoration duty which would go into the weekend.”

“Hmm Maybe this trip needs a reschedule?”

“heeheeheeheeeheee...Lthiker said reschedule!! tssheeheeehsssseee...”

“The Three Stooges, huh?

Well, I know which one is Curly!!

Reschedule?!?!?!?

I have the entire week off and I will be there, like I said, with or without you dorks.

Getting to Sacco's might be difficult, they got soaked up there.”

“Getting to Sacco's might be difficult, they got soaked up there.”
MarkO
9:50:06 PM
6/28/06

That's an understatement and a half. Both I-88 & I-90 are closed at the moment due to flooding. I'd keep an eye on this website:
http://www.travelinfony.com/default.asp?display=all&area=NY_Central&date=&textOnly=False”

“Thanks for that!

I might have to skip seeing El Rancho Sacco and go by way of NJ, NY & Conn to get to Vermont.”

“Um Marko, NJ and NY are getting flooded also. I heard that parts of 95 might be closed.”

“Holey Crap......I'm trapped like a rat!!

Heeeeeeelllllppppp!!

Lemme outta here!!

Uh huh, and that dork Pennsy will probably working 'round the clock makin' boo-koo buckaroos fixin' all that stuff.
He needs more gear anyway!!

What parts of I-95 are you talkin' about?”

“my little state is flooded.. I have some pics I will post from Reading tonight. My goodness.”

“ENS, what's your status?

Call me this evening.”

“just sent you mail.

If Pennsy has to bail for work, let's reschedule and maybe jump on the AmyG trip or do one of PA's great loop trails like the Chuck Keiper or Black Forest Trail, so many options. One thing to keep in mind is, even the places we can hike have the potential to be flooded out, but water will likely be down by the weekend.”

“crap, I just saw about the road closings. This trip looks like it maybe close to the can :(”

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............

I'm still hoping to knock out that piece of The Long Trail. As long as Route 100 is not washed out it can still work.

Things are lookin' pretty dismal in western New York.”

“I just heard I-90 has been reopened. Exit 28(Fonda/Fultonville) and 29(Canajoharie) are still closed.
I-88 from exit 15 to exit 9 is still closed in both directions.”

“guys seriously, I just checked the weather channel. you are in deep doodoo!! hope it'll work for you but damn...driving up there could be more dangerous then hiking.”

“Gem, what kind of crazy obsene pictures are you sending me???? lololol”

“heeheeeheee”

“Sat
Jul 1 Partly Cloudy
76°/62° 20%
76°F

Sun
Jul 2 Scattered T-Storms
77°/58° 40%
77°F

Don't Forget Your Sunblock
Mon
Jul 3 Isolated T-Storms
76°/58° 30%
76°F

Tue
Jul 4 Isolated T-Storms
73°/56° 30%

It could be worse.
And it is changing by the hour.

WTF are we gonna need sunblock for?
last edited: 6/29/06 12:10:47 PM”

“Uh huh, and that dork Pennsy will probably working 'round the clock makin' boo-koo buckaroos fixin' all that stuff.

So far, they don't need my services, but the water is just starting to recede so maybe they're waiting.”

“keep me posted Pennsy... If all systems go, I say we just head up early Saturday morning and get there around 11.”

“also, I wonder if conditions are safe to do the hike. did vermont get the rain too?”

“if you reschedule PLEAZ let me know!!! I can do everything else but that darn 4th weekend.”

“fosho gem”

“I think it's gonna take about 6 1/2 hours to get up there, so we'd have to leave awful early.

Right now, no one knows what's going on at work. The water is so high, there isn't much anybody can do until it's safe to get to the trouble areas. I may not even know until I get back to the shop tomorrow afternoon around 3. It's typical of them to wait until the end of the day and say "by the way, you are not going home."

On that note, I don't know what to tell you guys except that I won't know for sure until late tomorrow afternoon. I don't think you should postpone the trip if I can't make it though. A 2 people trip works. I don't know what the conditions are like in Vermont so I'm no help there.”

“I'm still going to go backpacking, but I'm going to stay closer to home if the VT trip doesn't unfold. I need a good backpacking trip this weekend.”

“So do I. If they let me play and the VT trip doesn't pan out, I'm kinda liking the idea of doing the whole Chuck Keiper trail.”

“yeah, that sounds really appealing to me (CKT). It might be a good idea considering road conditions due to the flood.

Another T-storm is rolling in right now and looks like there'll be some this weekend.. ugggh”

“I've been in contact with Chet in NYC.
He still wants to go and I did tell him that without a second car we will hitch hike from Smuggler's Notch to Appalachian Gap.

Yee-haw, here we go!!

The 10-day has been changing with consistantly low chance of rain........10-20-30-40%
I guess its a crap shoot.
If it changes for the worse I will not go.

Come on you guys, I want to get a piece of The Long Trail this year!

Getchyer self one too!
last edited: 6/29/06 8:32:52 PM”

“You guys just be careful and use your heads. Some of the stories on the news make it sound pretty hairy. That said, have fun!”

“I don't think Vermont has had it real bad...........I'll find out.”

“just spoke with the Pennsonator and his weekend has been flooded by work (no pun intended). He's out. Marko, you have email at work.”

“There is always the PA trip as a back-up, guys.
;)”

“Back up......G!!”

“mark, give me a ring”

“MarkO...come get some.
:p”

“ENS, I just did
>8^P

Wutchyew got??
(hmmmmmm)

Sorry Amy, I'm gonna get a piece of The Long Trail.
Have fun!”

“Well???”

“Indeed! I have been very curious about this one for a number of reasons.”