Deam 6/10-11plans

“Meet at Blackwell at 10:00 AM Saturday June the 10 ,head south (counter-clock wise) on the Cope Hollow Trail,those coming down on Friday ,meet us either at Blackwell or at the Lake/Pond 3-4 miles in ,we'll camp Saturday night there or futher up the trail”

“Hiking counter-clockwise will put us at camp at about noon. Why not hike clockwise (7 to 8 miles) and get into camp at 3 or 4?

Just a suggestion.”

“but if you hike clockwise you loose 3 hours and that would put you there at noon anyway ;)”

“dont forget with daylight savings time, you lose an hour. or is it save an hour? dammit, i liked things better the way they were before!”

“Are you guys drinking and can I have some?”

“Hoosiers...

LOL!”

“hoosier daddy?”

“Buck EYE!”

“have fun guys! I will be in California but if i wernt i woulda joined ya....”

“is this trip open to anyone?”

“no, only balding ex thru hikers, old men who golf, and guys with bad knees ;)

BTW guys, i'm just joking...you guys are great and i'm just playa hatin cause i can't go ;)
last edited: 6/02/06 7:47:24 AM”

“so i guess i'm a member of that club?”

“wait i don't play golf.but i do drink alot of beer in the golf cart,will that count?”

“it's not my trip so i guess i can't really make the call but if they wanted to they'd make this a private trip and you couldn't even view it...plus, knowing golfhiker he'll have no problem with you going...the more the merrier”

“You can come, but only if you hump in a cooler full of icy cold beer!

j/k - The campsite I believe we will be at on Saturday is big enough for a small army. Plenty of room for that cooler! he he he he”

“The campsite I believe we will be at on Saturday is big enough for a small army

providing the boyscouts don't show up ;)”

“its open to everyone. WK ,we can camp further than the lake ,how about lunch at the lake then hike another 4-5 miles to camp. we can decide at lunch time”

“how big of a cooler? and can some one give me directions if i come in on 37?”

“Oldog, it doesn't not really matter to me. I am up for almost anything.

OO Brett, if you are refering to route 37 in Indiana, proceed as follows...

37 south or north to 46 east (Bloomington). After you cross railroad tracks, stay alert for 46 making a left. Stay on 46 until you hit 446. Take 446 south about 11 miles or so (after you cross Lake Monroe stay alert) Entrance will be on a dirt road on your left. I beleive there is a sign for Charles Deam pointing you here. Blackwell horse camp is about .25 miles down on the left, you cannot miss it. I am guessing we will park towards the left corner as we have in the past.”

“thanks w.k.”

“looking forward to hike.”

“ditto!

OO Brett, the cooler need to be big enough to hold at least 6 cans or bottles per hiker.”

“I'm thinking ,case of ice cold Coronnas”

“i don't think my golite pack will hold that . i could strap it to my head, hhmmm.”

“Don't forget the limes!”

“Any of you guys connected to Purdue in any way? I just applied for a golf job there and looking for some help.

Yeah...Ima whore”

“Got my BA and MA from there.”

“As we said about 50 posts ago, this is gonna be THE event of the early season... you don't want to miss it! Things are coming together nicely.”

“Big group, good time!”

“Wow,
I think I finally got the tent that works for me. Only took five tries!!! This trip is really picking up. It will be good to see some of the same people from Adena Trace. I would vote for the longer trail route that WK was talking about. However, I am not trying to influence anyone’s decision. It would be cool to try and make one of the Campsites on Monroe Reservoir, but that is on the Grubb Ridge loop and might require some bushwhacking. I am going to tag the Morgan Monroe 1 nighter http://www.thebackpacker.com/trips/trip/953.php on the back of this trip if anyone else has some free time during the week you might check it out!(Yes, GH, I’ll make this one happen)
See ya later.
Randall
last edited: 6/03/06 1:53:47 PM”

“you weekend warriors :P
The Low Gap is gonna be the one that is "not to be missed" LOL! ;-) Especially if you like ghosties. Anyone know the stories about the cemeteries in the Morgan-Monroe?
Seriously though...
If any of you would like to make both trips, you are more than welcome! I wish I could swing both myself.”

“"ex thru hikers"

there is no such thing!”

“I'm thinking about this trip...but only if Crash doesn't go...he really screws up trips.;~p”

“i was told the same thing.”

“...he really screws up trips.

only the ones i lead.”

“oo brett, i heard a rumor about you”

“good rumor ,or a bad one?”

“actually, its sort of neutral. of course we all know, the only good rumor is a bad rumor”

“it never happend that way ,jonah told me it was marshall licking my face ...but i'm not so sure”

“Remind me to set my tent up far away from Brett”

“LOL!”

“this is gonna be THE event of the early season...

"early season"? its JUNE! where tf have you been?

i went to two trips in early march this year, one to the grand canyon (12 hikers) and one to adena trace (15?). now those are some trips to live up to!”

“I second you on the Adena trip. I cannot wait to talk about that one around the fire this weekend. There is a lot we need to hear from Randall.”

“Crash... I was with you on the Adena Trace in March.. in this case I was only taking literary license to pump up our little walk in the Deam. As for "early season", I should have said "early summer". In any event, I'm pumped for the weekend!”

“You can come, but only if you hump in a cooler full of icy cold beer!

We past someone the other weekend lugging a cooler back to the parking lot! Wish we had him on our trip!”

“Words of warning... someone told me today to be on the watch for ticks in the Deam.. No I did not say Sticks, I said ticks... I hate bug dope, but I hate ticks more. Come prepared.”

“Sticks, I hope you can make it.....
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“Some of you may know that Salem will now miss this trip due to a death in his family. Grandmother passed away. We'll all miss Salem & be thinking of him this weekend. As he told me " I'll catch you all later this season".
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“ was with you on the Adena Trace in March..

oh, yea

ok, technically, its late spring, but ill let ya get away with it, since your presence at adena went unremembered by me”

“Gee, CB thanks for the break.. btw, it's really nice to be noticed by your fellow hikers on a two day hike. Now that I think about it, I'm not so sure I remember you! he he he....”