Sipsey 07 - Parker and Quillen

“The trick with the ridge route is figuring out when / where to leave the ridge - not bad during the day but tough at night as was proven last Quillen trip.”

“My next neighbor would like to go along on this trip.....
southmark
3:14:40 PM

Your last neighbor in your freezer or something? ;-)

Sorry, could not resist. I'm sure he will be welcome.”

“Yeah, HOI. Who was that that came in from upstream?
last edited: 1/18/07 3:39:05 PM”

“Looks like this will be Chili's first "real" trip after he heals. I'm thinking this is not the trip to break him in...But I sure won't be the one to suggest otherwise.”

“I sure hope Nurse Goodbody makes it. She wants to earn another trail name.”

“If Chili goes, I will be there. I am about ready to leave his a$$ and go on one myself. I mean my first dang trip and he breaks his leg...what a goof!!”

“Who is this chili person and why must he be with you to hike? ;-)”

“He has all the gear...”

“Creekdancer got tagged with Moon River as a second trail name after her last trip to this same place. Her hiking pants choose that trip as the one to fail.”

“LOL..yeah I am a little worried about what my second one might end up being...something like "bad luck" or some crap...”

“Y'all be sure to bring that happyclicker person with y'all.”

“I think she has her daughter that weekend. We will definately bring her along when she is available though.”

“Stove Stomper - I think it was bateauxdriver and co. - or was that the year before?”

“I don't know. Oldtimers is getting to me. ;-)”

“same here”

“I mean my first dang trip and he breaks his leg...what a goof!!”
Nurse Goodbody
4:36:45 PM
1/18/07

Hmmm.....and I didn't say anything at all about a bad luck charm.”

“Oh, and I plan on bringing Nurse Goodbody, Happyclicker, AND a three person tent.

I tend to think of it as therapy for my broke leg.”

“I'm in awe of chili. ;-)”

“Don't be too awe-ful SS...He gets full of himself when he is on the meds...”

“May be time for another toe painting, LOL.”

“paint them FM red this time so he can hide in a cherry tree



(old elephant joke)”

“What do you mean "when I am on the meds"? Hell, I am full of myself all the time.”

“Yeah well true enough..

SS..I painted them purple a couple nights ago..LMAO!!”

“I have just got to quit taking the pain medication about bedtime.”

“Man, I NEED to get out! I need a time traveling machine.”

“I'm looking forward to this one too.”

“It will just be my luck that a sea trial will slip and screw this up for me.
We have a certain class of ships that is yet to make a scheduled date yet we all have to pretend they are going to make it.
I hate that crap.”

“It will be my luck that I will still be in a splint.”

“chili...i will carry your gear in”

“Chelle should be ok with mine!”

“I put myself down as a "maybe" but should have no problem getting over to Sipsey to see everyone.”

“Dub is signed up as a maybe.
He sure doesn't post much anymore.”

“He came down for the trip to the same campsite 3 years ago.”

“Yea, that's the one I was forced to miss because of work.”

“dang - that was 3 years ago??? Wasn't that the same trip with the "polar bear hunting" story?”

“Yep, trekky is famous for that, and I missed it all.”

“That's the one and it was 3 years ago. Last year was the one I bailed on, two years was Braziel and 3 was Quillen. Time flies...”

“Hopefully no big even will come up that forced me to miss this one.”

“I keep waiting for chili to edit that.
It is nice to know at least someone else types like me on the first version of my posts. ;-)”

“Too late, locked out. Uhm, how about "event" and "forces".

Make sense now?”

“I liked the "big .. will come" construct myself”

“how's the leg doing chili? anyone know how trekngirl's knee is doing - as in is she back hiking?”

“Leg seems to be doing better. I go to the doctor on TH and hopefully he will release me.”

“I wonder why the Elvis song lyric "Oh please release me, let me go" came to mind (grin)”

“Wow! It really has been 3 years. Can't wait to see you guys. I haven't been out in quite a while.

Dayhiker, Are you dragging Cocoa out on this one?”

“Yes, Cocoa and his brother are going on this trip.”

“sweet...more tigers!”

“FWIW you can order Bankhead NF maps here:

$6.00 + shipping.

http://www.theforestplace.com/”

“That appears to mainly be a road type of map.

Here's a downloadable one: http://www.briartech.com/sipseyonepagea.pdf”

“Just a couple more weeks!”