Early Summer Blast

“Finally, a Kentucky trip hosted by a Kentuckian. You asked for it you got it!!”

“winters just barely started, girl, and youre thinking about summer!

youre just planning this so you can swipe some more gear, anyway

:-P”

“Did you say keg delivery?!

All is dependant on when it is, and if we can get kid and doggy sitters. I'd like to go, definitely.”

“I got to the word "keg" and stopped and signed up.”

“Chili - Hopefully you'll be fully recovered by then! :)

CB - this gives you something to look forward to!”

“Hell, if I am not recovered by June, I will be in a mental ward somewhere.”

“Can i, i say, can i get "hell ya"?
Oh, Stomper! I just saw this, but you know I'm down! And beer delivery too?! Now that is a trip!!!
Chili, and Sass, and Birch too? I would love to meet you guys.”

“It shouldn't be to hot or buggy in June. It will be to much fun!”

“LMAO. At LBL? Hell, I bet it's buggy right now.”

“I was going to make a comment about ticks. Something tells me they'll be really bad at that time of year.”

“We'll definitely need bug spray but it shouldn't be horrible. The little tiny ones are the ones that get on me.”

“Bugs are going to be really bad there in June. Fall, Winter, or Early Spring is the best (only) time to do LBL.
Prepare to be chewed up by the bugs.”

“more excuse to stay in the water.
Hey if we have keg delivery can we get pack delivery too? That would be sweet...”

“room for one more?”

“You know it girl!”

“any dates for this trip yet?”

“I really hope I to go, I really want to see some trees that are taller than me, texas sucks.”

“Dates are set 6/8 to 6/10.

Hey Soldier! Call your mother! Or talk to me on line. Whatever.”

“The route will be based on how many people sign up. I'll scout out campsites that will accomodate the number of people that sign up and plan the route based upon that.

I know a great campsite about 2 miles in from the North Welcome station but I don't know if it will accomodate > 10 people. It's a wooded area right on the shoreline in between two cliffs. I need to check out the shoreline and see if it's wide enough to pitch tents.”

“Ya soldier! Don't make me come down there!

So ya know, I'm still looking forward to this one Stomper.”

“Online would probably be better, my phone is out of mins until payday on the 15”

“Hey Dude!!!
Deep in the heart of Texas huh??
Good to see your still around and kicking!!
So are you gonna make moms trip??
Anyway, you got any idea of where your going next??
Well. I gotta get off of here and take a shower. Keep in touch and quit your damm drinking!! LOL
See ya later.
Randall”

“Sunrise doesn't drink Randall. He's not old enough.



Then again, I don't drink either...”

“Hey MG! I promise I won't tell anyone about the drinking that goes on on these trips. I know what could happen if I did! Hee! Hee!
last edited: 2/10/07 8:18:52 AM”

“but I don't drink... water.
LOL!
We're gonna miss ya next weekend Stompy. Work treating you ok?”

“Yeah! It's going ok now. Takes a while to get used to it. The week goes by pretty quickly.

How are the girls doing?”

“Ok. The middle one is getting a cough, and they are all at their moms till tomorrow evening, so I'm wound up tighter than a two dollar Rolex. Last night was the first time I had heard from her in a month. Well anywho, I'm hitting the trail in the AM with a couple new TT'ers, and I think we maybe going back to Patton Cave in the Deam... wow, that will be a trip... the cave should be really pretty even though there will be no way of getting into it with the ice.”

“Have fun! Don't be to tough on them. I'm going to work now. :(”

“I'll be a good boy, they're my ride home... LOL!
Sorry to hear that. Have a good day.”

“The cool thing is its legal to drink on ft. bliss if you're at least 18, but you can't leave the base. I've been trying to ask for leave to go on the trip, but in the last two weeks, I have been moved to three different companies, just think if you had the same job but your bosses changed that fast, I can't get any paper work done! AH!
last edited: 2/10/07 3:54:25 PM”

“Hey Sunrise,
It could be worse!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“Hey Stomper,

So what's the deal, is this going to be like my Mammoth Cave trip last year...

Friday - Camp and have fun
Saturday - Hike in and camp
Sunday Hike out and leave

Will we be hiking on Friday?”

“WK - Yes sounds good! I gave you a map of the area. Do you still have it?

The backwoods campsite I have picked out is 1.5-2 miles from the North Welcome Station. It's on the Canal Loop Trail which is a 14.2 mile loop trail. This trail includes four connector trails so you can do as much or as little of the 14 mile loop as you want. With this option, we could dayhike from Friday nights campsite.

The trails are well marked and shared with mountain bikers. Part of the trail is on the Kentucky Lake side and the other part is by Barkley Lake.


The other option is a section hike of the North/South trail. I haven't done this trail yet so I need to scout it out to see what camping areas are available. However, it connects to Friday nights campsite and swings by the North Welcome station so we could meet up with Saturday moring arrivers. We would probably get in 10 miles on Saturday and then have a 2 mile hike out Sunday morning. We'd have to shuttle cars.”

“http://www.lbl.org/LBLNorthSouthTrail04.pdf


The route could be 1 to 2 on Saturday and exit on Sunday at Hatchery Hollow (3).

So what do you think?
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“stomper, you know I dont care as long as we hike, we camp, we drink, we hike some more. It's all good!”

“I'll just be glad to see grass. I priced a plane trip up there and it looks like it might cost me about $600 for getting there and back. That's what I'm gunning for.”

“Besides, I got to go, it will be the last time I can illegally (sp?) drink, my birthday's on the 10th did you forget stomper?
last edited: 2/16/07 2:57:37 PM”

“No, I didn't forget! You can get a flight for .06 cents a mile if you get Nikki to book it for you. That is, if she still works for the airlines then.

P.S. You still haven't called.”

“Sunrise,
Call your mother!!!! you slacker!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“Perhaps, if I can get a ride :(”

“I may be in... only about an hour away from Canal Loop. I've mountain biked it a few times now.”

“KEG>>>>>>>>>>>>Ok, I'm seriously thinking of this! WK, you going? Maybe a ride share could be arranged?”

“Where do you live Rescue?”

“I am glad this thread bumped up. I didn't even have this on the calendar. I do now.”

“So, chili, I guess I'll finally get to meet you at Mammoth Cave.
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“Madisonville Ky”

“maybe Nicole...trying to get out of something this weekend first.”

“dang - a keg delivered to the campsite - woohoo - better make the next day's hike short though - going to be some serious hangovers here ;-)”

“Sorry guys I can't go, I being eating sand and rocks in the field training all of june, probably right through my birthday.”