All About the kids V

“Trip is posted for Aug 10-12. Hope you all can come and bring your favorite kid!”

“Thanks for the invite. I'm down as a maybe, but I'm sure that once I tell the kids, it will be a sure thing!”

“Can I bring my 31 y/o son?”

“I should be able to confirm this evening after I look at the calendar”

“We are signed up!”

“I'm a go! My arrival time on Friday will be determined at a later date. We got a new family backpacking tent. All three kids have their own backpacks and the ex is moving to Chicago so I know I can take the kids that weekend. They'll be so excited when I tell them. :o)

Nimblefoot, Bring the big boy. Do you have a 42 year old son? Hmmmm? ;o)”

“Still in school at that time of year and will be for a few more years.

Thanks for the invite any way.
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“Airfare actually looks really good ($235 US Air) but we'll be 3 weeks from moving date and broke as can be. I'm going to have to really try and make the 08 version of this.”

“i'm in! the three darlings and trix will be accompanying me.
the boys have been asking about this trip :)”

“dang, that's the weekend after we get back from vacation...i'd hate to subject the little one to a 10 vacation and then a camping trip...i really want to go on one of these kids trips someday”

“thriftyhiker, how do you know your vacation will be a "10?"

hmmmm???? LOL”

“HA!, that should have said 10 days but i'm sure it will be a 10 too...the perfect combo of family stuff, beach, historical crap, and of course hiking in Shenandoah!”

“i'm in if school has not started on that date. we usually start by about august 9. i'll check the dates!”

“Nimblefoot you can, and you can also attend w/o a kid.”

“I'll be on the JMT the entire month of August so I won't be able to make this. I'll ask Kat and see if she wants to go without me. The kids had a blast last year. I am betting she won't want to go without me, however.”

“Let her know if she wants to come this time w/o you we'll do whatever we can to help her out!”

“for sure i will”

“I think I am down here for a yes, with one kid.”

“I don't think NC and I can make it. We've got a five day trip planned that starts only a few days after this one ends. Thanks for the invite.”

“Ditto Jimmy. We are in and looking forward to it.

Don't know if we will be up on Friday or Saturday yet.”

“Coolness! Brian this will be my time with you and Barbie (hehehehe).”

“Going to have to dust off the Kelty Vortex 4 man tent for this trip.”

““Going to have to dust off the Kelty Vortex 4 man tent for this trip.”
Wounded Knee

LOL We may need to spread out a little. I don't know where there'll be room enough for both our V-4 tents. :o)”

“Nice! Dont'cha just love this tent?”

“We have the 3. It's a nice tent.

Sunshine it has been years since I've seen your kids! Looking forward to seeing you again too.”

“We may try for this one, too.”

“where can I steal a kid”

“I'll rent you mine.”

“That sounds like fun, but I'm getting married that weekend. :p”

“Come and get married on the beach”

“tb - are yall looking at driving or flying?”

“Too late! I already booked the place. :p”

“snap! We will have some wedding cake for you then”

“Excellent! Drink lots of wine and champagne too. :D”

“Tb, if you guys want to fly in we're just 20 minutes from Metro and you're welcome to throw a bag down on our floor or pitch a tent in the backyard. We prolly can trade up our car for a van so you won't have to rent a car, too.”

“Thank you very much for hte offer, Sass. We haven't finalized any plans yet but we will let you know ASAP.”

“No rush, we'll be here anyways. =)”

“I bet airfare out of Charlotte is cheap since it's a hug town. I checked airfare out of ATL and it was 218 on US Air. Shockingly, one connection was in Charlotte though a 30 minute connection with kids in tow doesn't sound smart.

I just had to check airfare. I suspect I won't have a free $700 then but I had to see what the numbers were to just keep it alive in the back of my mind. I also checked a drive and it's 13 hrs. Ouch.”

“Northwest and Spirit are the cheapest carriers flying out of DTW usually.
It is a looooong drive. Prolly the only reason we haven't made it down there yet.”

“ATL is only 2 hrs from me and the airfare is much cheaper in certain situations such as flying direct to other hub cities. BHM airfare isn't too bad usually, but is about $130/ticket high on this. 3*130 is worth the drive if it means I don't have to spend the night before in a hotel.”

“Funny, if we can make it on this trip, we'll be headed to Michigan the same time as my mom. She'll be returning my niece and nephew to their mom and heading to her class reunion.

But don't tell her about this! ;P”

“Flights would be about $240 a head for us.”

“I'm shocked that having USAir out of ATL is cheaper than CLT, but it's so. The mules and birchs on the same trip makes me really, really hope I'm not broke when this trip happens. I'd have an easier time taking Reece out of school for the beginning of 2nd grade than I would for Emma just starting k-garten.”

“Dang, I just rechecked it and it's now 195 pp”

“Treebait and I conferred.

We will be there and will be driving.
Most likely I'll burn some days and we will take our time getting up there with a side trip or two.”

“awesome!”

“"Dang, I just rechecked it and it's now 195 pp”
dayhiker"

Keep checking. My wife and two kids were able to book United on a flight out to Cali this past April for real cheap. They had a lay over in Chi town, but it wasn't a problem.

Good hunting.”

“Dayhiker, I now formally and front of these assembled TTers firmly place the monkey on your back.

I'm sure a capable and nimble minded fellow such as yourself can find a way to be there.


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“jab jab”

“wink wink

nudge nudge”