Mother's Day Weekend at the Gorge V 2008

“HPM & Treebait: 5G”

“Meangreen: 9G, 6G, 4G
Ruby: 13B, 8B
Helinka: 12B, 11B, 11B
Windigrrl: 13B, 12G, 11G
HPM & Treebait: 5G”

“I hope those aren't bra sizes.”

“Birch and Sass: 7G”

“Meangreen: 9G, 6G, 4G
Ruby: 13B, 8B
Helinka: 12B, 11B, 11B
Windigrrl: 13B, 12G, 11G
HPM & Treebait: 5G
Birch and Sass: 7G”

“And yeah she is actually....single and JUST like her dad...kinda scary, huh? :)”
upluver
6:10:25 PM
3/05/08

Joe's trying to scare me away from his daughter. Makes sense. I'd scare me away. LOL!”

“she has a goatee like upluver and loves bourbon? Wow.”

“I almost posted something about being mean and ugly in the morning but thought better of it. LOL!

If she can BP like UPLuver, then she's ok in my book.”

“Lol...No goatee, and she is more of a SoCal drinker actually!
And actually MG I was tryin to save you....I'd hate to see you get beat up by a skinny little 22 yr old!”

“LMAO!
Thanks for watchin out for me, buddy! I can embarass myself with out any help. That's for sure. LOL!”

“Bigpoppa old enough
Lily 8G
Emma 7G”

“This is turning into quite the kidfest! What a great range of ages. It looks like every kid there will have at least a few other kids in their age group.

Meangreen: 9G, 6G, 4G
Ruby: 13B, 8B
Helinka: 12B, 11B, 11B
Windigrrl: 13B, 12G, 11G
HPM & Treebait: 5G
Birch and Sass: 7G
Bigpoppa: 8G, 7G”

“WOW! What a lot of kids!

Any word from Jerbear re: the pumpkin patch?”

“Jerbear~
Have you checked out that Pumpkin Patch place yet?


FYI to attendees:
I have updated the trip info on the trip page.”

“I have not had the oppertunity to get down there. However, I did find Johns swifts lost silvermine campground listed on a website for the gorge.606-663-5258. i tried to call and he want a phone number to call ya back. This could be the place fo the gayla event? Who knows.”

“http://www.kentuckytourism.com/Listing/1140/


Pumpkin Bottom in the Red River Gorge

Daniel Boone Country - POWELL
KY 715
SLADE, 40376
Information

Hiking, fishing, wildlife and wildflowers.
Contact Information

(859) 663-9701
Features

Primitive Camping”

“good job stick, Now I do believe the silvermine camp is on the red. JFI. yo bear!”

“That place could be pretty expensive for those w/ lots of kids.”

“My little Grace and I would like to join this trip. She asked me yesterday if we were going this year. Grace is 8. I will not give my age...or weight!”

“perhaps he would give us a group deal. Or camp at primative site along tunnel ridge rd. Just options.
i tried calling the pumkin patch and the number is disconnected!
We got real lucky last year snaggin all the campsites. Looks like we will need more this year. Yo bear!
last edited: 3/17/08 1:13:02 PM”

“Meangreen: 9G, 6G, 4G
Ruby: 13B, 8B
Helinka: 12B, 11B, 11B
Windigrrl: 13B, 12G, 11G
HPM & Treebait: 5G
Birch and Sass: 7G
Bigpoppa: 8G, 7G
Stokely: 8G


I did like Koomer Ridge last year. I am concerned that with the size of our group we won't be able to all be near each other. I guess we could spread out more.

Well, we'll figure this out. I can't do it tomorrow, but later this week I'll check with all the campgrounds and see if I can get us a group deal.”

“Ruby if I can help let me know.”

“I still suggest using one of the primitive car camping areas. Especially the one just past Gray's Arch...it is huge with a privy and paved parking lot and easy for everyone to find

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/boone/documents/maps/rrg.pdf”

“Can't pass this one up. Looking forward to hiking there again.”

“Woohoo! Howdy!”

“Howdy, MG! Hopefully, we'll have a little less rain this time around. LOL”

“AMEN! If it rains on me this trip I'm gonna start callin you Rainman! The Knobstone, The Sheltowee... I don't want any rain for this trip! LOL!”

“i'm gonna try to hit the wife up for this one this year...if not this one than the one in michigan...mother's day might be tough

how ya doin HM?
last edited: 3/25/08 1:42:25 PM”

“You should come Thrifty. We had a great time last year! I wish I could make the one in MI too, but I can't.”

“mother's day is always a big thing in our family...i'll give it a shot”

“make it a big 3 day event! Take her on vacation for it!


Oh, honey, look! I'm taking you on a relaxing vacation for Mother's Day! Aren't you impressed?”

“no no, not a big day for my wife, she'd probably be up for it...it's a big day for my mother and mother in law...lots of walking on eggshells with those two LOL

oohh, plus i just realized the baby will only be 2 months old then...babysitting might be tight
last edited: 3/25/08 1:55:58 PM”

“OOooooohhhh! Now I see.

Ya, good luck with that, dude. Inlaws suck. Even ex-inlaws can suck. Remember that. LOL!”

“just found out this weekend that the in-laws and most of my wife's family are going to be on vacation that week!...this will be the first time they've been gone over mothers day!

my wife's excited about doing this...we'll more than likely be bringing our almost 2 year old son as well as our 10 year old nephew

i'm down as a strong maybe right now...it all depends on our new daughter and how much her sleep schedule improves between now and then...we don't want to leave her with someone overnight if she's going to be up all night”

“That's great, Thrifty! You could always bring the baby along.”

“HA! a two month old camping...no one would get any sleep ;)

not to mention we wouldn't get much hiking done”

“Cool! I hope you can make it Thrifty.”

“Wish I could make it. As part of a group is the only way I can enjoy RRG anymore. To think I cut my backpacking teeth here going solo, cooking canned ravioli on campfires and having real eggs for breakfast, using a 10X10 piece of 4mil plastic for shelter, external pack, wearing cotton. I came here for spring break every year for a while, wouldn't see anyone M-F

I feel old...”

“how oldie are you man?”

“Just turned the double nickel on St Paddy's Day”

“you're not old, just experienced!”

“Why aren't you joining us Sticks?”

“C'mon Sticks, you're young compared to a bunch of Geezers around here! :)”

“I just changed my status. I took the weekend off and plan on being there. I hope there is a rest room near by because my little girl had issues with leaning up against a tree. I need a female to show her the proper technique. My wife does not go hiking with me in the back country and I am not a very good teacher because the poor girl ends up with wet shoes. It was ugly.

See you all in May.”

“There are rest rooms near by most of the time. When we are out hiking, it's iffy. There will be plenty of females of all ages who can help with "what to do when there is on toliet around. I always told my daughter that she was going like a pioneer girl. Little House on the Prairie was big when she was little. lol

My niece is already talking about this trip!”

“My girls are stoked!

Are we staying at Koomer again? Was it ever decided? what about any kind of itinerary? I'd be fine with something similar to last years trip but I'm easy. Whatever.”

“Meangreen you had me all befuddled for a minute! I'm busy wondering which Mom's day hike I missed and who this Captain Jack character is?”

“LOL! Howdy. Prosecutor gave me a new "real" handle. The other one I made up myself.”

“Captain Jack: 9G, 6G, 4G
Ruby: 13B, 8B
Helinka: 12B, 11B, 11B
Windigrrl: 13B, 12G, 11G
HPM & Treebait: 5G
Birch and Sass: 7G
Bigpoppa: 8G, 7G
Stokely: 8G

Re: campground: I have made some phone calls...waiting for return calls. Here are my thoughts on our options.

Koomer Ridge: I like it a lot. Not sure it will hold all of us in the primitive area. Some may have to be a ways away in the "car camp" area.

John Swift's: http://www.swiftcampground.com/ It might be an optiong. However, it is $5/adult/day and $3/child/day. Am waiting for return call to see if I can get a group rate. From the web site I can't tell if there is a privy or water.

The large campground Sticks mentioned is another option. I have stayed there. It will hold us easily. My concern is that there is no water source. We would have to cart in all our water. That wouldn't be hard to do because you don't camp that far from your vehicle. So everyone could easily bring the gallons they need. There is no charge to camp there either if I remember correctly.


Please weigh in with your thoughts on the options.

And let me know if I have to update the kid head count. Right now I am figuring roughly 15 adults and 15 kids.
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