Late Summer Blast

“We had such a great time at Early Summer Blast that we decided to do it again after Labor Day.

Space at the backwoods site is limited so we have to set a limit of ten tents.

Hope to see some old friends and make some new ones! :)”

“I am sooo in for this trip!!!”

“Count me in.”

“Stomper!!
I am gonna make this one fer sure and an trying to get Guitargal fired up for it as well.
See y later.
Randall”

“since I missed the last one due to prior commitments I will do my best to make this one.”

“I look foward to slack packing the canal loop. The last hike was one of the best I have been on. Hiking, swimming, hiking, swimming.....man it was great.”

“i haven't had a chance to read the trip report from the last one...is this at all kid friendly?...i've yet to get thrifty jr out for is first...how far away is the campsite?”

“1.5 miles from the parking lot. A little hilly but not to bad. Actually, the Kentucky Lake side is rather hilly but the Barkley Lake side is relatively flat.”

“Yes, I would consider it kid friendly.”

“the Kentucky Lake side is rather hilly but the Barkley Lake side is relatively flat.”
stomper

LOL, i wasn't talking about the terrain...i was talking about the, uh, company ;)”

“I knew what you meant.”

“The last trip we did there was one of the best I've ever been on. Where we will be camping for this trip is right on the water. It's a great spot.”

“any trees to tent/hammock under or is the spot open and right on the water”

“Plenty of trees. The treeline goes down to about 15 feet from the water. There is a gravel beach on the lake front.

Bring your crocs. The gravel is smooth but a little rough on the feet getting out of the water.”

“i'm in, plus bringing my oldest daughter. looks like fun!”

“leaning”

“Hey All!!
Me and Guitargal1 are in and I will ask her to update her status ASAP!!
We will be using one tent, lol
unless she gets mad at me
See ya later.
Randall”

“Good to hear that you both are coming. I hope you are bringing the guitars and do some singing for us! I really enjoyed it at Mammoth cave.”

“Looks like this trip is getting closed to being full.”

“Looks like a great group! I'm excited!

On the last trip, Fifthmaster's boat motor broke so he had to rent a boat to meet us at the site. He got the motor fixed and is picking it up tomorrow. So, Randall, we can boat in your guitars. Hint! Hint!”

“Glad to hear you were able to get the boat fixed! We might have to have FifthMaster bring something special by boat to grill over the fire. Any suggestions by the group?”

“A whole hog.”

“Stomper!!
That would be great!!!As far as roasting goes, I would vote for some good Western Kentucy Beef (Rib Eyes or T bones)nothing tastes like beef over an open fire!!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“This one looks great & it fits the ol golfhiker's schedule. I'm in!”

“We be a Slinging.”

“That's good Chin. Real good.”

“First ten definites get the spots.

Good to have you golfhiker!”

“Woo Hoo! Is it time yet? The last trip was awesome.”

“I'm ready to go!”

“I may section hike the north/south trail this weekend. I'm ready to get out but need to conserve money for my trip to Vegas in two weeks. So, Luke and I are thinking of heading to LBL Friday morning.

It'll be hot but we can cool off in the lake. I don't have a site picked out, we'll just stop when we get tired and find a flat spot.”

“Keep your status updated!

We need to come up with a trail name for stokely.

Suggestions:
Vegie girl (Stokely vegetables)
Cream corn
Everready (always on the move, ready to go!)

Any other ideas?”

“the first one I ever heard was ever ready. She is always ready for a hike.”

“as I am speaking to her on the phone she prefers ever ready. YO bear! now thats solved and was fairly easy.”

“Good to see you on line!”

“You've been named! Post up girl!”

“she doesn't get to chose her name.
vegie girl is it”

“She didn't pick ever ready, it was given to her. I was there when it happened.”

“So was I. Where ya at Ever ready????”

“I think it has something to do with her preferred brand of batteries in her BOB.



j/k”

“happy to see you all have had something to post about...but, it's going to be Ever Ready. Sorry, Ewker, cream corn just doesn't work for me.

i'm here, i'm here, just the quiet one!

Ever Ready aka Stokley”

“ever ready I see your email addy is bellsouth.net...you in the derby city or closeby? Maybe we can carpool.”

“Luke and I made the trip to LBL last weekend. I posted a trip report on the main page if anyone's interested.”

“I might make a trip up there with my daughter between now and the date of this trip. If I go, I think I will do some clean up and pack out what little trash there was in the area.”

“Say... I just noticed, we're getting closer to Sept. We'll be hiking before you know it! Just thought you would like to know this.”

“Yeah, it's hard to believe its August already. I'm looking forward to cooler temps. Hard to get out there when its 95 degrees.”

“if anyone bails, looks like a good group”

“There's still one spot open - Stokely bailed on me. If you want it, its yours.”

“I'm in”

“I was up there over the weekend. It was hot, but the water was a welcome relief.”

“Did you go back to our private campsite or the Moss Creek swimming area?

I thought about goin to LBL last weekend. It would have been cool to run in to you there.

Loved the trip report! That's what it's all about!”