Late Summer Blast

“After much consternation I have decided to bail. I have just closed on a house and after living from boxes for a year I must do what I must do. First off get my tools accessible and start painting...

I was truly looking forward to this trip because I knew it would be a great time. :(”

“Friday night
low overnight 49
mostly clear

Saturday
High 70 Low 46
Sunny

Sunday
High 81
Partly cloudly”

“Temps have dropped but I didn't expect them to go into the 40's.

Sticks, sorry you won't be joining us. I was looking forward to seeing ya. Guess I'll see you at Mt. Rogers.

Meangreen, what are you talking about?”

“I think he was in a debate between trying to come to this one and the RRG last weekend.
I work tonight and then I'm done till after the trip!”

“There's an old movie called Ferris Bueler's Day Off, and there is a part in it where his friend is trying to decide if he should stay in bed and be sick or go pick up his buddy and play hookie from school all day and run around. He's sitting in his car, blowing the horn, and yelling and beating on the stearing whell, and then gets in and out about 3 times, it's a riot! That is exactly what I was doing last Saturday morning. Trying to decide to go to work, or call in sick and go hiking. Well, I sat there so long that I ended up being 1.5 hours late to work, then only worked 4 hours of my 12-hour shift and told them I had to go home and take care of a sick kid. Instead I headed straight to the gorge from work! LOL! Then I got lost on the way down, and had to lie to my ex, and all kinds of bad stuff. The things I do to hike with you guys... Good grief!”

“That's one of my all time fav movies! It came out when I was in High School and my last name is the same as the main character's first name (spelled diff though).

Made for some good jokes, yes.”

“Hey Cameron, I mean meangreen...

meangreen: He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty. This is uh... This is ridiculous, ok I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. What - I'LL GO. #&%!$.

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Ferris: I'm so disappointed in meangreen! Twenty bucks says he's in his car right now debating on whether or not to go out.

meangreen: [meangreen's in his car] He'll keep calling me. He'll keep calling me until I come over. He'll make me feel guilty. This is - Alright I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, alright I'll go. #&%!$!
[Turns the engine on then turns it off and hits the passenger seat]

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“LMFAO!! Chin, you have no idea dude!!! Just sub in Windigrrl for Ferris, and you've got it. Even me getting out of the car and slaming the door then jumping up and down in a tantrum! LOL!

So then I get to the gorge and Windi says "hey, that the 1968 Gossamer gear pack? Lets take her out for a litle trip... Come on It'll be ok. Your dad doesn't have to know. We'll hike home backwards, and all the wear and dirt will come right off it.

Too F'n funny! Thanks!”

“Danke shen for the info.

So does that mean you're coming this weekend or not Cameron? We're going to shake it up baby, twist and shout. Come on come on baby, we'll work it all out.”

“If anyone needs more info or directions, email me and I'll give you my phone number.
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“Don't tempt me stomper. The kids are going back to their mom's on Saturday already. I don't need to start cooking up some hair brained scheme about grandma dying just to get down there and get shlt faced in the woods again, and hike with all my friends, and go someplace new, and AAAAAAAGGHHHHHH!!!!

She'll keep callin me. She'll keep callin me, and callin...


I'm broke Stomper. I'm sitting here broke. There's no way you're getting me out of the house this weekend. Do you know what my diastolic account ballance is? LOL!”

“I would send you money but I don't want you to get fired. How many times has your grandma died this year?”

“"Nnninnnne times."




Principal Rooney's gonna catch on pretty soon you know. LOL!

I can see Stomper now... bobbing in the waves, mojito in hand, calling me on the cell. "Get dressed and get your azz down here, and hike!" LOL!”

“I can see that to, in fact, I think Windigrrl has a picture of it. Maybe she'll post it here later, if that feature works.”

“You gotta come, Meanie. Abe Froman will be there.”

“QUIT IT!”

“I AM the sausage king of Chicago! LOL!”

“Well bring some bratwurst with you to the lake.”

“OK but you gotta save me a seat or I scream rat.”

“Table for three?”

““Well bring some bratwurst with you to the lake.”

Don't ever say that to Crash.....”

“I'd be setting myself up, wouldn't I?

Hey Chin! Cancel your patients and join us!”

“MeanGreen with the mental picture of hiking backwards with the 1968 Gossamer Gear pack to get the wear and dirt off.

I totally imagined that.

And then you kicking the heck out of it when it doesn't work and it flying off a cliff.”

“Oh and I forgot to mention that I am EXTREMELY impressed with the level of Bueller expertise in this group. I knew I liked you all.”

“"Hey Chin! Cancel your patients and join us!”

Oh, I'm sorry. I can't come to the trail right now. I'm afraid that in my weakened condition, I could take a nasty spill down the hill and subject myself to further work absences. You can reach my patients at their places of business. Thank you for asking. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!”

“Ok, maybe Chin should win for the most accurate quotes. Really ya'll, this is great!”

“you got e-mail”

“Chin - Oh, I'm sorry. I can't come to the trail right now. I'm afraid that in my weakened condition
What's the "weakened" condition?

Meangreen - you know you want to join us....come on you're going to let a little think like work stand in your way? lol.
Start using Aunts and uncles instead of Grandma's. There's an endless supply of them. All you have to do is cut out an obituary from the paper and you have a written excuse. When I worked HR we got them all the time. I was thinking about writing a book called Dead Aunts and broken down cars.”

“I am busting my ass at work. Will Friday ever get here?”

“Not soon enough!”

“Hell yeah!”

“Wow!!, All that stuff was hard to follow!!
Me and guitargal are still in and will be arriving sometime Friday PM.
So what is the closet town?? I will be using mapquest and need to get directions!!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“re: “Wow!!, All that stuff was hard to follow!!

I am proud to be one of the ones making a thread hard to follow for once, instead of being the one trying TO follow.

Pucker up, buttercup.”

“The nearest town is Grand Rivers, KY.”

“Chin: For god sake man, you & meangreen have been dominating the posts. You know you want to be in KY this weekend, now make it happen! You will be miserable if you don't go hiking. Bring Mugsy, I have not had a good humpin in quite a while. It will be fun. See you all Friday”

“Golfhiker - couldn't have said it any better!
It's kinda funny how this hiking thing gets into your blood and you find yourself looking for the next fix, I mean hike.”

“First: I think I need to concede to Chin on the Bueller-isms. You're a better Ferris than me dude, but I think I might be able to pull off a close second as Cameron. (I'd rather pull off Simone though...)


Second: SCREW YOU ALL!!! You have no clue what hiking has become to me. It's like heroin. (I see an entire thread coming here)


Third: I knew it. She'll keep e-mailing me. She'll keep e-mailing me until I go. And I'll have fun. And I won't want to come home. She'll keep e-mailing me...”

“There will be a lot of pork cooked this weekend. If you're Jewish, you may want to bring your own meat.”

“Again, be careful what you say in front of Crash.....”

“Why, is he Jewish? jk”

“So my original plan was to have everything packed up on Thursday night, get home from work Friday evening, load up the car and be on my merry little way.

But I'm terribly irresonsible and after a really cool/fun experience at work I spent a lot of time calling my friends and family, then a 1 hour walk with Kodie, and then dinking around on TT and online for an undetermined about of time has led me to now realize that it is bedtime and I'm not packed.

New plan: get plenty of rest tonight, DO NOT LOOK AT TT AFTER WORK, pack up my stuff, load up the car and head to LBL. Gonna be a little later than I thought before but I AM still coming.[i]”

“I will put up a lightstick at the trailhead and at the place where the trail takes a turn to the right to help those who are coming after dark find the trail. From there, just follow the noise and campfire.”

“Woo Hoo! The day finally arrived!”

“I'm leaving work at 3. Gassing up the car, loading it, then waiting on the Chiliman and hopefully hitting the road by 5. YAY!!!
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“We're getting ready to leave now. We should be all set up by mid afternoon. See ya there!”

“Bring me two pina coladas.
One for each hand.
Set sail with Captain Morgan
and never leave dry land
Troubles I forgot 'em
I buried 'em in the sand.
Bring me two pina coladas,
I'm going hiking again!! :)”

“I have bubbed the ladies on this trip the Ferrettes. My unablers. You have earned the title.”