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“the kids I work with always say I'm da man but I think yotaman is the man.

Yotaman.... my past experiemces there it took me 10 to 15 minutes taking my time. with the weather , I honestly could not give you a guess.”

““I would rather plan on gloom and doom and have the weather turn out delightful, than plan on delightful and have to fight off wildbillwhen he trys to get warm by combining body heat.”

Dude! That will never happen,.......you snore too loud.”

“NOT hyway”

“ok who's ready and packed”

“I just finished stuffing my pack. Without food and water, it comes in at 20lbs 7oz.”

“dang”

“Just got back from Wallyworld where I got my provisions so I rekkon I'll be a packin shortly!”

“Yeah, Spam,
Jim is bailing too. He says this is waaay beeeloooow his comfort zone. I'll take my name off of the attendees list.”

“I have about a five hour drive. I will probably be the last one there as I probably cant leave town till 3 o'clock.”

“We'll leave the light on for ya Mocs!

Popeye we'll catch ya on another trip I hope and tell Jim the same.

Yota my empty pack weighs 7 pounds and by the way I promise you won't miss us on the dirt road.We'll probably be the onliest folks ya see.”

“Packing right now. BTW I picked up 1 bushel of Lockwood Folly oysters. They are kinda small but they should be good. I also grabbed 3 lbs of shrimp, it's not a lot but should be enough for everyone to eat a few.”

“I'm gonna miss you guys.

We had a few inches of snow here in Balt/Wash area and a touch of rain and it's gonna freeze.

On a good night it's still 400 miles to Fridge's house.
I just talked to him and told him that I was bailing out.

Shine on, with all that shine and great food!

The moon is getting full............should be nice Saturday night.........nice and cold.”

“Marko you Dawg!I'll have a sip or two in your honor!I'll go ahead after we get back and post next years trip so you can plan on coming.

Bill I've never tried it but I think a couple shrimp in some chili might be GOOOD!

Yota thats a long way to drive with all that pie I hope you don't get the munchies along the way!
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“well I'm packed need to go get some coleman fuel for my stove.. and Ill be ready..”

“spam, I ain't eating nutting you shove up chili .....”

“Well the strawberry shortcake might be in danger but the pecan pie is for all of you, I don't like it.

Spam, not worried about missing yall, just trying to decide if I should bring the 2wd pickup or my 4Runner which gets much worse mpg's.”

“whats all this concern about a lightweight pack? We are only going 1 1/4 mile. I am fat, old and out of shape and I think I can make it down the hill in a couple hours. Might take me most of teh day to get back up”

“hyway I'll be there with you man....”

“i hear ya hyway... with all my cold gear (i mean COLD gear) sleeping bag, tent, pad, stove, cookware, food, water, i'm in at right around 40 lbs... not too shabby for a cold weekend...”

“well goodnight folks... i might post a time or two tomorrow, but i'll prolly just see y'all tomorrow sometime... adios...”

“I will be lucky to be below 50 lbs.”

“5:15 am.....and out the door. See everyone there.”

“I guess many of you participants in this hike have already departed to get there. Have fun.

Another snow is developing for Friday night and Saturday there to go with the fresh but frozen-slushy several inches from yesterday and by Saturday night very cold, windy conditions are expected.”

“main roads are good.really nice warm breeze right now.kistler hwy is frozen rutted snow.with some graval peaking through here and there.4x4 or maybe 2wd with chains.my old jeep had no problems.be careful”

“We'll see youins in a little while!”

“no chains here, just front 2 wheel drive van. might need to catch a ride”

“I think a 2wd will make it easy to the first trailhead just past the rangers cabin.about 2mi back.its the big hill right before babel tower that's a tough one I will look for a van.but if its a rockin I won't be a knockin.”

“If its rocking, shoot wildbill, please.”

“LOL you guys are a hoot! Iffin ya can't make it in sombody will come and get ya!”

“Looks like Chili and I are going to bail. We are going to try to catch some snow in Cades Cove and do some sledding. Ya'll have fun and we will catch ya next time!!”

“question, iof coming from the east is it better to come up 181 thru jonas ridge or keep traveling on 40 to marion and come up 221?”

“I would get off exit 100 on 40.make a right and take that (jamestown rd)to 181 to 183.”

“thats what I was looking at, but I remember one time I went thru Jonas ridge I just missed having the road closed in front of me due to snow.”

“Well fellas.
Thursday morning was the first time my daughter has seen snow and it's supposed to snow in Charlotte again on Saturday too so I think I'd rather play in the snow with my daughter.

Catch you next go 'round.”

“I've been waiting 3 years for enough snow to sled in Cades Cove.

I better take the opportunity when it gets here......IF it does.

And, I don't really want to have to come back across the mountains Sunday if it snowed.”

“well, i just got off of work (builder didn't have all the proper material for the job so i got out early!) so i'm headin' out now,,, see y'all in about 2 1/2 hours!”

“Mine must be around 65 or 70 lbs got to stay warm”

“this was a great trip.Thanks SPAM
now i have to unpack and geta shower. I think spam is going to be doing the trip report on this trip. Fridge thanks for then use of your tent”

“Did that weenie use his heater?”

“Hey yankees....I have proof the Southern BOYZ can do it skinny dippin. These guys are Crazy......Wild and definetly Southern.
No details, waiting for others,
MarkO.. you missed it bro.....this was a cool trip. Met lots of new folks and had some very interesting southern drinks.”

“great trip y'all! trip report comin' soon!”

“Sticks- I suggest you take down the pictures of 21.”

“what pics...I didn't see those pics.....where are they noshootin?”

“yea i dont mind the pics but i hope the mods dont check that one out...”

“Hey 21/Full Moon, the next time you head out to Uwharrie give me a holler.”

“dang, flash your hiney and wildbill wants to hang with you ;)”

“But we all know why Hyway wants you to go to Traildays!”

“well actually bill, since i'm only 45 minutes away... how about you let ME know next time your there... it'll be easier for me to plan around you then vice versa...”