Trail Days 2008 Take II: Grillin' and Ea tin & Stuf

“Gojo too and a lot of other cool people.

Boys and girls, Southerners party like French Canadians (party + bonfire + sleep deprivation) except that no-one fell in the fire (I've only done that once, eh?) and the occasional communal yell (gotta get them doing that up here).

Yes indeedy.

I ended up driving straight when I got to the I77 exit. Two birds with one stone was a little too ambitious and I was worried about driving while so tired.

I needed to drive at least six hours so that I'd only need to drive 11 the next day. After six hours without being too worried about falling asleep I just sat behind a tractor trailor and took it easy for another two hours and took a room in Flacksburg.

After a shower and a couple of beers I felt hungry - always a good sign - looked at my hands and went for dinner. It was a mom and pop restaurant serving comfort food. I had a Yuengling and a glass of wine with my pot roast.

BTW, I don't try to eat soup or cole slaw in a restaurant. I worry about getting shaky, which makes me shaky, which gets worse when I try to steady my hands and the next thing you know, people are wearing soup or cole slaw.

I was on the road at 7:30 yesterday and got home safe and sound with a 40 oz. Jim Beam that I scored for 13$ at the duty free.

You know? People talk funny up here.

I hope Sarabelle's okay.

Doug”

“That's what I call a Forty!

Was there any belly dancing?”

“Nope, thank goodness. Just laughing, drinking and I forgot to mention the music. Good times.”

“Hey Gremlin! Did gojo try his famous "boil water in someone's platy" at the bonfire again? ;-)”

“Dub!!! Where are the pics????”

“Did gojo try his famous "boil water in someone's platy" at the bonfire again? ;-)”
~StoveStomper

Nope. I punked-out and went to bed early both nights.”

“I'll get 'em posted as soon as I can. Can't work on them at work and then right after work I head to my second job hangin' drywall in a basement...maybe I'll take Thursday/Friday evening off to download and adjust them.”

“ I punked-out and went to bed early both nights.”
gojo
3:00:31 PM
5/20/08

How in the world did you manage to sleep at Traildays?”

“Arggggggggg...Thursday or Friday??? What are we suppose to do until then??

ok, ok, beggars can't be chosers. And besides you make good camp chowder, so I will shut up now.”

“How in the world did you manage to sleep at Traildays?”

I am a sleeping machine these days.


Oh man! The chowder! The Clams! The Oysters! The little weeny dish! The dirt that got on my donut that I ate anyway! Ummmmmmmmmm!!!”

“Speakin' of weenies...didn't someone get their weenis grabbed by a female TTer?”

“I dunno. Did you get a picture?”

“Maybe it was HyWay in drag?????”

“yes some fire b!tch got his weenis grabbed by a lustful TT maneater.”

“I'm writing a trip report but its pretty lame. I just can't remember any details. There were some very good lines I could totally misrepresent for a hearty chuckle if I could just remember what they were. maybe the fumes from all that trash really did do some brain damage”

“hey Creek Dancer what are you going to be cooking next in the dutch oven? I'm cooking a
dead chicken this weekend...
later jb”

“Why a dead one?”

“taste better and a dead one wont scream. in the fire. have you ever tried to put a live chicken in a dutch oven.....”

“Ever chop a live chicken's head off?
They flop around a lot even without a head.
I watched my Grandma do it several times.”

“So how do you season your dead chicken? I think I will to cook one in my Dutch oven this weekend. My kids are home from school and they can be the guinea pigs.

The country store I told you about didn't have one of those hooks, but I found one on the Lodge website.”

“very cool , I use a bbq rub for chicken and I'm going to add veggies about 1/2 hour before the chicken is done ... and 1 can of beer....”

“Ah, I think I've got some lime Bud Lite around here that will work, if I can pry it from my daughter's hand. It's her new fav.”

“Light beer makes me pee on the ceiling.

Dry, I blow dust.

And I don't even want to talk about ice.”

“and spam makes you go "eh eh eH eH EH EHH EHHHH" all night long”

“Hey watch yo mouth!”

“Had a great time ya'll! Thanks for making me feel like family. Maybe a few zero days off of my PCT hike next year to join the crew again. I am back home in Seattle now and back to saving lives.”

“welcome to TrailTalk. What was that you were drawing on government mule?”

“I think she was just saying hello!”

“so just a drive by posting?”

“Somethin like that! One of those hello's that has to be washed off!LOL”

“MegaBooBoo! Good to see you on here! Sorry y'all that I haven't posted earlier about the TD 2008 aftermath! I had a great time and it was so good seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones! We are fixing to get hit with the TD wave here at Blackburn, I hear. Just got the front edge of it last night from thru-hikin' folks that took time off the trail... Wooohooo! Don't get internet up on that mountain so I can't partake in these lively virtual conversations...”