Dragons Tooth-McAfee Knob-Tinker Cliff T rip Report

“NIce pics everybody :) Thanks for posting them.”

“I would love to do that trail again, but I have to quit rehiking trails I have already hiked. I don't get out much and I know there are so many cool places still waiting to be experienced.”

“where is Fridge?”

“I thought he didn't like it it here anymore....”

“he ain't over over there either”

“Mt Rogers, VA? :)”

“if so, then why isn't he posting. I hope all is well with him. (maybe I walked his forklift butt into the ground)”

“I hope everything is alright too hyway, if I don't see him in a couple more days, I'll shoot him an email.”

“I think he's in rehab.

Kidding.”

“Gear Aholics Anonymous”

“I don't post much but wanted you to know, Mike's daughter passed away due to a drunk driver in NY. He is totally washed out and I am heading to meet him tonight. Jenna sweetpea stew i have returned her e mail with more info. I have so many tears I need to go.
last edited: 4/25/08 5:36:11 PM”

“I am devastated. Fridge was my hero on this trip. He and his family will be in my prayers.”

“I am so terribly sorry to hear this. Just last weekend on the McAfee trip he spoke lovingly and proudly of both of his daughters. I cannot imagine any pain greater than losing a child. My thoughts and prayers are with Fridge, Calm Spirits and the rest of the family and friends.
last edited: 4/25/08 7:16:58 PM”

“I suspected something must be wrong if he wasn't posting, but I never thought it was something this horrible.

Frig and calm spirits, my thoughts and prayers are with both of you and the family.”

“Mike, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I am so sorry to hear about your loss. If there is ANYTHING at all that I can do please let me know.”

“I am so sorry. I really don't know what to say. You folks are in our thoughts and prayers.”

“I'm so sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you both and the rest of the family.”

“Refrigerator,
I want you to know that I am very sorry for your loss. All fooling around aside. I mean it.”

“Here are my pics:

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/563218116fYquby”

“Nice pics Creek Dancer. Thanks for sharing!”

“yes, very nice. and you got one of the crowd with teh feed bag on”

“Anyone got the group photo shot we took at the Homeplace?”

“wildbill has one at the end of his pics (the idiot is mildbill on here)”

“http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563231043GqjJLi?vhost=good-times

'fool
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“Thats the one, thanks mildbill”

“haha, I think Im burning the gray sweater. lol.”

“Creek Dancer - pics 5 and 46 are most likely mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda
pic 6 is service berry (aka shad bush aka ...), Amelanchier arborea
pic 45 is toothwort, Cardamine concatenata aka Dentaria laciniata (older more commonly known name)”

“Cool. Thanks HOI. I figured you would know. Hmmmmm...so it's toothwort? I looked in three guides, and wood anemone was the closest match I could find. Which guidebook(s) do you use?”

“sweetpea, if burning clothes helps then I need to burn my shirt, pants, underwear, shoes and socks.”

“ahem, Hyway, if you are implying that I look in real life the way I look in that gray sweater...I'm gonna pelt you with olives next time I see you....and I'm down in your state a lot.......

LOL.”

“Newcombs Wildflower Guide is one that I might carry with me but for general reference I use Radford, Ahles, and Bell's Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas - unfortunately nomenclature changes means that I usually have to verify the names against the USDA Plants database - http://plants.usda.gov/ the plants database is also often good to check distribution to see if the plant you think it is actually exists in the area where you saw it”

“Sweatpea, I don't think that he was implying that at all.

After all, that would mean that he would look in real life the way he does in his shirt, pants....underwear.....shoes..........and....

on second thought...... I better stop before I dig myself a deeper hole...


Hyway, i would be careful if I were you...

'fool”

“*growls at you all* .....we all know my arms aren't that big. anyone who says different gets to see what parasailing off McAfee's feels like. k? LOL.”

“So I guess right now I shouldn't be complementing you on your tricepts?

...didn't think so...

'fool”

“whose that guy?”

“LOL. Wanderingfool...you so funny......”

“Why that's Peter Tork of The Monkees! He has groovey hair, just like Hyway.”

“sweetpea, I'd have to see you naked to judge for sure, but I think the problem with that pic is that you are pressing your arms flat against your breast.

And I think some silly poster needs a good monkee whipping.”

“He was in the Monkeys..

I think CD went off-thread again..

'fool”

“Hyway doesn't have side burns like that...luckily.

Hyway's hair lends itself to that pirate hiker motif he was discussing on the trail. I really would like to see him hikeing in pataloons or whatever they're called.”

“They would replace kilts for the leave no tracers. No need to stop and go or to bag it and pack it out. Just walk and go and it accumulates in the swell of the legging.

and I do have sideburns, sad to say, just not that think
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“not that it should matter, but my arms were actually flattened out against Tater's arms, which were around my waist at the time....”

“oh Hyway, thats just nasty....and that comment smacks of something Forklift Elvis might say.”

“What? Sideburns are hot and manly!

Pirate hiker motif? I dunno...I am thinking disco shirt and bell bottoms.”

“sweatpea.. it doesn't matter!!!!! You were the one who wanted to burn the sweater..

Does this mean you are now going to get rid of tater, since his is the cause of your pythons? LOL

Next time he can put his arms around me.. I want to look THAT ripped....

'fool”

“how about the white John Travolta suit...

You should be dancing ha... you should be dancing hhhhhhhhhhhhhhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...

'dancingfool”

“No, I'm keeping Tater....the light colored sweater didn't help..but enough about my..uh pythons (sobs into my shirt sleeve)...we all know it aint so. LOL. Yeah Uh Taters not putting his arms round you 'Fool.

And sideburns like that aren't manly...they're scary. who knows what monkey boy could be hiding in all that hair! EWWWW.”

“ok, fine then. I guess we are back to looking at you naked to judge”