Mother's Day Weekend at the Gorge VI 200 9

“Might as well get this trip up now. We will have a six-month old by then, but we're still planning to do this.

Check trips page for info.”

“Sass and the kid should be there, I wont make it. I'll be away on business...”

“Count me in!”

“You guys know I'm in.”

“k. who wanted to borrow my Anne LaBastille book?”

“I think that might have been me.”

“I wouldn't miss it!”

“What was it about? we talked about a lot of books.”

“send me your address & i will mail it out. do you want woodswoman and beyond blackbear lake or just one of them?

btw, did you know that there is a third & fourth in the series?


edit: or i can just bring it to the august beach trip since we're all gonna be there
last edited: 7/11/08 11:10:53 AM”

“Just bring them in August. That would be great!”

“I keep trying to make this event and this time I'm gonna try even harder! My mother has moved to north central Tennessee recently so maybe I can visit her on my way home from RRG. BusyBee is 11yrs old now and I know she'll have a good time.

WooHoo!”

“Stew, My oldest daughter will be 11 by then and could use some company. Come on up. It's always a great time.”

“I am going to try to talk my "Ohio" kids into meeting me for this...my daughter said she would like to take the 11 yr old camping....this would be a wonderful opportunity...and sooo many folks I want to meet!!!..(with me will be ( I HOPE!!) My daughter, her hubby & the 11 yr old granddaughter)....
...my summer break begins May 2nd...so I plan to be on my way to Ohio anyways....( from KY I am heading to Damascus...and then to Ohio...”

“How far is the hike from the car to the campsite? I can't tell from the writeup if it's a more primitive car camp or if it's a backcountry group site.”

“at last year's camp it was about 30 seconds.
well, maybe it's closer to a minute if you try to avoid the puddles of frogs.
last edited: 12/18/08 12:33:09 PM”

“Close enough to make a couple of trips to get all the gear to the campsite. lol.”

“Fudge...I have a wedding that weekend....my friend Pat's son is getting married...”

“Just dawned on me that I can't make this this year. The girls are gonna be bummed. I just don't have the vacation time to take a Sunday off, and pulling them out of school when they have had perfect attendance all year seems hard too. Maybe I can make Sass' trip to Nordhouse instead. I'll catch y'all on the flip flop. Have fun! Peace.”

“I don't think Ab and I will be able to either. I'm still hoping something changes though. This is where we've spent the last five out of eight Mom's day weekends.”

“I'd remeve myself from this trip but my Captain Jack log-in doesn't work, and there is no one around here to fix it either.”

“I have been looking forward to this trip so much, but it dawned on me today that we may not be able to make it to this trip after all. I am supposed to report a trial 5/4 through 5/22. It's a big one, the biggest of my career for sure. If the trial doesn't get continued, then I have to stick around for it. I will be on a 2-hour per night sleep schedule for the entirety and working around the clock on the weekends.

Having said that though, the trial has continued twice already over the last year. Maybe it will happen again. If we don't get to go to RRG, I sure do hope the rest of you who are still able will enjoy yourselves that weekend, either on this trip or somewhere else.”

“Oh, no, Ruby...that would be awful! But...it will probably settle or continue...or I'll come help you :)!

I hope it continues and does not settle so you get the business!”

“That's it! I'm not goin'! A RRG Mother's Day Hike without Ruby is like a RRG Mother's Day Hike without bourbon! LOL!

I'm off all week before so my wife and I are going to do a few days of car camping somewhere down south and then hit the RRG trip on the way back home.”

“That's it! I'm not goin'! A RRG Mother's Day Hike without Ruby is like a RRG Mother's Day Hike without bourbon! LOL!

Yeah what he said!”

“Aw shucks. Bourbon and me, we make quite a couple.”

“Y'all will be havin fun with out me for sure. The girls are bummed, but hopefully I can make it up to them w. a trip to Nordhouse Dunes over summer break w. Sass and the rest. Maybe...”

“Has anyone thought about changing the date to sometime in June so the rest of us can go???”

“Since Joe might be a little busy moving that weekend, sometime in June sounds like a marvelous idea to him! :)”

“Plan another...my granddaughter would love to go camping & I'll be in Ohio....how nice!!!”

“Father's Day is in June”

“Sounds like a great idea, guys! I am certainly open to it. There's no reason why there can't be a second trip planned rather than eliminating this one. I think I won't delete this one in case there are people who might still utilize this thread to plan a RRG Mother's Day weekend trip.”

“Divinity, next time you're in Mt. Vernon give me a call, I'm up at my camper every weekend, it's in Mohican State Park, lots of hiking, canoe capital of Ohio, kayaking, etc.”

“I posted another trip for the weekend of June 13/14th....”

“How do I figure out where to meet all of you guys?”

“Who is still going on this trip? Are you going on this trip, flowersinmay, or the one in June?”

“The wife and I are getting down there Thursday and leaving Saturday afternoon. We doing the campground deal again?”

“i can't tell y'all how bummed I am about missing this one. Have fun, and post lots of pics please.”

“So who actually is going. Ya'll are still down as yes's. This sucks.”

“Heya Nigal we're still going...we'll be down there Fri afternoon sometime...

As far as where...the campground sounds good to me”

“The same sites we used last year? Glad you're still in. I hope it's been raining down there this week.”

“We're still in. And, yes, it has been raining, all week! Depending on which of my kids come (if any, and that depends on what other kids are coming) will determine when I will be there. At the latest it will be around 4:00.

Who is bringing kids, and what are their ages? I have a daugther, 16, who is almost 100% coming, and a daughter 9 who would like to come if there will be other kids her age!!”

“Also, we need to figure out the head count and that will determine where we camp??

Post up everybody!!”

“Nigal
Wife
HoneyDog”

“Upluver
No kids...
I can act like a kid if that will help! :)”

“Funny thing Nigal, "Captain Jack" seems to have been banned but I can't get any help from a moderator, so I can't get me off the trip!”

“Well then ya have to come anyhow Meany. Otherwise you will be called a dirty bailer.”

“I'll be called a dirty bailer and a whole lot more since I won't be at the campfire to defend myself!!!”

“Heh, no worries MG, we'll call ya so you can defend yourself! :)

Heya Nigal, what do you guys think about staying at Koomer Ridge...back in the walkin sites?
last edited: 5/05/09 3:05:11 AM”

“That's where we stayed the one time, correct? That'd be great.

Don't worry Captain Meany. Family first, hiking second and then somewhere way down the list is the bums from TT. LOL!”

“the bums from TT (IE UP and Nigal! lol)

And yea we stayed at Koomer Ridge two years ago...”