Linville Gorge 10th Annual

“very cool chili.im in linville falls.you are welcome to swing by for a hike.I have a 6 person pass for grandfather too.im leaving for dennis cove at 11am christmas day”

“Thanks”

“I MAY try and come up on Saturday...depends on the weather & a couple of other factors. We shall see........... ;-)”

“I will get yahoo IM.wherever I have coverage.”

“Actually we won't be there Saturday. We will be there tomorrow night thru Friday night.”

“looks like rain and winds thurs night fri.my cell 3304653741.holler im hikin thursday at the falls”

“I'm dreaming about heading deep south in January (too cold up here in PA!), and this trip seems like a nice stop for a few days along the way.”

“M.Silver.hope you can stop in as well.”

“Moonshine, I was going to send you an email but don't see an addy.

Weather will be dicey tomorrow it appears but we will probably get out for a stroll even if it is in Linville”

“Well the power is out here this morning. Nice overnight ice storm and it doesn't look like it is going to let up.”

“19 days until. 17 people going so far. although fridge isn't even signed up yet...”

“We just got back from Linville and they had plenty of snow and ice while we were there.”

“no power here still.”

“did you get your power back yet.. its like 18 out side this morning”

“no power yet JB.cleaned out fridge and shut everything off I could and boys and i are going to conway NH .mtn electric says could be a few more days.20 here now and windy as heck.nobody has been in the gorge its nothing like I've ever seen.solid ice everyplace”

“One of my coworkers was there yesterday and he said there are trees down eveywhere!”

“It was a real drill. Fortunately, we were without power for only a few hours Christmas day.

It was an interesting trip to say the least. We didn't even think about taking a day hike.”

“Looking at long range forecast calls for some very cold weather from New Years until the following weekend. Lets hope for a warm up after that.”

“Sorry, but I am out for this trip.

I think I have some facebook messages from some of you guys. I can't get on facebook at work, and I don't have internet at home yet. So I apologize for not responding.”

“yota,
it shows new years day a low of 15, I'll tell you one thing, I would have done anything for 15 last year! that's almost 25 degrees warmer than saturday morning last year!
it'll be interesting to see what we get...”

“Yeah 15 would have been nice last year, but i am hoping for no lower than the 20's for a low temp this year. Lets hope.”

“dont forget to bring your tent and every thing that goes with it yota”

“i got a new tent for this year. the REI Cirque 2 ASL... lookin' forward to using it. and hopefully being warm!”

“You WUSSS!!! Skeered of yo hammock???”

“I've got a heater and bringing my car camping tent. I will also be bringing a newbie to such camping.

I hope there are not too many blowdowns to affect taking a hike or even getting back the road for that matter. Should I bring my chainsaw? heheheheh”

“Creekdancer you will be missed! No excuses next year!”

“spam, i most certainly am not sleeping in that hammock below 0 degrees again!”

““spam, i most certainly am not sleeping in that hammock below 0 degrees again!”
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aahhhaaahahahahahaha!!!! I think he left it hanging....”

“Speaking of where...Just where are we meeting up?”

“�dont forget to bring your tent and every thing that goes with it yota�

LOL, don't worry, wife will not let me forget the poles this time.”

“he ended up in my tent last yr”

“Same Spot!!!”

“was the spot in jb's tent wet?”

“hyway you have ask lone wolf .”

“went to linville today to see how bad of shape the roads are in. well if you have a 2 wheel drive as of today ,you will not get far with out tire chains.. lots of tree limbs down every place. i made to the camp site in subaru outback . i did slip & slide some . i will post photos on my face book page.
the road could be in much better shape in 2 weeks.
i plan on going there next week.
later jb”

“Keep us updated jb”

“Is there still lots of snow there?”

“stomper go look at my face book pics of linville drive on 12/30/9”

“I am getting interested in this trip and may join. My only problem will be that my four wheel drive is not working. The other problem is that I don't know for sure where to go. I have been to Roan and the Roaring Fork Creek road into Overmoantain Barn. I can get to Linville Falls on Hwy 194/221 but don't have the faintest idea of where to go from there. Fridge you mentioned it is off K. Rd., but where is that? Please be more specific, directions, gps coor. a map or something to guide this lost Tennessee boy where ya'll are talking about. All I have is the Delorme NC atlas to go by.”

“That should be Kistler Rd. I went back to edit it but was too late. I hope the weather will cooperate with us. BTW I have a 3 room dome tent with cots and a propane tank with a catalytic heater that I will use for this trip if that will work. I am on Facebook, Kerry Sumners for those that don't know it. Everyone still calls me karo.”

“My four wheel drive still works but more directions would be helpful. :)
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“Spam, what's up ole boy?!!!! Lawng time, too lawng.

Some of you were discussing the I-40 closing situation. I can guarantee you all that I-40 at mile-marker 3 on the NC side will be closed. NC DOT says that more'n likely it's gonna be closed both ways thru sometime in March. I give'em a little call just to be sure.”

“Here ya go stomper

http://books.google.com/books?id=XXXTEkQhLEEC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=rt+1238+nc&source=bl&ots=So6upgYszA&sig=MehBr8NH8Y2NmLY0PhkZ_bQ8NU4&hl=en&ei=73Y_S76_JcSvlAfy442YBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/linville.pdf
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“Sticks, what're you farkin up my screen like'at for?”

“Hey the lady asked for information and I gave it to her.”

“Thanks for the info!”

“Thanks for those links, sticks, but that still don't tell me where in Linville the campsite ya'll are going to really is. I have an honest question.....
Where is this campsite and how would a person who is going there for the first time get there???????”

“you southern boys just don't get it do ya.
Map quest it or Google map it dude.”

“i know exactly where the road is, but it's a long road and it could be anywhere

based on my last conversation with fridge, maybe somewhere near conley cove trail?”

“bust an e mail to Spam and get your fix lads.”