Linville Gorge 10th Annual

“Sure, Onecamper.

Just remember to bring some road kill for JB to cook.

Don't forget the adult beverages for everyone! j/k. Just bring enough for me. lol”

“Onecamper, no beans for windigrrl tho.”

“Bring it on Onecamper!!! We'll have a blast!!!”

“Their catching some nice striper here..

I'll prolly drive my wife's civic and have room if anyone needs a ride from VB area or thereabouts, let me know.

No beans, got it.”

“Onecamper, no beans for windigrrl tho.”
naked ape
Oh, come on, where's the fun in that???”

“Is this trip still on? We are getting another foot of snow tonight and I hear Boone is getting it as well.”

“Unless canceled, I'm there.”

“Yeah come on down you old fart...we'll figure somethin out!!!”

“I may be old but I do not Fart. Now Marko on the other hand!”

“Ha!!

You just blame it on the dog.”

“Lmao MarkO I have done that with my wife for a couple years then when the dog passed away we were driving and well it happened again and I blamed it on the dog and whamoooo did she let me have it.”

“Fridge.. one of your dogs died???”

“Several years ago Spam. I always blemed those silent ones on my doggy but now I've been had.”

“Okay...I thought maybe you had lost Trail or Mindy!”

“ok people i have found a few road kills that was frozen so i dont know what it is but its already has salt on them and they will be in the croc pot for a good 8 hours..along with some veggies..so you all bring your bowls,cups or what ever you eat out of while camping..i also should have road kill jerky by the time i leave for linville on friday morning so lets have some fun and good food and good friends. oh its 9.45pm and just started snowing again...
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“any one have a 10 x 10 or bigger shelter they can bring with side walls or tarps?”

“oh, this is going to be a gooood trip...”

“I have a 9X16 dome tent with 3 rooms and a couple of cots that I was thinking of bringing, if that would work. I was going to use my propane catalytic heater for heat.”

“well i have a canopy with walls and have a lg
karo heater for every one to get out the cold.
and to cook in.and keep beer from freezing”

“beer freezes?”

“I blamed it on the dog and whamoooo did she let me have it.

Did she retaliate in kind?”

“I have a 22000BTU I can bring if your canopy is big enough for two.”

“beer freezes?”

actually, i dont think it does, or has a much lower freezing point than water, and i believe that is the reason that early settlers drank so much of it”

“haha...
here's a terrible answer i got from wiki
The freezing point (°C) of beer = (-0.42 × A) + (0.04 × E) + 0.2, where A is the percent of alcohol content by weight, and E is the original gravity of the wort (°Plato). Therefore, each 1% increase in alcohol content lowers the freezing point by 0.42° C and each increase in gravity of 1° Plato raises it by 0.04°C. Thus, no beer will freeze at -1°C, and products at higher alcohol concentrations (including high-gravity brews prior to dilution) will withstand even lower temperatures.”

“I think that's a great answer, 21. :)”

“By the way, folks, you may remember me as 21's good buddy HiredGeek from last year. Looking forward to seeing those of you who were on last year's trip again and meeting those of you who weren't! :)”

“I have seen some pretty messed up freezers from frozen beer.”

“I sometimes keep beer on the back porch in winter and I discovered that 7% IPA froze at 13 F.”

“Shine don't freeze tho. Got a wee jar outside and thus far, it's good down to 8 F.”

“i think the jar last year (wherever it went :) ) was good to well below 0*
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“hey just lookin' at the list of folks comin'

who's troll hunter? knuckles? and turtle head?
are they still comin'?”

“ape, dont confuse your wee jar with you shine jar”

“ok people i went to the gorge around 4 pm today temp was 4deg. as for the roads they plowed them with a motor grader.very easy drive. you can see the rocks on the road in some places. as for the camp site who ever gets there 1st needs to dig the snow from the plow to get into the camp site, as for fridges site you need to cut a few small tree branches. front wheel drive cars,suvs should be able to get there .. the camp site is 2 miles down the road on the right.thats 2 miles from when you turn onto the dirt road. see you all at camp site. later jb”

“temps look warmer than I expected. It will change again before then. Sposed to have some freezing rain on Saturday.”

“right on JB. Good job.”

“stomper i will be driving down to linville on wed. after noon and give more up dates”

“Thanks JB! I'm so looking forward to this trip! Work has been crazy, I need to get away.”

“go to this link for weather at linville. http://averyweather.com/”

“Thanks JB!!!!!”

“Cool! JB sounds like the drive is going to be a cakewalk. Good heads up to bring a good shovel.”

“What time does everyone expect to arrive?

I plan on leaving Shelby around 9 or 10am and gettin' up to Linville around 10 or 11am...

folks that are gonna be there around lunch time, wanna grab Louises?”

“At this point, I'm planning on leaving Indiana around 6am. It's a 8+hr drive, plus stopping for food. I hope to be there around 3pm.

Crash-how does that work for you?”

“Coming from Knoxville, Mapquest shows I-40 to I-81 to I-26. From Johnson City to Elizabethton 321 to 19E to 194 to 221. Seems like it would be better to go on down 26 and cut over on 19 through Burnsville.

Considering the possibly snowy conditions, which route is better?”

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these directions dont seem bad... input?
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“Doesn't those directions cover the part of I-40 that's closed?”

“Nope, 40 goes south, then the line is broken off for the section that's closed.”

“Thanks!”

“All roads are clear of snow.”

“Including coming through Damascus?”

“I still plan on coming, but must get over a head cold that I have had for 4 days first. I may have to stop at the likker store for some of grandma's rheumatism meds to knock this out.”