Cindy lu in the Canyon!

“Cindy Lu is in Arizona and loving it! Her most recent message to me is,

"On my way to my Canyon! Can't eat, breathe or sleep!!"

She has been so pumped about this trip and now she's there. I'll keep everyone posted as she keeps me posted. I can't wait to see the pictures! :o)”

“I bet she is having a blast, it`s all she has talked about for months.

Thanks Sunshine, please keep us posted!”

“I can't wait to see her pictures. She'll probably see some great slow-life while she's there too.”

“I'm so glad she's made it! Thanks for filling us in Sunshine!”

“Whaaaaa! I wanted to go! Sob Sob.”

“Yo bear!!!, I hear ya!!!

We were ICQ'in the night before she left, man was she so stoked. I asked her if she was sleeping with her boots on and she said she had thought about it. Hope she is having a great time!!”

“Why are you doing this "transfer of info" thing, Sunny?
Is this a hoax?
Have you done something to Cindy lu?!
Where's Cindy?!!

OH MY GAWD!
They've snuffed Cindy!!!
O8=

(still got her gear?...let's talk)”

“RFLMAO

I WISH I had her gear!

I imagine she's having the time of her life right now. I envy her right now! :o)”

“wow, that's great! She's been psyched for months...can't wait to hear all about it and see pics. Keep us posted, Sunny! :o)”

“Thank Sunny! Your doing a great job.”

“Cindy Lu came out of the canyon today! She said it was terrific beyond words. Now we just hang and wait for the trip report.”

“Thanks for the up date Sunshine!”

“Did she make it back safely? Did all of her gear make it back safely?”

“It is a Grand place to hike.
Thanks Sunny.”

“Ice Tea,

I was suppose to tell you that everything made it AZ okay. I'm not sure about the trip into the canyon. She didn't give me any details. She is limited to small amount of characters when she e-mails me via her cell phone. Hopefully we get a full report soon. :o)”

“We need to get her a computer”

“mmmmm I feel so bad. Cindy Lu was going to stop and say hello at Cameron and I told her we would be in Boston. We canceled that trip. Dang!!!”

“MaryPhl........ you tell Cindy Lu you're gone. And when I drove by (and had my hunch, but didn't stop) you were probably there too! Dang we all keep missing you.

And say, I hear you get a thumbs-up from bpbaby as a hiker!! :-)”

“I are home!! and so is my gear, Ice Tea!
I'm downloading a ton of pictures from my digital right now. I'll try to post some of them Tuesday.
it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!”

“Looking foward to it Cindy. Glad to hear ya had a good time!”

“welcome back to the Deep Freeze, Cindy Lu!!

Can't wait to hear more and see pics!!”

“Welcome back Cindy Lu!

Where`s the trip repot?”

“Welcome home Cindy Lu! I hope you had a wunnerful time!

We want a full report and pics, ASAP!”

“gee, I got home at 3:30 this morning. I slept three hours and worked 7. Now I'm at school and I have a test in an hour. Think you folks can wait a few hours?? LOL”

“I promise, lotsa pictures and a full trip report over the weekend!!”

“I don't know if I'll still be a live by the end of the week.”

“You see any good slow life Cindy? CAn't wait to see your pictures. Welcome home.”

“Hey Cin! WELCOME BACK !!!!”

“Okay, There's a few of my pictures here. I'll add more here this weekend.”

“Hey Cindy those pics are something else!

Does that thing ever fill up with water?”

“Great pictures there Cindy Lu!

But, I`ve already told you that, haven`t I?LOL

OUCH!!!!!”

“Welcome back, girl! Sounds/looks like you had a great time!!
So all that training paid off, right?
...or did the canyon kick yer arse?
;o)”

“Brings back LOTS of memories. Can't wait to hear the report and see more pics.
Thanks Cindy.”

“Nice pictures. I've only had the oppurtunity to view the canyon from the South rim once.”

“Damn, girl! And you did it solo. You da woman!

Amazing. Can't wait for the report. Thanks for sharing!”

“Great pictures, Cindy lu. When I was a kid I walked about halfway down the Bright Angel trail to Indian something-or-other spring and back. Don't remember it quite like your photo with the deer. That was taken near the bottom, wasn't it? In spite of the sceanery, do you know what I remember most vividly? The smell of puddles of mule piss at every switchback. Yuck.”

“And those puddles are still there. The boyfriend and I hiked out from Indian Gardens this morning. We had been down there for a couple of days doing a service project with the GCHBA group. They treated us nice and we worked hard. Go to
http://www.kaibab.org/spring2001/spring2001.htm
for some pictures.”

“OK, MaryPhyl........what shot(s) might you be in??? Do tell.....

Looks like hard workin' fun, whatever. Seems like the kinda stuff I did in Youth Conservation Corps many moons ago. Of course, NOT in the Grand Canyon!!! lol”

“Purple top, Day 1?? Or am I wayyyyyyyy wrong?!?!?!?”

“hahaahah... MaryPhyl, I was on a mission. lol (nope, not a stalker, just really curious about the mysterious MaryPhl) I FOUND you on a webpage..... (leastwise the description sure sounds right).

And I GUESSED right. Glad to finally meetcha, MaryPhyl!!”

“OK,Lizs....... working from left to right I am in the center in picture #1 and on the ladder in the 7th. The boyfriend and I are in #13 and just me in #15. In the day 2 section I am in #3 on the roof and #8 and #9 with the boyfriend. In the next to the last photo the boyfriend and I are in the center and we are kneeling on the left in the last photo. Has it been a secret what I look like??? LOL I guess you know now. I'm getting grey and the boyfriend is all white now. He is still sexy though.”

“okay, everyone. got some more picture on my photopoint site. See link above. Not organized yet, but they are there. Working on a report!”

“Tell her good nite for me Mr Foot. Thanks man.”

“Cindy
Did you walk out to Plateau Point?”

“She just went to bed Dude!”

“More great pictures there Lu!

Do you want me to write that trip report for you?LOL”

“Yo Dude!
I was talking to her earlier and she had just told me she was calling it a night. I tried every trick in the book to get her to let me write her trip report for her, but she wouldn`t have any part of it. That`s selfish of her isn`t it?LOL She got to go, I ought to at least get to write and tell about it. You think?LOL”

“Do it anyway Big Foot. Throw in the Loc-Ness Monster and some Space Aliens too. LOL”

“MaryPhyl, great shots of Indian Gardens. It's on my list of places to reach one of these days. It's nice to know who is behind keeping the place in shape! I'll think of you and your group when I get there someday.

Cindylu, great canyon pics! Thanks for sharing and salivating for that trip report. When did you have to get your permits for this trek?”

“Cindy lu, the pic's look wonderful and it sure looked like the weather was nice too. Hope everything went somewhat to plan and that you didn't have to make lemonade. Glad to hear that you may it safely down and back and look forward to a report.”