We need a goodby trip

“Does anyone have a suggestion? Naked Ape is leaving us folks. Hes moveing to California, so I think us East Coast people need to get together here shortly. Like in June.... at least for one weekend so we can give him a great send off.Im really going to miss my hiking and phone buddy so help me put together an idea.”

“will he actually show up?”

“I'm still waiting for the Betty trip down the Nanty.”

“".......i dont know why you say goodbye
I say hello..." the beatles

i never have said hello to naked ape yet...
but...what pamster said......”

“We were planning to go BPing in July but I don't think he's gonna be able to do the weekend we had planned.”

“We will never know if I can hike faster then him.


DAMN!!!”

“We aren't loosing him! he is opening the door for use to the west coast. Now when we want to go hike on the PCT we have a local out there who knows and met many of us. course he'll have to lose that suthern tung”

“The Ape will never loose the southern accent. He'll prolly have the Westerners talkin like him. LOL.


Ice Tea
I'm sure you could hike his pace but I don't think you'd have his stamina.”

“I think I would. Maybe I'm to cocky, but I feel confident that my years in Track, CX, and Ice hockey have me pritty physicaly fit.”

“I'd put the odds on NA. That guy is a hikin' locomotive.”

“The only reason Ape has to stop is to wait on the straglers.”

“I dunno about Naked Ape. I've never met the dude. We do need to get a trip goin though.

How bout Cold Mountain in July? Any other NC (and Eastern/Southern) tter's up for that?”

“Where's Cold Mountain?”

“gonna do Cold Mountain/Shining Rocks....full moon in October........
dude...it is in Pisgah NF....near waynesville,nc”

“Thanks OM. That sounds too good to be true almost!”

“What part of California?”

“July my be kinda booked for me. How about late June or early August?”

“I think if were makeing a goodby trip he would make every effort to be there. I will have to ask him about a good date but i think it would have to be in June. I was thinking about maybe just one night in the Smokies only because of the fact that I know he is terrible busy right now. and Ice Tea..... Love ya kid but no way.... Naked would walk circles around ya, youd just have to meet him hes one heck of a hiker.Hes in Texas right now so well have to wait till next week for sure.”

“MOM
You are 100% correct about Nekkid Ape!
A Smokies trip sounds like it would be the thing to do. Good call MOM!”

“LOL y'all! Thanx for the heads up on this thread walkindude! Back from Texas now and have myself in a wee bit of a debacle. As for some questions above, I'm moving off to your neck of the woods ThinAir, San Fran, Travis Air Force Base to be exact. MOM, thanx a bunch for thankin of me. Your Radness, oh yeah man I'd be on a trip made in
my humble honor, you bet. Right on sirpete! Awww, your too sweet steve-O! Ice Tea, I dunno whut ta tell ya lil brutha, hope my moving off ain't too heartbreaking for ya.

Now as for my present debacle, I dunno whut to say really. I certainly can attest that sittin in jail for 12 hours ain't what I'd call fun. Long story shortened up a bit: Man cusses and scares my wife, I ruff'em up a little bit, he takes out a warrant. Oh yeah, smarty pants happens to also be a doc. grrrrrrrr, fun fun

So I await over the next week to see if the big baby is also gonna try Civil Court as well. I'm unfortunately gonna hafta wait another week at least to see about a Smokie's trip, that'd shore be nice! End of July is out, that's my prelim hearing, dayum the sheyit we tread thru sometimes!”

“YOU WILD MAN!!
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!”

“Im soooooooo Proud of him. Its a good man who will stick up for his wife!!!!! ok lets get together even if its just a one nighter in the smokies . its close by and plenty of room iiifff'n your not afraid of the bears 18 is a great campsite with lots of water and plenty of campsites and its only a 2 mile hike. I know this isnt Naked Ape style only going 2 miles but that might bring in a few people that dont hike all the time and would still be a blast.”

“does your ass still hurt?

just kidding, man! LOL!!!!”

“hehehe rad, dayum yeah it does, them steel benches ain't made for sittin 8 hours straight

the latter 4 I wuz cozied up to a snorin' drunk in cell 206

Sounds good to me MOM, le's git one planned. Campsite 18 is great 4 me, worst case scenario is that I have my little gals and head back to the house that night. But y'all'd really like my lil tikes!”

“When is dis hike gonna take place?”

“Jason... Jason.... Jason.... What we gonna do with you boy?

BTW... I am STILL holding your dog hostage!”