california dreamin'

“Wake Up California people!!
so.....over here in the east ....we start a countdown for upcoming treks..and get crazy talkin about it. Does a person from florida have to rattle the cage door first????

29 Days to LLama Rama!!!!!!!!!!
am i too early??? It is so freakin hot and humid here....all i can do is imagine the high sierra air.

the bed in my extra room is covered with gear...all getting organized...like Jack Nicholson when he was packing for the trip in As Good As It Gets.....hey....i don't often have to pack for flying.....i usually throw my stuff in the car and pack my pack at the trailhead!
i saw a new pair of vasque boots today..on sale.....lightweight, great flex already....sigh....i have to resist...right??? I bought a new cup and a replacement filter for water thingy....heh..and asked the clerk to hold the boots for two days.....i am sooooo bad. btw....willthere be a lot of creek jumping on this route?

ok...back to housework....ugh...s'ok
cuz tomorrow i will sail the yak in the gulf...scalloping season opens!!..”

“Don't forget the noodle salad!”

“Thanks for starting this thread OM. I've been counting down the days too. I hate wishing my life away but I sure wish I could jump over the next three weeks. But, the truth be known, I need the time. I haven't even begun to dry food or pack for the trip.

It's going to be fun hiking with all the new (and familiar faces). I sure wish we could convince Sarboy and Trailartist to change there minds about coming on this trip. SARboy if you're listening these days please reconsider. If I don't go up into the Miter Basin I was thinking about trying to climb Whitney from the back and then return back to Mel for more Llama Rama. It would be a day hike. I've been training all summer to be ready.
Come on you guys!

OM you're going to love this trip. And that high sierra air .. well it's everything you could dream about. See you in 28 days.”

“28 days huh? I'll be ovair in about 32 days, where'bout will y'all be taking out, and the date?”

“We are looking forward to seeing "youall" when you get here!”

“Know what you mean Solitary....i still have the food drying to do too.... 28 days .....
wow, i just realized....we will be experiencing a full moon...Aug. 4th.......ohhhhh boy! I am going to love this trip.....

naked ape,...some are coming out at whitney portal...um...around Aug 6 and some are coming out Aug 9 at....the place we started....:) ........
you thinking of being like Spam and leaving messages on dirty windsheilds at the trailhead? :)....that is kewl....”

“Yeah om, I'll either leave dirty winder messages or yeller snow messages, depends on availability of cars 'n snow I reckon'.

Actually tha's a wee bit too close to my move-in, so I'll hafta wait till the Cali car camping trip at the end of August.”

“.................whiiiiiiiiiiiiich is over 4 airs away, so for a one-day visit ............ that about ixnays that too ..........

heyallfire”

“Youall? Youall, Phil? No Phil, it's ya'll. Better practice that before the Southerners arrive or you'll sound like a tofu munching hick. But at least your interpretation is infinitly better than the NorthEastern, youse guys.

Have fun out there.”

“arclite,
It's not "ya'll" you no count Yankee carpetbagger. It's y'all, a contraction of the word 'you' combined with the word 'all'.

signed,
The Society for the Prevention of Yankee Corruption of Southern Speech.

I bet you would put sugar on grits too.”

“All my life I thought "y'all" was a good word and we westerners never had anything quite as good to replace it.

However, no way am I going to use it out here!

Another great Southern word is "fetch". We say, "go get that thing and bring it back here."

Most people I know have never tasted grits, let alone know what they are.

Menudo anyone?”

“When I lived in California I never could get used to people using "you guys" instead of y'all. Especially in mixed company, calling everyone a guy seemed really strange!”

“californians........y'all are way out yonder.......”

“californians..............y'all are a bunch of dadjim non-fetchin' freaks ...... hehehe”

“Now, nekid ....ain't you trans-plantin' to Cali?”

“dudes!!chill! we'll all be able to understand each other won't we? Y'allr just dudes.”

“nah, you got the accent all wrong, its "duuuude, come on by later and we'll drink some brewwwwssss"”

“http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/

Biagio left this at OAN”

“I was once married to a Floridian. I use Y'all, you all, and have eaten grits. With butter and sugar.
Bitchen is still part of the 60's vernacular, I say that too....so does Phil...and I DO love menudo!

My food is dried, my trip boxes are packed, my DEET is bought and my reel has new line.

It's raining today in the High Sierra, and I have two wet tents from this last week out in the high country.

I also have about a million bug bites.

Not all is bliss.

Can't wait to see y'all though.

That WILL be bliss.

Patience....”

“Aaaah--all those bugs should die before September.”

“Hey, Melsie darlin...need somebody to kiss the boo boos and make 'em all better?...”

“Mel - Did you ever find out about fishing possibilities the first three days out? Does Rock Creek have good fishing?

After last weekend's outing I have a goal to lose a few pounds on my body and in my backpack. I am in good shape, but have never carried my pack up to 13,500 ft. before. It weighed 46 lbs, and that was just for a weekend!!!”

“Mel last year the bugs weren't too bad in late Aug./early Sept. Are they going to be really bad 22
days(!!!!) from now?”

“Phil....

I don't know much about Rock Creek, but I would assume the fishing can be good for pan-sized, with maybe some larger fish in the stream bends and under-cuts.
Sol should get in some good fly fishing practice there, too.

Phil, you lose anymore weight, we won't be able to find you.
You will have NO trouble carrying 46 pounds over 13 grand.

Hell, I was carrying 75 pounds up there a few years ago, and I'm a short, "sturdy" old chick.

Sol, m'dear....

The bugs may well be a problem.

The higher we go, the later the hatch.

Anyplace where there has been a lot of horse traffic will have NASTY black flies if the weather turns hot.
Cottonwood has a LOT of horse activity, but as we get away from there, the problem will lessen (if we HAVE a problem).

Mosquitos will probably be out up high if the meadows are still wet.

Just got to wait and see.”

“Mel - I guess we are just a pair of 52 year old hikin' machines! (LOL).

I'm bringing my new mosquito netting. Weighs nothing and I hate bugs.”

“does it seem really neat to you guys that four of us going on this hike were born the same year? ...kewl
the Be 52's........
jai ram”

“Be 52s -- I LIKE IT!!! Gimme a pen. I'm ready to sign those shirts!”

“We are the Geritol Generation.

Has it also occured to y'all that between me, Phil, Om, Sol, Oldtimer, JVZ, Kent, Naviguesser, and Pepperdog that collectively we are nearly 500 years old?”

“500 sounds a little high to me...as if it matters!”

“Oops...

More like closer to 400.

You know I can't count past 10 if I don't take off my shoes!”