What have you done this Summer?

“Other than jabbering on TT, have you guys "walked your talk" this summer? Well, July and August are not the most appealing months for backpacking in my opinion. But I happen to have off those months every year, and here's what Ive done from a NYC base:

A. Central WA hiking trip, 14 days (longer time expected, but trip truncated by fires)

B. Completion of Northville-Placid Trail just coupla days ago, 120 mi. 'crost the Adirondacks

C. Coupla weekend-length (but midweek selected for solitude) trips over my favorite trails in the Catskills.

Ain't burnt out yet. Miss the trail like hell already and DREAD returning to work in 11 days and 14 hours, but what canya' do?”

“Roger that sounds like a great summer but like alot of the folks in here the summers just kill me. I am a cold weather kinda guy and my outdoor activities so far for the summer have been fishing, working on my house,fishing,working on my yard,fishing,an occasional dayhike and fishing.”

“Is this one of those "I know what you did last Friday the 13th" threads?”

“nothing at all!

i have not hiked in 7 years!”

“Sounds rad' likeya' need coupla nites in one a' them "bunny ranches" out in Nevada. Then, ya' need to hit the trail, boy!”

“it was a joke.”

“Spent a couple of weeks in Glacier with a NYC guy who needed to accomplish some goals. Most NYC folks seem to be cut from the same cloth. How many goals did you set for yourself this summer Roger? And did you accomplish them all?”

“Arkie, I personally don't "establish goals," other than the daily quest for happiness, which for myslelf happens often to be thecompletionof say a 17-mi. day on the trail with daylight to spare. Sure, setting goals is part of planning, and that's really part of DREAMING. Once I get out there in the field, the logistics and itinerary often change. No regrets.”

“roger that.”

“I had a great summer. I started the process of shaking off the dayhiker name. I took two, three day and one, two day backpacking trips. The two day trip was my first trip, ever. The trips were the Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama, Springer to Wal-Yi-Si(sp?) on the AT, and a Smokies trip. I also spent a week in a cabin with wife and son in Boone, NC. I spent about 4 days in a condo in Destin, Fl. Normally I would be getting out this Fall, but we're having our second child around Thanksgiving. That event will be wonderful, but if I go off exploring too much I'll be doing some couch time.”

“7300 mile roadtrip with Sarabelle:

Met Sunshine(!) and dayhiked in the Porkies, MI.

Car-camped on the southern edge of Glacier NP.

Spent a day with some GA friends that have recently moved to Missoula, MT.

Spent several days with my Idaho Bro - fished and car-camped at Stanley Lake.

Dayhike in the Sawtooths, ID.

Three days in the backcountry with The Friendly Ranger, White Cloud Peaks, ID.

Three days in the Weminuche Wilderness, CO.

Two days at Lake Fausse Point SP, LA (it was sho hot, I gare-own-tee!).

Beautiful people and scenery all the while...

Good food
Good beer
Goooooooooood times!

God Bless America!”

“Let's see. I went to Jellystone, climbed 4 14'ers (not finished yet), got a dog, moved, hiked just about every Jefferson County Open Space Park known, worked, backpacked, camped, biked, and had a ton of fun!”

“Nineteen days in Switzerland, mostly hiking, with a bike ride thrown is. One two nighter in the Sandias outside Albuquerque. Looking towards another overnighter Labor Day weekend.”

“I joined a new club.”

“I'm guessing that new club wasn't the ACLU”

“No. NAMBLA.”

“LOL @ gojo but I do agree with you. God bless America!

Having a great time this summer! Dayhikes to: Pt. Reyes, Mt. Tamalpais, Wunderlich Co. Park, Yosemite twice, a couple of others can't remember. Went to Newport Beach on business and met a cute guy, whitewater rafting and camping at Cache Creek, carcamping at Woodward Resevoir, couple of trips to Lake Tahoe, hiking in the Crystal Basin area, trip with I-am-om at Yosemite, Stinson Beach for picnic and hiking,kayaking at Negro Bar in Folsom, and two more backpacking trips coming up this month and next.”

“Good guess roseyrectum. The HMWH Club is planning a 'Punt, Punch, and Kick' competition at the next NAMBLA meeting. We will be using their balls.”

“1.) fair amount of AT hiking in SNP looking for and hand cutting blowdowns

2.) bushwhacked a number of the abandoned trails and roads in SNP

3.) had a few good overnights in some of the off trail hollows in SNP - Eppert Hollow was the best

HOI”

“Three weekends in the San Gorgonio Wilderness so far.

One week in the Sierras including Mt. Whitney

3000 mile road trip to Oregon & Washington (10 days)

About a dozen trips to Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure (Annual Pass holder)

Too much time on Trail Talk”

“2500 mile road trip and 200 miles of baggin!Headed out monday for 4-6 weeks of whaTEVER!”

“Went in the truk for a looooooong time!

Went to Indian Anna's and seen some swimmy rats that get skeerd when I walked by side her pond and they swimmed off!

Went to You Pee (by side Lake Sperrier) and seen Miss Sunshine and Lake Sperrier Woods. Miss Sunshine has the stinky butt and stinky foots to and she is PERTY!

Went to the BIG BIG cow yard and seen PRARRY RATS!

Went to Mount Anna and sleept in the woods and seen some of my daddy's old frends but they are not old but they are perty to.

Seen my Unkle Idyho Bro and met some good dogs that he knos. We sleept in the woods ther to and got some trowts.

Walked on a BIG montin and seen deers and the first time I ever did see a elt that is a BIG deer!

Seen Miss Frendly Ranger! Awroo-hoo! She is perty perty! (and has a good stinky butt!) We walked in the woods and sleept in the woods to.

Walked in the woods and sleept in the woods in Collie Raddo. I seen baybe pointy tale grouches and ther mama. Seen WILD LAMMAS! Seen marmrats to. Them was perty montins.

Went to Louise and Anna's to. Louise sayed "Make yer tent over ther" and Anna sayed "Get in that bote over ther". We rode in the bote the long day. A Cagey man was gettin fish and sayed "It is shore hot I gare-own-tee!" He was the FUNNY MAN! Me and my daddy helped him get some fishes. Kno what? They was KITTY FISHES! We seen lots of gaters to.

Then we was at home.


The gooooooood times!
(o:3”

“4 Days of camping and daypacking with me family around Lake Tahoe. Hiked the Jones/Whites Creek trail. Hiked the Ophir/Davis Creek trail. Hiked to Loch Leven Lakes. Did parts of the TRT. I try to get one overnight hike per month, and love to day hike on the weekends.”

“This summer included:

Sierra Trips:

1. Overnight backpack to Upper Golden Trout Lakes
2. Two night backpack starting at Mosquito Flat Trailhead. Camped at Ruby Lake and Summit Lake near Mono Pass - Hiked down to Golden Creek.
3. Mount Whitney Day Hike
4. Cottonwood Lakes Day Hike
5. Sequoia backpack from Cresent Meadow to Bearpaw Meadow and then a day hike to Hamilton Lakes
6. Overnight Sabrina Basin backpack. Camped at Moonlight Lake and day hiked to Echo Lake.

Local Southern California hikes included: San Gorgonio Peak via Vivian Creek and South Fork, Baldy via Ski Hut trail, San Bernardino Peak, San Jacinto Peak via Marion Mountain, Grinnell Mountain via Fish Creek Trail, Ontario Peak, Middle Fork of Lytle Creek to Icehouse Canyon and Timber Mtn.

I just started hiking a little over a year ago and my first backpacking trip was this past spring. I hope to do some winter backpacking and expand into some longer backpacking trips. I really like it up high. I'm going to head up to White Mtn in September and I would like to do Langley before winter sets in. Next summer, I hope to be able to do some backpacking in Colorado.

This is all so exciting and new to me.”

“Here are some pictures of my hikes this year:


http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1395621”

“Since it got hot I've;
went Day hiking once at LBL ( I hate dayhiking!)
Went to Florida and hung out with I-am-OM. Went canoeing & swimming.
Worked a lot.
&
Getting ready for the White Mountains trip in just a little over a week.

BPing season is almost open!!!!!”

“1. Started a dry cleaning Business specializing in refurbishing smelly old tents

2. Resoled my Tevas

3. Got my backpack out

4. Got a shotgun, learned how to shoot it”

“Stayed out of the heat & humidity.

Lately, been getting new gear for the fall/winter hiking season.”

“That's good Biz--”

“Not really Ü except for #4”

“12-gauge? For hiking in griz country?”

“did a lot of kayaking, swimming and scalloping

got a visit from walkindude and crew...did some paddling and swimming and snorkeling together......
went to the LLama Rama , met Mel, Phil, Obiwancanoli, Pepperdog, Old timer, Turk, Naviguesser, Solitary Hiker, Mozark and miss mozark, kent, jvz and explorer ...too cool! "bagged a fourteener" as they put it......, ate some beef jerky...yikes!! , got "startled" by a REAL cowboy, jai! ..went for a swim in the shadows of mt. whitney..nother jai!. ...got some major vibes hiking and camping in a Sequoia grove, drove thru some desert and joshua tree grove,
met hikerchik5 in yosemite for some camping, touring and a dayhike out of tuolumne meadows ...
got half the carport screened in.....
going scalloping one last time this saturday before season ends in sept.
i have been showered with good fortune and dancing to the humm of the om this summer
thank you.....thank you ..thank you”

“A couple trips on the AT in Maine, 3 in Acadia, a vacation to the beaches in North Carolina and Virginia Beach, a couple trips to the Kancamagus high way,daytrips all over on the other weekends.

Slasher and I are waiting for next weekend when we'll head to Mt Katahdin!! We plan to do some weekend trips after that when it's cooling down a bit. Of course the bugs are going away and so are the tourists!!”