2016 Halloween Hunger Hang Merchants Mill Pond SP

[gunner76]

Well, another great hang is over. Now to start planning for the 2017 Frosty Butt Hang first weekend in February.

We had a small crowd of about 12 hangers and 4 dogs. For those who were able to make it, thanks...for those who could not I hope you can make it another time.

Left home about 9 am on Thursday and we took our time getting to the park. Found Kingsford and Hotlips already there and setting up. PappyAmmos and OBXH20 arrived soon after.
Thursday was very warm and the skeeters were out forcing everyone to try their favorite flavor bug repellent. It did cool down some that night ( low 60's ) and made for very pleasant sleeping.

Friday was a little cooler and fewer skeeters. Dropped down into the 50's that night. Saturday was cool and it got down to 42 that night. Felt chilly.

Friday night was different as we had the first ever heavy rain at the hang for a few hours. The Terminator and I were using our Hammeck stands with our new Squidbilly tarp. We had about 5 people taking shelter in our tarp waiting out the rain. There were 6 Hammeck stands and 3 of the Squidbilly tarps in use at the hang. The Terminator did have some leaking issues on her side of the tarp and I had to switch out hammocks for her when her RidgeRunner got wet.

The Barred Owls were very active Thursday night and at least one was doing its killer monkey call right about our hammock set ups. Made us all jump.

Food was great and so was the company.

Sam had a great time and loved playing with his new squeaky Chewie toy ( Chewie is Meckies new dog ). At one point while the two were playing Sam could not find Chewie and finally realized Chewie was standing under him.

While walking Sam thru a very muddy section of trail, Sam decided to take off and it took me by surprise so I ended up in the mud and as slick as it was I was having problems standing up. Good times. On the whole Sam had a blast running around the area.




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[Meckie]

Sarah, Chewie, and I made it home safe around 3:30. We have to car unpacked and just sat down to relax. Chewie has a ton of energy since he slept most of the way home. We had a great time it was nice to see everyone, and I got Sarah to admit she likes hammock camping on the way home

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[obxh2o]

Many, many thanks to Terminator and Gunner for setting up this hang. Thanks also to Hot Lips and Kingsford for the cooking; plus thanks to the others who cooked meals for the crowd.

A wonderful hang. Saturday night's very academic discussion of Star Wars history and trivia has me feeling very, very old.

[gunner76]

More pics.......

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[gunner76]

and still some more.... Some places call our little log a Yule log....here in the south we call it a Y'all Log

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[gunner76]

few more......DSCF5208.jpgDSCF5209.jpgDSCF5210.jpgDSCF5211.jpgDSCF5212.jpgDSCF5214.jpgDSCF5221.jpgDSCF5222.jpgDSCF5223.jpgDSCF5224.jpg

[gunner76]

what..more



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Even though Sam is about four times the size of Chewie,,,,Chewie held his own.

Sam is our 5 month old Lab mix and is a pound puppy. He weights about 65-70 lbs. This is his second group hang.

[canIgotoo]

Sorry I did not get to attend, but I thoroughly enjoyed your narrative and photos! Maybe I'll see you in February . . .

[gunner76]

We were hoping you would make it. We will save a couple of trees for you in February

[Hotlips]

We had a great time. Even enjoyed the weather. I was sad that so many weren't there that usually attend, but we had a great time without them. Thanks to OBX we had some great hotdogs Thursday night. Terminator prepared us a breakfast for kings Friday morning. And Starfish_Comet prepared us some grilled pork steaks for lunch Saturday on her outerspace grill. She also sauteed some yellow squash for dinner on that gadget. we had nice fires and good company the whole time.