Yes, Land Between the Lakes. Walk into the woods and start camping.
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Yes, Land Between the Lakes. Walk into the woods and start camping.
LBL west of Nashville up 24. Get your LBL Backcountry permit and you can camp just about anywhere you want save for a few restrictions concerning distance from The Trace and established camp grounds.
Not a dumb question at all. I logged in four the first time in a long time to ask this very thing.
Additionally, the two hooks that are on the ridgeline, are they just for hanging nick nacks or...
The Green River through Mammoth Cave National Park. Camping in the backcountry is free, you just are supposed to check in at the visitor's center. You can camp anywhere in the floodplain of the...
It is a pretty "rustic" campground. Might be a good idea to let them know when you want it so they can make a special effort to swing in there and mow it. Most times I have been through there the...
I had the same question.
https://hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/60586-Is-this-too-much-bulk
There is a picture in the OP showing all my sleeping gear and a nalgene for reference.
I am in this situation and agree. My wife likes to hike. She likes to camp. But is not very mechanically inclined so struggles with setting her hammock. I can either set up three hammocks or set...
My kayak is camo. I can drag it up on the bank and like a branch or two on it and hike off into the deep woods and know in a day or three when I return it will still be there.
My guylines are tan...
I stealth occasionally.
Outside of that I prefer not to detract from others' experiences in the woods. Staying low-key affords you a better opportunity to come close to wildlife too. I think...
I checked the thread, but may have missed it, and checked the spreadsheet/table thingy, no mention of a KY response?
Just FYI, that is traditionally opening of duck season in KY. The lakes will be rife with duck hunters that whole four days.
Water shouldn't be a problem. It came a gully washer all up through there about 4 hours ago.
I don't know about it being hikers only. I worked with a guy that was big into biking and he kept me...
Yes. You can do it as a single night camp.
We left out about 10:00 from Dennisons and hit where we camped, maybe 3 miles downstream from the Green River Ferry, about 30 minutes before nightfall...
How many days?
Stay on the north side trails.
http://www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/trails.htm
For two nights I would park at First Creek trailhead and stay the night at Second Creek...
IMO on the river is the best bet. The trails are beat by horses or they grow up in summer. Second creek is an ok site as well as three springs.
My favorite float is Nolin from the dam down to...
Welcome from a fellow Kentuckian, hanger, and hunter.
With the proper insulation and a little practice on setting up you will have no problem tackling anything that Kentucky weather can throw at...
http://www.opulentitems.com/coyote-fur-hammocks-p-703.html
Only costs a little more to go first class!
Not sure how fresh a "naturally deceased" coyote fur is though.
Similar deal for me.
Gregory 55 (I think)
WBBB (1.7 DL - The big boy)
Hex
3/4 UQ
and still using a MTN HRDWR 32* Bag as a TQ
Plus I carry a 2 person cook kit as I go with my wife.
Southern KY. About 3/4 mile from the TN line north of Nashville.
Hang at Mammoth Cave and hopefully the Smokies some this year.
WBBB DBL 1.7 It is fine to g2g if needed. I paddle and backpack with mine no problems. Have had the issue with no trees on beaches and sand bars. I split my kayak paddle and use it support my...
I'm sorry, I didn't see it in the stickies. I just know it gets brought up with a fair bit of regularity.
Might be a good idea to have the info about moved threads and the DM forums as a sticky.
No skeeters in my WBBB. And they have had ample opportunity to attack as I have camped next to some sloughs in the river bottoms this summer and fall.
I started second guessing the logic I used for deciding to go hammock instead of tent in the first place the other day.
I had never been a backpacker until a few years ago. So I had a clean...
Welcome from just barely over the state line in Kentucky.
My set up seems quite bulky to me. It takes up a large portion of my Gregory Z55 pack all by itself not including food, cookset, clothing and rain gear.
Pictured is my Mountain Hardware 32 bag,...
Does the White House have a backyard suitable for testing various set-ups and general lounging?
Instead of meetings in the Oval Office, Mitt (slip :D) could hold meetings from a mess of hammocks...
LeighLo 3/4 I am guessing it is a 30*. Pretty handy. Still using my mountain hardware bag as a top quilt.
Knocking around the idea of getting a full-length and passing the 3/4 to my wife. It...
Pick a place, pick a date. Not hard. Plan it and they will come (or they won't their loss).
Calf pressure and cold feet.
My two bugaboos.
Welcome from south of BG.
Know that whatever you buy if it is not a fit for you there is an excellent classifieds section here. The more expensive hammocks do not last long at all on there. So...
Downside to the fall is the flow is often quite low. If you are a hardcore paddler you don't mind. But I like to lounge and let the current take me.
Lazy paddler.
I am active and a side sleeper as well, in a bed.
But my hammock just does something to me. Like 6 ambiens and a shot of hooch. I find that sweet spot (on my back) and I am out like a light.
...
Floating the river (IMO) is the best way to experience the park.
You have far less stipulations and regulations that you are supposed to adhere to. A lot more freedom makes for a better...
Mosquitos still like packs of ravenous rabid zombie wolves.
Bug net stays on all year. We can get a day when it hits 60 in Dec or Jan and the bugs come out en masse.
Why woopies?
Marlin spike hitches are cool!
Fool me once...
Fool me twice...
Here is what I know about hanging at MCNP. Hanging is no problem. There is a group campground that gets little use but costs $30 a night. The backcountry sites...
Big fan of the whoopies. I had the stock straps and found they were a little difficult to manage to get around some larger trees with the weight of the hammock having to be held up. Whoopies and...
BG and bourbon trail? I'm confused. But at any rate welcome aboard.
I'm about fifteen minutes sooth of bg and have tried a few times to get a hang together at mmcnp but it never seems to get off...
South of Bowling Green. :cool:
Welcome Pooge!
I've been through RS a handful of times. I went to college for a year at LWC. Played golf there at the course in RS once or twice.
South Central, south of BG, west of Scottsville, east of RVK, and north of Mitchellville, TN.
Welcome from a fellow Kentuckian.
Check out Shug's (member here) series of helpful videos on YouTube.
They are an excellent starting point as well as the forum to get you on the right track.
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Welcome to the forums from another fellow Kentuckian.
Welcome Mike, from another Ky hanger.
Still planning on being up there some time this spring.
Some things came up and we still ain't made it up there yet. Throw out a date and lets see who can make it.
I don't melt.
I got some conveyor on order that might have to be assembled this weekend. I have to find out today whether or not it will show up and then I will know if I am good to go.
PM me...
What happened?
It is sounding like I may be in the same boat. Can we push back one week and not screw up the world?