EGL's 2019 Winter Season

[76 highboy]

Hope to be standing around,finishing my my coffee in the "H" parking lot approx 8:15 ish. (traffic permitting.)
Let the gluttony and slothing begin.

[Chard]

I'll probably make it Saturday early afternoon. All this talk about mud makes me want to be there. Or was it that whole gluttony thing chard mentioned?

Maybe I can step it up with some sloth and envy too.

Hope to be standing around,finishing my my coffee in the "H" parking lot approx 8:15 ish. (traffic permitting.)
Let the gluttony and slothing begin.

[keg]

Not going to make it. Need to babysit my niece. I'm in for January though.

[Bubba]

Fun time as always. Good to see everyone again and it was nice to meet some new hangers.

[tessiea]

Thanks for the hospitality and great food everyone. Really enjoyed my first group hang and look forward to joining you guys again.


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[Mr.hammockcamper]

That was an awesome outing!! Very happy I joined the forums and went to Valens. I am looking forward to Valens in January and future trips to come


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[Chard]

I hope everyone had as great time a time as I did and it was nice to meet a couple of new gents; Tessiea and Mr.Hammockcamper. The evening basically consisted of intermittent drizzle and the most massive fire we've ever had at Valens. We had to constantly move a picnic bench back and forth just to endure the varying heat. Most of the conversations aren't fit for repeating on this family oriented forum, but suffice to say that some of us finally rolled into be well after 1 am, much to the relief of our neighbours.

A special callout goes to WhetNewdell for his amazing mango chutney pulled chicken sandwiches, to KayWayKeno for providing an absolutely delicious breakfast. Between the two of them, we basically didn't really have to cook any other food. Also to thanks to 76 Highboy for his gifting of a box of "pay-it-forward" gear to the all takers.
The 2nd Annual Winter Camping Symposium was very enlightening. We had a great lineup of speakers and the EGL cleaned up with the door prizes. The guys who snowshoed and skied across Algonquin were seriously next level winter campers.

• Rhonda McMahon (from Stride and Stretch) and the Silver Summit Sisters - Winter Camping newbies, cold tenting and climbing Killarney's Silver Peak in winter!
• Christina Scheuermann (aka Camper Christina on YouTube) Designing and making your own hot tent
• Buck Miller, Eric Batty and Ryan Atkins (Crossing Algonquin in Winter on YouTube) - Join the guys as they recap their 10 day trip across Algonquin Park this past winter.
• Tim Foley (Canadian Outdoor Equipment Company) - Choosing and maintaining your axes and knives
• Glen Hooper - (aka WinterTrekker on YouTube) : Safety (stove safety, lake travel) to camping tips... during his many years of winter camping.
  

[Huckleberry Hanger]

Thanks again everyone, it was a blast! As always, had an early morning takedown to get home for dog walking, but was definitely thinking about the breakfast I would miss. Got a half decent night pic of the crew!

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[Chard]

Unfortunately I didn't get all of the group in the shot, but I did catch this great moment before the fire got big...

[BigGreenMoose]

I snapped a few shots. I especially like KeeWayKeno dreaming of warmer weather with his beach umbrella... Perhaps on a beach in Italy!? Oddly similar pose!32d707f46e42b6046221a82d9e6fa889.jpeg