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- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
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Maaaann, I'm so envious of y'all! Looks like things are shaping up to be another awesome year in the snow.
PF
It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Formerly known as Acercanto, my trail name is MacGuyver to some, and Pucker Factor to others.
It's not procrastinating, its proactively delaying the implementation of the energy-intensive phase of the project until the enthusiasm factor is at its maximum effectiveness. - Randy Glasbergen
Wanted to go up tomorrow but still waiting on my TQ, supposed to be delivered by FedEx tomorrow sometime. Hope the snow holds off til I get there.
You have nothing to fear but fear itself (and bears)
I too will something make and joy in it's making
No. I had hopes the TQ would come in so I could try it out first instead of backpacking and testing it in the backcountry. Even if it does come in tomorrow it will be after lunch and that wouldn't give me time for the drive up, hike in and set up camp before the weather set in or got dark. So it looks like I may try to get to the campground later tomorrow or early Friday depending on the roads.
You have nothing to fear but fear itself (and bears)
See any changes that need to be made to the list?
So far the ones who are coming are:
WHO / WHAT BRINGING
Peter Pan/ JRB Raffle Prizes & much more
Smee/ JRB Raffle Prizes & much more
Doctari / Duraflame log & hot dogs.
Firewalker / A grill with legs & Still undecided on a Potluck food item.
MacEntyre (& Thing 1) / "Grateful Bread: a few loaves of their breakfast bread"
bugman0914 / SW sausage and cheese dip to be heated on the fire.
WV / Homemade Hummus & Carrot sticks
slowhike / NA so far
rip waverly / I will bring a 5lb pack of tater's to cut up and foil-cook in the fire.
lazarus / NA so far
bonsaihiker / brownies and lots of cocoa
Darby / Brats
smithobx/
Dutch / cornbread for the chili, fruit tartlets, and a warped sense of humour
2Questions / reflector oven & a container of homemade Chili.
Tendertoe / "Something sweet"
NCPatrick / Cookies
angrysparrow/ venison bacon
Hickery/Pie Irons
aBRG2far/
Shane/
Mcgarry/
shutter_bug/
Pan and Smee are bringing the JRB Raffle prizes, Large shelter, 10x20,for Base of opns, and portable fire pit for base opns.
Maybe's:
fulminated / NA so far
greenlespaul / NA so far
McSpartan / NA so far
kmanclutch/
GroundHog/
I too will something make and joy in it's making
Evening guys,
Due to warmer than expected temperatures for the past two days (and Thursday too) a decent amount of the snow has melted, so expect a little less than we thought before. Don't expect to see much ground, but maybe it won't get in your boots as you walk around.
Right now, NOAA is calling for 1-3 inches of additional snow Thursday night, but it is supposed to end by mid-day Friday. The big thing to prepare for on Friday is the expected low of 7.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...&FcstType=text
As of right now, the roads up to the park (16 & 58) are completely clear. VDOT does an excellent job of clearing when we have snow, but they are usually worst in the morning when they are focusing on the schools. I'd expect them to be in very good shape if not clear by 2pm if we get the predicted snowfall amounts.
Our maintenance rangers have cleared the two gravel lots at the campground entrance as well as the overnight backpackers lot at Massie Gap. As I mentioned before, I'll come up Friday morning and we'll do a head count to see how many sites need to be paid for Thursday night.
Safe travels!
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