Friday, January 19, 2007
They'll change your life.
I must have misunderstood lily04's post. I think the backcountry is what we're all about. Even if it meant waiting until June or July. Here's what I'm thinking - this is one of the few adult, hey we actually have a little extra money, vacations we'll do as a team. We're all willing to spend six hundred plus for said vacation. If this is our only chance(face it) to do it, lets do it right. No gravel campsites, no RVs, no showers, no working plumbing - I want to be off the grid. Yes, it will take 10x the planning. Yes, you might cut your leg and die. Yes, Brad might find a nice rootball to hibernate in. Point being, if we(four smart capable young men) decide to plan a camping trip months in advance that will cost a half a month's paycheck we should do it like men, not like a family of 6 or the retired couple RVing across the country with Beavis and Butthead. We need isolation. We need hardship. We need bear-proof containers. Otherwise my vote is for Tahoe.
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Beer is not an option. I'm picturing whiskey in milk jugs.
Tahoe I hope is a joke I would rather spend some tent time with Okefenokee Joe....also I have ordered everybody a copy of "Hatchet" so we can be prepared for the harshness of the wild.
$600!?! I was under the impression that tully+pb=happypat02 was paying for everybody.
I agree with most of this post, except for the notion that this is a "once in a lifetime" deal. We should absolutely "do it right" - but not with the idea that we'll never be able to do it again. There is no reason that we couldn't do it next year or two years from now, as well. Isolation: yes. Bears: hopefully. Whiskey in jugs: yee haw. But we should not put hardass over fun. Of course, all gravel and showers must be avoided, except for Patrick. You sir, have bad B.O.
I didn't want to say anything, but since I now have no choice - I can see the future and Patrick is going to die in a horrible water sampling accident this fall. The bucket collapses and.....ah well, no need for gory details.
I agree that putting hardass over over fun is silly. I guess my point was that there is a reason the drive in sites are filled with families. I was kind of looking at it as part vaca/part challenge. I want to be able to at least trick myself into thinking I was living on the edge. Remember, I do stare at maps all day.
I mainly just want to walk around and see some cool shit.
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