What Happened to The Indiana Crowd???

“If I go, I will be coming down on Saturday. Thanks for the offer though.”

“Gonna take the kiddies for a two nighter in Freedom IN. this weekend. Woo hoo!!! 8) Not really backpacking, but not really car camping either, maybe tractor/horse camping? We will be on private property, which is nice because we can do anything we like. We'll see how my oldest holds up. She is 8 and tends to whine after a while.”

“Ok,
See ya saturday!!! Hope your knee is doing better, if not me and jimmy can always carry ya....well just a little ways anyhow!!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“Who can not like Indiana?

This great State gave us one of the best movies every made, Breaking Away.

http://www.chucksconnection.com/breaking.html

Saw it on cable again the other night. Great movie!

Middle America at it's finest!
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“it's not bad...i live a quarter mile from highway 37, the road where most of the road bike scenes were shot...the whole blomington area is beautiful and has some backpacking opportunities too, in fact this weekends deam trip is only 20 miles from there
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“i still havent seen that movie”

“DORK! It was made in 1979. You probably were not old enough to go see it.
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“i was NINE!”

“Bloomington on south is not too bad but everything north of there is some of the most boring country I've ever seen.”

“I used to swim and quarry jump in the same quarries that are in that movie.”

“Kewl Beans.”

“everything north of there is some of the most boring country I've ever seen

try living in it. oh wait. you live in ohio. you wish you lived in it.”

“I thought I'd put some "feelers" out to see if anyone would be interested in a 1-2 nighter sometime in Sept. or Oct.?

I'm thinking part of the Tecumseh in Morgan Monroe/Yellow Wood state forests, the old stand by Deam Wilderness, or maybe the Two Lakes Loop trail in the southern part of the HNF...I know the later might be a little too far south for some of you northerners

I'm really jonsing to get out. Baby jail's driving me crazy! ;) What's everybody think?”

“I could be game”

“keep yer steenkin feelers away from me you pervert!

im always up for a hike wit da whozjhure kroo”

“is the two lakes loop too far for you northies?
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““I could be game”

Should we bring our guns for hunting WK? . . . :)

I was just down on the Tecumseh this weekend. Water is very limited, with even some of the more reliable creeks reduced to a trickle. I would expect the same in the Deam.

I could be up for a weekend in Oct. . . . Sept. is pretty much gone for me with my trip to hike the Wonderland Trail.”

“this will be my first trip since Feb so i'm thinking low mileage so it'd probably be feasible to pack water in...plus if i pick the tecumpseh it'd be around bear lake”

“ooohh im scared of bears”

“Camping is not permitted at Bear Lake, but the Fox Den Shelter is 3.7 miles south of there. There is a creek .25 miles north of the shelter (it was totally dry) and another 1.0 mile south of the shelter (outside of Bear Lake, the best water supply I found last weekend).”

“Hey Gary! What's happenin?”

“not much WK. Just trying to get ready for my trip out west in all this heat we've been having . . . not easy. I was in a pool of sweat all weekend on the Tecumseh.”

“Have fun on that! I have a PA trip at the end of AUG I am looking forward to.”

“crikey!

gforce lives!

Hiya!”

“Camping is not permitted at Bear Lake

right, but i was planning on at least going by there, if push comes to shove we can get water there...i know some are a little ify on getting water from a lake but i've never had a problem

what about the knobstone?...anybody have a good source for a map that shows camp sites?...i've never seen one that show them”

“anybody ever do the Shirley Creek trail in HNF?...it's open to horses too but hopefully it wouldn't be that bad

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/recreation/shirley_creek.htm”

“the german ridge area looks good too except it's a multiple use trail...if we shuttled some cars we could do most are all of it

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/recreation/german_ridge.htm”

“Hey Thrifty! I could be up for something like that, depending on the dates. I am especially wanting to hit the trail now, since I had to back out on a recent porkies trip. I could handle something close to home.”

“http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=62819

looks like some of you have been busy.”

“LMAO
That does sound like something Spirit Coyote would do.”

“I would maybe be game? Yo bear!”

“Well you see, it's like this...

I had this idea to sell my own brand of hot sauce, but when I couldn't come up woth a decent recipe it occured to me that Taco Bell was just giving the stuff away! So I figured I could just stock up then bottle it and Viola! Mega profits! Well when the car broke down beyond repair, I didn't worry. Ol' Gertie was safely parked right there on the side walk at the house. The problem was when the town figured out that it was broke they told me I had to move it or it would be towed. So in an act of guilt and shame I returned the sauce, and had the car hauled to the scrap yard. I still think it was a good idea if only it were easier to get parts for a 1978 Newport. Damn... foiled again.
LOL!”

“The Two Lakes trail, or even the Low Gap trail(the trip that bombed on me a couple months back) would be good. They are all in the same general area. I don't care what really. I just want to get in the woods! I do need to do shorter trips, or somewhere potable water is avail, as I don't have a filter, and won't be buying one for a while. I'm not afraid of carrying plenty of water though.”

“Hey guys lets put this together! The Two Lakes trail looks like fun. Anyone done this before? Randall, Thrifty, Indy John? I'm thinking late Sept/early Oct. What do you say?”

“I missed this thread when I posted my trip. Hope I didn't step on anyones toes trying to get a trip going!

Shirley Creek and German Ridge are both nice trails. They have a lot of horse traffic some times of the year but the rutting up of the trail is not that bad. I even mountain bike sections of both. Shirley Creek is good for an overnighter but I've hiked it all in a day before.

German ridge I think you can get a 24-mile loop out of. It has lots of connecting loops so you can get lots of different mileage. Keep me posted on trips I'm ready to hike again!”

“Gee,
I have always wanted to do the Two Lakes Trail, I would have to go on a weekend though now that school is back in session!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“i haven't been on here in a few days and missed all the the indiana excitement!! LOL i would like to try to go on/arrange a trip in sept./oct. but due to the new baby and spousal concerns will probably only be able to do one and due to not having much vacation left i will probably be limited to weekends...meangreen, are weekends totally out of the question for you?

if i don't get to make IJ's knobstone trip i'll try to put something else together...i have hiked the two lakes, it's pretty nice and it's been a while...it's a perfect weekender”

“Hey Thrifty! Sorry I took so long, but I haven't been on-line for a couple days. The Two Lakes trail sounds better all the time. Fall may be a nice time for it too. I don't really have the gear for anything colder than mid-low 40's at night though. Is hunting allowed on that area? I don't want to have to mess with anyone out for early bow season.

Ya, weekends are almost completely out. Sucks, I know. I am looking into a vacation day or two, but don't really know yet.


BTW I'm probably gonna be bummin around Shades SP sometime early next week. If anyone would like to join me for an all-day day trip they are more than welcome.”

“yea, hunting is allowed and i think in some parts ATVing too, or at least i've seen people doing it illegally”

“mean, what day will you be at shades? I was there last week for a day trip, would like to go again while the gas prices are so low (theya re less then $3! right now for a change)”

“Hey SC! I dont really have anything set, but Sunday or Monday would probably be best. Tues or Wed could work too though. When do you want to come down?”

“ohh ohh, i'm off monday...i'll be recovering from going to holiday world on sunday and will have the little one so i don't know if i could make it but keep us imformed”

“Right ON!!! This may turn out to be a good trip! Holiday World huh? Cool. Good weekend for it! nice temps no rain...
Got a baby pack yet Thrifty? Load that little bugger up and lets hit the trail! LOL!”

“meangreen, it all depends on when my day off is. I'm working sunday for sure, not sure about the rest of the week.”

“Gotcha. When will you know?”

“Got a baby pack yet Thrifty?

yup, but i can't use it until he can hold his head up”

“oh shlt I forgot about that. Been a day or two since I had any that size. Well I hope you can make it anyway.”

“huh? (head scratching)”

“did you find my nekid pics on the net or something SC? LOL!”