Friday, December 26, 2008

2009 Adenture Planning?

I would love to think we could do something this summer. Any chance Ol' Grizz might want to save his plane tickets for a trip back to the Midwest in late June or early July? I'm sure I could find a place for us to backpack. It would be a unique trip. I might be able to find a few to join us - take a short trek with kids (including Jackson)?
Ron and Jackson are planning to be out this way around late June anyway. Whadda ya say Grizz? I could look into the Porcupine Mountains or something around Sleeping Bear Dunes?
2008
Steve, Emma, Hayden, Ron Gorr, and the Spry One hike ups to Grave Yard Lakes out of Edison Lake, we fought skeetrs for 3 days, what hiker those grandkids are?? Unbelievable!
2007
Dave & Kath go in search of the Mammoth hot pools after Hot Creek is closed down by the Bush administration, the jerks, I just know the Feds are watching me. I know it !
2006
Boundary Waters Wilderness canoe trip, On to Germany for World Cup NOT ?
2005
'05 Durango-Silverton – 41 miles of killer hike. 3- 13,000 ft. passes, 10 miles down hill thru 3 major deadfalls from winter avalanches-tough day, finally finished the trip on the narrow gauge railroad to Silverton-lots of thirsty hikers, a few beers fixed that. 5 to survive-Ron Gorr, Steve Fox, David Walker, Kyle Bernharty, Dave Fox , and 3 not to repeat Ron Blair, Ralph Loffler Sr. (bad knees) and Ralph Jr. . Steve did the rescue/messenger to help R&R out.
2004
Loop '04 -Sliver Pass to GoodALE" pass, Ron was sick so we cut the trip short, but Steve & I had great Tequila Jell-O poppers while Ron suffered in his bag. D. Walker & Ron Blair cut it short. Ralph Sr. form New Jersey and Little Ralph from Colorado made their first trip. Great fishing at "Lone Injun" 12 miles the last day and the freaking people still made me make spaghetti for them. I DO NOT FORGET. Hooters! Yea, Hooters! I remember that. Good ale and hooters and a new nickname for Grizz. Lake of the Lone Indian was nice - and remote.
2003
Loop, 03 Hayden was born so Steve, Emma and I went camping and fishing in Oregon. Not gonna be any more of those - no more kids for me!
2002
Loop trip '02 Fish Valley 11 people went, there were NO skeeters, but people will tell you different. Robb Gorr setup Double Cross casino and raked in the cash. That was an epic trip - huge group. And the bear wandered through camp. Good eating, too!
2001
3pass ‘01 This is infamous, Dan (wuss) Fox would not drop over a 5 foot vertical and do a class 3 scramble so his old Dad could finally do Silver pass. Ron Gorr was bought off and went to study Lewis & Clark in the Northwest. This included a great canoe trip ride. I think this could be the root of the reason Dan moved to Costa Rica - he'll never live this down... We also go buzzed by some sort of military jet up a canyon. And Johno had to canoe back to get his shoes
2000
Trinity Alps again "bigfoot research team" 150 yd. golf tee shot into the meadows? Was this the time Johno got stranded on the rock or was that the first trip?
1999
Actually to the Marble Mountains. We hit the PCT - high and dry. And also camped near a Boy Scout Troop - we schooled them in mountain Whiffle Ball.... Also hiked through a couple cow pastures high up in the mountains that were strange. Of course, a highlight came while spending a night in Ashland, OR, and playing street hoops in our sandals until we both had blisters....
1998
Trinity Alps, Ron Gorr, Steve Fox, John Steinbacher, Bob Fox & Dave Fox " In Search of Bigfoot" Epic Pee by Ron Gorr, found bigfoot dung. The deer surrounded us, and Steve says something about sunbathers?
1997
*David Walker and Dave Fox went to hike to the summit of "The White Mountains" east of Bishop CA, we drove to over 11,000 feet, and it was like desert so we headed to Big Springs and Hot Creek, where we proceeded to drink Guinness for the next 2 days.

Fox/Gorr Great Adventures

1996


*David Walker and Dave Fox did "Mt. Whitney all the Way-in-one-day" trip. We left at 10pm hiked under a full moon all night, and returned back at camp 3pm next day.