hikerboys cyber cafe

[Water Rat]

Ah, we don't wanna scare you too much! You might stop acting like yer true self! That would be no fun. WB needs your humor! :)

[rocketsocks]

Ah, we don't wanna scare you too much! You might stop acting like yer true self! That would be no fun. WB needs your humor! :)So does that mean the camera's off, cause frankly, that could be embarrassing.
16989

[Water Rat]

Rocketsocks, we like you... But, there are just some things we don't want/need to know. Sharing is not always caring!

[Water Rat]

There... Changed avatar. THAT should clear things up for folks who do not check my "about me" section of my profile.

[Water Rat]

I preferred that other avatar... It had a nice background, and seemed like it could be anyone in that picture. *sigh* Oh, well.

[Wise Old Owl]

Maybe if you put your hiking pants on it wouldn't be so embarrassing....(Rocket)

[Wise Old Owl]

WR - how did you come up with that name? or should we call you Rizzo?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IVtQlh1qL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Rasty]

I think we need a gear list of what we think folks really bring on a trip, but won't/or are affraid to list. I'll kick it off.


Snake bite kit
bear bell
teddy bear
second cell phone
extra "c" battery,...ok double "D's"

your turn :)

Bipolar meds!:)

[Rasty]

WR - how did you come up with that name? or should we call you Rizzo?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IVtQlh1qL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Water Rat don't give him permission. PapaD named him Woosey and WOO won't acknowledge it! :D

[rocketsocks]

There... Changed avatar. THAT should clear things up for folks who do not check my "about me" section of my profile.:eek:
Duoh
duh
Dolt

I just got puncked...I fell so naughty :)

naughty is nice

[Wise Old Owl]

Cute.... I can take a hint....

[Rasty]

There... Changed avatar. THAT should clear things up for folks who do not check my "about me" section of my profile.:eek:
Duoh
duh
Dolt

I just got puncked...I fell so naughty :)

naughty is nice

$5 pay cut for missing posts.

[rocketsocks]

I can honestly say....I've never been so confused:confused:, what the hell are we all talking about here:-?

;)He is she, and she is they, and they is her? I'm not the egg man..choo choo....chugga chugga, chugga chugga

[rocketsocks]

Bipolar meds!:)Never touch the the stuff, life's meant to be endured.

[Rasty]

I can honestly say....I've never been so confused, what the hell are we all talking about here

He is she, and she is they, and they is her? I'm not the egg man..choo choo....chugga chugga, chugga chugga

The effects of Filtered water on Bipolar disorders!

[Wise Old Owl]

16990Pay Attention RS ... There's a quiz later and ya might get a C-

[Rasty]

16990Pay Attention RS ... There's a quiz later and ya might get a C-

If we get a B+ or better can we keep the bear as a pool toy?

[rocketsocks]

16990Pay Attention RS ... There's a quiz later and ya might get a C-Woo, you been knowing me, I suck at test. But that Bi Polar bear may need some meds, hehe

[Wise Old Owl]

No that's a stuffed animal - no polar bears or water rats were harmed in the making of that post.

[Rasty]

No that's a stuffed animal - no polar bears or water rats were harmed in the making of that post.

Good "Fake" polar bear! I think WR was a rafting guide and kayaks. Even though she does flatwater kayak I won't hold that against her.:D

[rocketsocks]

No that's a stuffed animal - no polar bears or water rats were harmed in the making of that post.Ah see, I had to put my glasses on and look closer...that should probably be a prerequisite for me, here at White Blaze...even when I read the thread I'm lost sometimes, and I thought I was the only one to speak jibber jabber, but Water Rat got me goin....she had me dup ped, and I forgot the old saying, "first look for the purse" I had her being some old Navy sailor, with a scratchy voice, and smelling like anchovies. Sorry Water Rat....my bad!

[Wise Old Owl]

Well I was wondering but she keeps jumping over the the housewife that lives in a shoe thread. I took today off as my knee got aggravated yesterday while crawling in and out of cars, basements, attics, and other wonderful inspections.... I sold $6000 -10,000 in pest control since last week and I am lining up bigger jobs... just couldn't hack the pain plus meds makes me tiered.

[rocketsocks]

Good "Fake" polar bear! I think WR was a rafting guide and kayaks. Even though she does flatwater kayak I won't hold that against her.:DHey where'd she go...she split.

[Rasty]

No that's a stuffed animal - no polar bears or water rats were harmed in the making of that post.Ah see, I had to put my glasses on and look closer...that should probably be a prerequisite for me, here at White Blaze...even when I read the thread I'm lost sometimes, and I thought I was the only one to speak jibber jabber, but Water Rat got me goin....she had me dup ped, and I forgot the old saying, "first look for the purse" I had her being some old Navy sailor, with a scratchy voice, and smelling like anchovies. Sorry Water Rat....my bad!

Ive meet women like that! Alot of Scotch and two packs a day can do that.

[Water Rat]

WR - how did you come up with that name? or should we call you Rizzo?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IVtQlh1qL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I have always been a "water rat." Love swimming, kayaking, rafting... I love being around water. When I was a kid, my grandma just could not get me out of the water. So, she started calling me her water rat. That is how I got the name.

Rizzo is cool and all, but it kinda creeps me out that he runs around without pants on!

[Rasty]

How made would HB be if the cafe got closed?:)

[Water Rat]

Cute.... I can take a hint....

Actually, that was not directed at you. :)

[Train Wreck]

Will someone please help motivate me to get off this website and get some work done?

[rocketsocks]

How made would HB be if the cafe got closed?:)He'd be freaking crushed...whad ya have in mind?:Dsorry forgot to smile

[rocketsocks]

Will someone please help motivate me to get off this website and get some work done?No can do, we haven't had resolution yet.

[Water Rat]

Good "Fake" polar bear! I think WR was a rafting guide and kayaks. Even though she does flatwater kayak I won't hold that against her.:D

I was a raft guide - check out the Westwater and Cataract sections of the Colorado River... Those were my stompin' grounds.

Hey, I flatwater kayak, but I also whitewater kayak. I just haven't had the change to take up ultracool surf kayaking, like some! :)

[rocketsocks]

Actually, that was not directed at you. :)Mwaa?..........

[Wise Old Owl]

Well Train Wreck you could check the pond for "floaters" and Gators? After that wipe down the bar in the shelter its a little "sticky" from all the drooling last night....

[Water Rat]

Hey where'd she go...she split.

I actually had to do some work for a few minutes. *EEK!*

[Water Rat]

Ah see, I had to put my glasses on and look closer...that should probably be a prerequisite for me, here at White Blaze...even when I read the thread I'm lost sometimes, and I thought I was the only one to speak jibber jabber, but Water Rat got me goin....she had me dup ped, and I forgot the old saying, "first look for the purse" I had her being some old Navy sailor, with a scratchy voice, and smelling like anchovies. Sorry Water Rat....my bad!

I hate anchovies.

[Water Rat]

Mwaa?..........

Indirectly directed at another thread. You were there, Scooby.

[rocketsocks]

I have always been a "water rat." Love swimming, kayaking, rafting... I love being around water. When I was a kid, my grandma just could not get me out of the water. So, she started calling me her water rat. That is how I got the name.

Rizzo is cool and all, but it kinda creeps me out that he runs around without pants on!like this16991

[Water Rat]

Will someone please help motivate me to get off this website and get some work done?

Why would we want to do that???? You have to play on this website today cuz tomorrow might never come.
You will regret choosing work over play.
You could break a nail if you went to work.

[Rasty]

Will someone please help motivate me to get off this website and get some work done?

Take a hike!:)

[Water Rat]

like this16991

Uh... Yeah. Exactly. *shudder, shudder*

[Train Wreck]

No can do, we haven't had resolution yet.

WB should offer a 2000-hour badge in recognition of the time some of us have spent on these forums :banana

[rocketsocks]

I actually had to do some work for a few minutes. *EEK!*NO, that's another bad word "WORK"

[Water Rat]

Take a hike!:)

Oh, so you think this is one of THOSE websites! Sheesh. Why would someone bring up hiking???

[rocketsocks]

WB should offer a 2000-hour badge in recognition of the time some of us have spent on these forums :bananaI know , you guys should get back to work and quit dickin your boss.

[Rasty]

Good "Fake" polar bear! I think WR was a rafting guide and kayaks. Even though she does flatwater kayak I won't hold that against her.:D

I was a raft guide - check out the Westwater and Cataract sections of the Colorado River... Those were my stompin' grounds.

Hey, I flatwater kayak, but I also whitewater kayak. I just haven't had the change to take up ultracool surf kayaking, like some! :)

I prefer the name Goat Boater. It's what board surfers call us. It's not nice!

[Wise Old Owl]

NEWS

22 million fine towards Google for Safari browsers having too many tracking cookies and advertizing - just in.... god I love Firefox. I have only found two ad vertizing cookies in the last year... mostly for useless tents.

[Water Rat]

Dang. Gotta run for a bit. Back soon.

[rocketsocks]

I gotta split, and watch Tiger blow this match, I love when he looses...cad! Later

[Rasty]

WB should offer a 2000-hour badge in recognition of the time some of us have spent on these forums :bananaI know , you guys should get back to work and quit dickin your boss.

I'm off today! I work weekends so my Saturday is usually Wednesday or Thursday!

[Wise Old Owl]

Well at least someone can run round here...

OZJACKO - Thanks for he Bushwalk Link - Looks Grand....

Back to Rush ........


HE HE HE said Dickin?

[rocketsocks]

NEWS

22 million fine towards Google for Safari browsers having too many tracking cookies and advertizing - just in.... god I love Firefox. I have only found two ad vertizing cookies in the last year... mostly for useless tents.Like the hello kitty tent.

[Rasty]

Good "Fake" polar bear! I think WR was a rafting guide and kayaks. Even though she does flatwater kayak I won't hold that against her.:D

I was a raft guide - check out the Westwater and Cataract sections of the Colorado River... Those were my stompin' grounds.

Hey, I flatwater kayak, but I also whitewater kayak. I just haven't had the change to take up ultracool surf kayaking, like some! :)

I prefer the name Goat Boater. It's what board surfers call us. It's not nice!

The only flatwater I've done lately is a cardboard boat race. Boat almost done in this picture.

[Train Wreck]

I know , you guys should get back to work and quit dickin your boss.

I have no boss at the moment, you'll need to motivate harder.
My choice is to either clean your pond and wipe down the bar, or clean my own place. Grunge factor = same.

[Rasty]

I know , you guys should get back to work and quit dickin your boss.

I have no boss at the moment, you'll need to motivate harder.
My choice is to either clean your pond and wipe down the bar, or clean my own place. Grunge factor = same.

If you need motivation to leave the cafe then you aren't ready to leave the cafe. I was motivated ti leave for ten years before I left the cafe. Its all I thought about, day and night. :)

[Wise Old Owl]

Tell ya what Train Wreck pull up a camp chair and stoke the fire.....

[Train Wreck]

Tell ya what Train Wreck pull up a camp chair and stoke the fire.....

don't mind if I do. floaters can wait.

[Rasty]

don't mind if I do. floaters can wait.

The floaters are the Barracuda food! Keep that quiet we don't want to scare Rocket Socks, we told him they are Koi Fish!

[Water Rat]

Like the hello kitty tent.

Don't you be knockin' my tent! A little seam sealer and it is perfectly acceptable! Besides, nobody is likely to steal it!

[Train Wreck]

If you need motivation to leave the cafe then you aren't ready to leave the cafe. I was motivated ti leave for ten years before I left the cafe. Its all I thought about, day and night. :)

I know! My bookshelves are filled with every book published on leaving the cafe. I've tried short forays from the cafe but find myself wanting the whole experience. My non-cafe friends think I'm crazy!

[Water Rat]

The floaters are the Barracuda food! Keep that quiet we don't want to scare Rocket Socks, we told him they are Koi Fish!

Uh-oh... I told him they were brownie bites.

[Wise Old Owl]

don't mind if I do. floaters can wait.

16997Too funny!http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2009-04-01/1238413662-1238441335.gif

[Water Rat]

16997Too funny!http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2009-04-01/1238413662-1238441335.gif

Those mice would go down a bit easier with a little seasoning.

[Water Rat]

Okay, kids. Off to go play outdoors for a bit. I'll be back later with more cookies to munch on.

[Train Wreck]

The owl in back appears to be cheering his buddy on .... "Chug! Chug! Chug!"

[Wise Old Owl]

Girl Scout cookies and Shelter Mice .... mmmmmmmm, Dinner and a WB show... Dang

[Edie]

I can't read 79 pages of posts..........so whats going on?

[Train Wreck]

Girl Scout cookies and Shelter Mice .... mmmmmmmm, Dinner and a WB show... Dang

and people complain this place ain't got no class

[Rasty]

I can't read 79 pages of posts..........so whats going on?

Change you setting on the number of post per page to 40! I just cut your reading in half! Glad to be of service.

All you really need to read is the opening post.:)

[Wise Old Owl]

Ahh don't have to - just general goofing off Edie - Rocket Socks, Water Rat, Train Wreck and a few others are in and out...


Yo do need to hit the refresh button because the posts come in a little faster here Right of the tag bar. and look for the next page button

[Edie]

I have a hammock (Clark), sea salt and bullets do I qualify to post here?

[Rasty]

I have a hammock (Clark), sea salt and bullets do I qualify to post here?

Welcome - The hammock hangers sleep in the basement on WOO's revised Cafe plan!:D

[Wise Old Owl]

absolutely Broken in line sawyer filters are optional... Just use your imagination ...


Water Rat - check out this guys signature line... found this interesting http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/member.php?38229-RodentWhisperer

[Train Wreck]

Still looking for motivation...16998

[Rasty]

absolutely Broken in line sawyer filters are optional... Just use your imagination ...


Water Rat - check out this guys signature line... found this interesting http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/member.php?38229-RodentWhisperer
"We can no longer live as rats. We know too much." -- Nicodemus

[Wise Old Owl]

I goto ask Train Wreck - registered from 2005 - that lurking a long time and not posting... wow. Spend a little time tonight and fill out the "about me and introduce yourself" stick a pic or two in the gallery...

[Edie]

I should get to work.............

[Wise Old Owl]

Whattt?.... OK .... Stop in a little while...

[Train Wreck]

I goto ask Train Wreck - registered from 2005 - that lurking a long time and not posting... wow. Spend a little time tonight and fill out the "about me and introduce yourself" stick a pic or two in the gallery...

I told you I needed motivation. Some people literally spend decades thinking about leaving but never get past that point.

[Wise Old Owl]

Gotta share here ... part of the weight loss program I am on requires two liters of water daily and I burned out quickly picking up bottles of seltzer to mix with the vanilla vodka :rolleyes: So I looked into product called http://ts2.mm.bing.net/thumb/get?bid=HjF4pqBSl3GtBA&bn=CC&fbid=7wIR63%2bClmj%2b0A&fbn=CCSoda Stream... figured out it's going to save me $$$ and I made a few without any sugar or sugar substitutes... I have caffeine pills and Mio Energy16999, lemon juice , lime juice... and made some cool seltzers..... I have been doing this as a kid but got away from it and now I am back its fun...SO its soda at the bar for now... we will chill it in the pond..


Well Whats with the cricket noises? where did everyone go? You all got grossed out with me banging down a shelter mouse!:eek:

[Edie]

I saw those........I'm not a big pop drinker. Sweet tea no lemon

[Wise Old Owl]

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/thumb/get?bid=BEh6BlcJPVZz%2bQ&bn=CC&fbid=7wIR63%2bClmj%2b0A&fbn=CCDon't add the Sea Salt. nice to take on a hike...

[Edie]

No lemon? I'll have to try it.
A little sea salt and sugar and you can make gatorade

[Rasty]

Gotta share here ... part of the weight loss program I am on requires two liters of water daily and I burned out quickly picking up bottles of seltzer to mix with the vanilla vodka :rolleyes: So I looked into product called http://ts2.mm.bing.net/thumb/get?bid=HjF4pqBSl3GtBA&bn=CC&fbid=7wIR63%2bClmj%2b0A&fbn=CCSoda Stream... figured out it's going to save me $$$ and I made a few without any sugar or sugar substitutes... I have caffeine pills and Mio Energy16999, lemon juice , lime juice... and made some cool seltzers..... I have been doing this as a kid but got away from it and now I am back its fun...SO its soda at the bar for now... we will chill it in the pond..


Well Whats with the cricket noises? where did everyone go? You all got grossed out with me banging down a shelter mouse!:eek:

No. That was cute.

[Wise Old Owl]

Yea I am so waaaaay out there... think mio caffiene pill and a platy..... and a shot of vanilla vodka....:sun


or alka selzer - for the trail....fizzzzzzzzz.......

Train wreck I thought you were watching the pool ... wern't you supposed to take care of the floaters?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/26/i_wonder_if_this_bear_would_like_wo.jpg

[Train Wreck]

Yea I am so waaaaay out there... think mio caffiene pill and a platy..... and a shot of vanilla vodka....:sun


or alka selzer - for the trail....fizzzzzzzzz.......

Train wreck I thought you were watching the pool ... wern't you supposed to take care of the floaters?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/26/i_wonder_if_this_bear_would_like_wo.jpg

Sorry! I had to rush out and complete the new assignment you gave me. Mission accomplished. Thanks - NOT - for reminding me of all the photos I need to digitize someday.

[Train Wreck]

Have to head out now to fish that furry little floater out of the pool!

[rocketsocks]

The floaters are the Barracuda food! Keep that quiet we don't want to scare Rocket Socks, we told him they are Koi Fish!I heard that

[rocketsocks]

The only flatwater I've done lately is a cardboard boat race. Boat almost done in this picture.
With a little more tape, that puppy will float, I'd probably float right now....for a least 37 sec.


Hey, where'd the boat go!

[Hairbear]

So does that mean the camera's off, cause frankly, that could be embarrassing.
16989 dam boy have you been rolling in butter cups or what.you could run through camp naked and we would all call you yellow streak

[Rasty]

The only flatwater I've done lately is a cardboard boat race. Boat almost done in this picture.
With a little more tape, that puppy will float, I'd probably float right now....for a least 37 sec.


Hey, where'd the boat go!

We won the race that day. It was like the Yankees playing a t-ball team. I brought a kayak everyone else brought rowboats. Next year I agreed to a one minute head start.

[Hairbear]

Sorry! I had to rush out and complete the new assignment you gave me. Mission accomplished. Thanks - NOT - for reminding me of all the photos I need to digitize someday.quit staring and throw me the soap.................

[Wise Old Owl]

Someone said "Butter Cup" crib this... Princess bride......

[Hairbear]

off to the ozark trail.somebody clean the ring i left in the pool up .have a good week end.everyone hope i find water its a dry son of a gun here.i was hiking the other day and my dog lifted its leg to pee,if you listened close you could hear the tree on the other side of the trail whistling for it to come.

[Wise Old Owl]

"somebody clean my ring"

GOOD NIGHT FOLKS! I have no idea what was discussed ... as you get older - one hears ....whatever...

[Water Rat]

absolutely Broken in line sawyer filters are optional... Just use your imagination ...


Water Rat - check out this guys signature line... found this interesting http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/member.php?38229-RodentWhisperer

He wasn't supposed to tell!!!

Wasn't that a line from Secret of Nimh? What the heck happened while I was gone today? Hey, cookies are on the table. Fill me in on the latest!

[Water Rat]

Yea I am so waaaaay out there... think mio caffiene pill and a platy..... and a shot of vanilla vodka....:sun


or alka selzer - for the trail....fizzzzzzzzz.......

Train wreck I thought you were watching the pool ... wern't you supposed to take care of the floaters?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/26/i_wonder_if_this_bear_would_like_wo.jpg

Hey! Who let the bear out?! I hired him to clean the dishes. Now, he is out floating in the pool! Just can't get good help these days.

[kayak karl]

i decided to write a book. it will be on hiking the AT, but i haven't decided to write it for beginners or the advanced experts? in other words for the 8 or 128 box of crayola crayons??

[Rasty]

i decided to write a book. it will be on hiking the AT, but i haven't decided to write it for beginners or the advanced experts? in other words for the 8 or 128 box of crayola crayons??

I think there is a 24 count box also.

[rocketsocks]

i decided to write a book. it will be on hiking the AT, but i haven't decided to write it for beginners or the advanced experts? in other words for the 8 or 128 box of crayola crayons??Split the diff, 64's has some good colors, I always run out of white and black first. White cause ya gotta push so hard, and black cause well, my pictures are a little dark.17000

yellow seems to be a favorite of mine lately too......

[rocketsocks]

Hey! Who let the bear out?! I hired him to clean the dishes. Now, he is out floating in the pool! Just can't get good help these days.Is that bear skinny dippin?...come on bear, put some shorts on! ah bear you didn't, not in the pool......well they always say, where does a bear go......

[Rasty]

Hey! Who let the bear out?! I hired him to clean the dishes. Now, he is out floating in the pool! Just can't get good help these days.Is that bear skinny dippin?...come on bear, put some shorts on! ah bear you didn't, not in the pool......well they always say, where does a bear go......

Anywhere it wants!

[rocketsocks]

Anywhere it wants!Bee eye N Geo

[rocketsocks]

Split the diff, 64's has some good colors, I always run out of white and black first. White cause ya gotta push so hard, and black cause well, my pictures are a little dark.

yellow seems to be a favorite of mine lately too......Hal, where'd that come from....it's full of stars!

IN THE FUTURE

Alien; "This is a good sky, there are many like it, but this one is ours, leave no trace".

The good earth; "What...Bite me ya stiff"17002

[rocketsocks]

Someone has high jacked my computer, signing off, and clearing cookies. Hasty Bananas:banana




for real this time

[Wise Old Owl]

i decided to write a book. it will be on hiking the AT, but i haven't decided to write it for beginners or the advanced experts? in other words for the 8 or 128 box of crayola crayons??


oooh look at the pretty colors....... Ya know this is why I get in trouble I steal the pen container on the boss'es desk and replace it with Crayola....

[Mountain Mike]

HB leaves for a while & this place goes to hell. SILWF broke, mashed tater machine empty, bears in the pool & where did the smallest large scree TV go? Working my butt of in Sturgis & just wanted to drop in for my mashed taters & a drink am appalled.

[Rasty]

HB leaves for a while & this place goes to hell. SILWF broke, mashed tater machine empty, bears in the pool & where did the smallest large scree TV go? Working my butt of in Sturgis & just wanted to drop in for my mashed taters & a drink am appalled.

Can't expect us to keep his place clean. We asked for fair wages and benefits. It's all his fault.:D

[Water Rat]

Can't expect us to keep his place clean. We asked for fair wages and benefits. It's all his fault.:D

I left a plate of cookies on the table. Oops! Bear must have got 'em. I probably should have used the bear canister to keep him out of the cookies... Guess, I'd better go make more cookies today.

[Water Rat]

HB leaves for a while & this place goes to hell. SILWF broke, mashed tater machine empty, bears in the pool & where did the smallest large scree TV go? Working my butt of in Sturgis & just wanted to drop in for my mashed taters & a drink am appalled.

Okay, I did some cleaning around here...
The smallest large screen tv was where it always has been. It was just buried under a pile of junk.
Tater machine restocked.
Bear is wearing shorts (DO NOT ask how I got him to do that) and is out of the pool. He's doing dishes right now.
Someone else is just going to have to fix the SILWF. I am not going anywhere near that pool Rocketsocks left something else in the pool when he found out about the barracudas... Ewwwww.
More cookies on the table.
Off to go see why someone's mom has not been cleaning the basement.

[Wise Old Owl]

Place looks great what was Rastraikis whining about?

http://www.loghome.com/2007/images/Articles/tennessee_log_kitchen.jpg

[Water Rat]

Oh, good. The bear got the dishes done! Wonder where he went?

[Rasty]

Place looks great what was Rastraikis whining about?

http://www.loghome.com/2007/images/Articles/tennessee_log_kitchen.jpg

That's only because Water Rat cleaned up. Y'all need to help out a bit.

Leave it Rocketsocks to start a "Is water free" war on another thread. I think he's trouble. I knew I liked him.:D

[kayak karl]

need a cleaning crew??


http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/5yyB06HvAjI/0.jpg

[Water Rat]

need a cleaning crew??


http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/5yyB06HvAjI/0.jpg

Sure thing! They can clean the pool! Rocketsocks was a tad surprised when he found the barracudas swimming in the pool. Oops.

[Water Rat]

Oh, good. The bear got the dishes done! Wonder where he went?

I just found out where the bear went! I think we may have been a bad influence... http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/family-four-bears-breaks-cabin-drink-100-beers-181034427.htm (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/family-four-bears-breaks-cabin-drink-100-beers-181034427.html)l

[Wise Old Owl]

Not exactly my idea of a cleaning crew....but they look cheap....would they work for sea salt and Margarita's?

[kayak karl]

Not exactly my idea of a cleaning crew....but they look cheap....would they work for sea salt and Margarita's?
cheap, they work for roadkill!

[Wise Old Owl]

oooooh they are so hired!

[Biggie Master]

This thread is unbelievable. Like the energizer bunny, it keeps going and going and...

I also find it interesting to find the Cafe's fingerprints in other posts.. there are SILWF comments, kelp references, and light dustings of sea salt all over WB...

HB57 -- WELL DONE!!!

[Water Rat]

Not exactly my idea of a cleaning crew....but they look cheap....would they work for sea salt and Margarita's?

Hey, I knew I should have held out for margaritas!

[Wise Old Owl]

The best times WR is when you are with friends and bust out frozen Margaritas on the trail on section hikes.... Blows the friends away,... and requires little effort.

[Water Rat]

The best times WR is when you are with friends and bust out frozen Margaritas on the trail on section hikes.... Blows the friends away,... and requires little effort.

Very true! :) Of course, the same can be said in Baja! On a kayak trip, I broke out the margaritas (had secretly stowed them away) and the friends were shocked.

[Train Wreck]

The best times WR is when you are with friends and bust out frozen Margaritas on the trail on section hikes.... Blows the friends away,... and requires little effort.

How do you manage that? Seriously? please don't be joking...

[Mountain Mike]

How do you manage that? Seriously? please don't be joking...
Best time was on a hot humid summer hike hitting an old fire tower, Asked my buddy if he wanted a beer, He said I must be nuts to carry them in this heat. I agreed, & pulled them out of where I had slipped them in his pack! When he complained they were a little warm I asked if he wanted to haul ice next time. Slightly warm was fine with him.

[Water Rat]

Best time was on a hot humid summer hike hitting an old fire tower, Asked my buddy if he wanted a beer, He said I must be nuts to carry them in this heat. I agreed, & pulled them out of where I had slipped them in his pack! When he complained they were a little warm I asked if he wanted to haul ice next time. Slightly warm was fine with him.

Good one! I will have to try that this fall...

[Wise Old Owl]

How do you manage that? Seriously? please don't be joking...

No joke.

17019+17020+17021+17022



Premixed drinks can be had at any store nowadays.... Store the platy with Margarita frozen next to the water platy.... Cut the lime and rim it & salt micro cutting board ( I use a cutting sheet as a support to my pack from a $1 store.)
GSI has nesting lexan Glass wear at Amazon ...
http://www.amazon.com/Margarita-Glass-by-GSI-Outdoors/dp/B001SY2GWM
http://www.rei.com/product/781836/platypus-platypreserve-wine-preservation-system-package-of-4

Weighs less than an actual bottle.

[Wise Old Owl]

1702917030


Ok now the jokes....

[Water Rat]

No joke.

17019+17020+17021+17022



Premixed drinks can be had at any store nowadays.... Store the platy with Margarita frozen next to the water platy.... Cut the lime and rim it & salt micro cutting board ( I use a cutting sheet as a support to my pack from a $1 store.)
GSI has nesting lexan Glass wear at Amazon ...
http://www.amazon.com/Margarita-Glass-by-GSI-Outdoors/dp/B001SY2GWM
http://www.rei.com/product/781836/platypus-platypreserve-wine-preservation-system-package-of-4

Weighs less than an actual bottle.

Very good info! I had forgotten about the bag o' margarita! I might have to take that with me on my next trip out to visit the woods.

[Water Rat]

1702917030


Ok now the jokes....

I admit it - I laughed out loud! :)

[Wise Old Owl]

WR I only have one of these but you get the idea...

http://www.rei.com/product/781836/pl...m-package-of-4 (http://www.rei.com/product/781836/platypus-platypreserve-wine-preservation-system-package-of-4)

[Water Rat]

I have a friend who has one of those. Tempted to get one myself. Not just for hiking... I can see it coming in handy in Baja, too!

[Wise Old Owl]

OK I will bite tell me about Baja.... What ya doing down there.....I just don't visit treeless places.

[Capt Nat]

It would be a real hoot (yea, that was a pun) watching WOO trying to hang his hammock down in the baja. Let's see, there's a tree in southern California, and another near Panama. Gonna take a lot of tension to get it off the ground!

[Wise Old Owl]

Yea - doen't mean I don't have a back up plan...

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/9/3/1/8/img_2554.jpghttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4kho53oTy1rn83fio1_500.jpg

[Water Rat]

It would be a real hoot (yea, that was a pun) watching WOO trying to hang his hammock down in the baja. Let's see, there's a tree in southern California, and another near Panama. Gonna take a lot of tension to get it off the ground!

Well, it would be fun to watch him try and hitch his hammock to some cacti. :) Or, there are big rocks...

[Water Rat]

Yea - doen't mean I don't have a back up plan...

http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/9/3/1/8/img_2554.jpghttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4kho53oTy1rn83fio1_500.jpg

Good backup plan! Down in Baja, I have my kayaking gig. A few islands to play around down there on the Sea of Cortez.

[Train Wreck]

Very good info! I had forgotten about the bag o' margarita! I might have to take that with me on my next trip out to visit the woods.


No joke.

17019+17020+17021+17022



Premixed drinks can be had at any store nowadays.... Store the platy with Margarita frozen next to the water platy.... Cut the lime and rim it & salt micro cutting board ( I use a cutting sheet as a support to my pack from a $1 store.)
GSI has nesting lexan Glass wear at Amazon ...
http://www.amazon.com/Margarita-Glass-by-GSI-Outdoors/dp/B001SY2GWM
http://www.rei.com/product/781836/platypus-platypreserve-wine-preservation-system-package-of-4

Weighs less than an actual bottle.


I've seen the premixed, but never thought of it in the context of backpacking! I am so going to try this next time. You guys are endangering the purity of my hike. :p
How long on average do they stay frozen (or at least slushy) when you store the bag deep in your pack?

[Wise Old Owl]

Hey we as a group are exspanding your horizons - so I have never figured out how long past slushy.... sort of how many licks to the center of a tootsie...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=TtEPkRK1tlo&NR=1

[Train Wreck]

Hey we as a group are exspanding your horizons - so I have never figured out how long past slushy.... sort of how many licks to the center of a tootsie...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=TtEPkRK1tlo&NR=1

Less than it used to...today's tootsie pops seem to be considerably smaller than the ones I used to enjoy as a kid.

[Wise Old Owl]

you probably grew up and its the same size! So why are you up?

[Train Wreck]

Why are You up?

[Train Wreck]

Oh, I forgot. Owls are nocturnal critters.

[Wise Old Owl]

yup.... doing a little light study for Monday on Pest Control...


Hey - Nice Pics!

[Train Wreck]

sounds like fun...not!
so as a hiker and exterminator, what are your views on shelter meeces?

[Sarcasm the elf]

sounds like fun...not!
so as a hiker and exterminator, what are your views on shelter meeces?

They are declicious when pan fried!

[Wise Old Owl]

Don't have one .... I don't sleep at shelters. - I hang out to talk with folk but - lumber off into the wood to sleep...

Actually there was 1 single incident years back where a hiker came off the trail got to hospital and was a confirmed case of Hantavirus. (transmitted from feces of mice)

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00033796.htm

Great - Sarcasm --- how about like poporn chicken with crunchy surprise.


FYI - I was at ADT for year selling and designing Fire Alarms for Resturants - Saw what was coming and left 2009 for Pest Control still good money



Good Night -2:25

[Train Wreck]

Hey, that would make an excellent item for Sunday brunch at the cyber cafe!

ORDER UP!

[Water Rat]

Am I wrong to surmise fried chicken will be removed from the Sandy dinner menu? Should be a bit cheaper this way... I hope HB appreciates the cost-cutting measures!

[Water Rat]

Dang... SUNDAY DINNER MENU...Sand is completely optional.

[Rasty]

Hey, that would make an excellent item for Sunday brunch at the cyber cafe!

ORDER UP!

Will the fried mice come in six or twelve packs?

[Water Rat]

We should probably offer both options. Folks coming in from the trail will have varying degrees of appetites. Or, lack of... If they find out what we are serving! :)

[Wise Old Owl]

17038Ah frozen dinners around the pond.

[Water Rat]

Gee, and I was wondering where "chicken nuggets" came from. Now I know!

[Rasty]

Gee, and I was wondering where "chicken nuggets" came from. Now I know!

That's much worse than mouse meat.

It's mechanically seperated chicken (Think scrapings) and textured vegetable protien. The only label that's scarier is potted meat food product!
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[Water Rat]

That's much worse than mouse meat.

It's mechanically seperated chicken (Think scrapings) and textured vegetable protien. The only label that's scarier is potted meat food product!
17039

YUMMY! (barf)

[Rasty]

By request from Water Rat for a Shelter Mouse recipe -



1 large garlic clove
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons mild honey
1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
Pinch of cayenne
3 lb Shelter mouse or chicken wings (see cooks' note, below)
1 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds, lightly toasted
1 scallion (green part only), finely chopped


Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 425°F. Line a large shallow baking pan (17 by 12 inches) with foil and lightly oil foil.
Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt using a large heavy knife. Transfer garlic paste to a large bowl and stir in soy sauce, hoisin, honey, oil, and cayenne. Add Shelter mouse to sauce, stirring to coat.
Arrange Shelter mouse in 1 layer in baking pan and roast, turning over once, until cooked through, about 35 minutes. Transfer Shelter mouse to a large serving bowl and toss with sesame seeds and scallion.

[Rasty]

Water Rat - Here is another recipe for Shelter Mouse. Being a Rat is this hitting close to home?
:)
Makes 4 to 6 servings
“You won’t have to clean the fryer or hide from your doctor. … Need I say more?” —Emeril Lagasse


4 pounds Shelter Mouse, wing tips removed, separated at the joints
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
4 tablespoons butter, melted
Your favorite sauce, for serving, such as barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, or blue cheese dressing, optional

Preheat the oven to 500 F.
Line large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. In large mixing bowl, combine shelter mouse and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Add pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. While crushing between your fingers, add thyme. Mix again and add cayenne and butter. Mix thoroughly, then transfer shelter mouse to baking sheet and arrange in one layer. Roast in oven for 10 minutes, rotate pan and cook 10 minutes longer until mice are nicely browned and cooked through. Serve alone or with your favorite dipping sauce.

[Rasty]

Here is a traditional Recipe I learned in Culinary School (Converted from Pork to Shelter Mouse)

Shelter Mouse Cheese

25 Shelter Mouse (Skinned)
Salt water Brine (Sea Salt and SILWF water of course)

1) Brine three days

Mirepoix (Celery, Onion, Carrot)
Sachet d'epices (Cheesecloth, Bay Leaf, Peppercorns, Fresh Thyme)
Fresh Cold Water

2) In a pot cook mice with above ingredients until very tender
3) Strain liquid (Reserve for later)
4) Pick mouse meat
5) Stuff in a mold and pour liquid back over
6) Chill then enjoy

[Train Wreck]

Are all your ingredients organically grown? :D

[Rasty]

Are all your ingredients organically grown? :D

No I use extra Miracle Grow on everything! The potasium adds that extra flavor!

[Train Wreck]

No I use extra Miracle Grow on everything! The potasium adds that extra flavor!

Good, I was worried that these recipes might actually have some nutritional value. Can't have that!

[Rasty]

Good, I was worried that these recipes might actually have some nutritional value. Can't have that!

Nutritional value? What's that? I work in the restaurant industry. :)

[Rasty]

The Cafe needs a better menu to attract more customers. Let's have a recipe contest. The secret ingredient is something found in a shelter.

[Train Wreck]

Nutritional value? What's that? I work in the restaurant industry. :)

If we're looking to make HB's cafe menu a little more upscale, then we might look at other sources as well: http://www.clayscorner.com/index.html

You might want to check out the offerings at their site. 1704017041

Your choice of "Pure O'possum ran over by Mercer Scroggs in front of Clay's Corner, Brasstown, North Carolina. Sun dried in Summer, freeze dried in Winter- Net. Wt. 3 oz. (contents may differ from label) $2.00... Or for you overachievers at the supper table, we have the new Diet Lite Canned Opossum."

They're fairly close to the Trail , maybe 20 miles or so from Neels Gap. BUY LOCAL!! :p

[Train Wreck]

As an additional incentive, the chances are very high that aforesaid opossums have likely found themselves in a shelter at some point, given their well-known love for traveling the highways and byways of rural Appalachia.

[Wise Old Owl]

Don't forget this Gem...

17042

[Train Wreck]

Don't forget this Gem...

17042

Should be labeled "Canned Moose with Stuffing". A meal in itself!

[Rasty]

Don't forget this Gem...

17042

Looks yummy!

[Train Wreck]

Don't have one .... I don't sleep at shelters. - I hang out to talk with folk but - lumber off into the wood to sleep...



FYI - I was at ADT for year selling and designing Fire Alarms for Resturants - Saw what was coming and left 2009 for Pest Control still good money



Good Night -2:25

Yeah, I wish I'd had the foresight to invest in a recession-proof career.

We may need some of your wise old advice with the test kitchen being set up at the cyber cafe - bound to be a few burnt offerings made to the kitchen gods in search of culinary perfection!

[Wise Old Owl]

Yeah, I wish I'd had the foresight to invest in a recession-proof career.

We may need some of your wise old advice with the test kitchen being set up at the cyber cafe - bound to be a few burnt offerings made to the kitchen gods in search of culinary perfection!


Biblical....very cute.....loads of questions I would love to ask... but cant. - back to hiking and bugs.

[Rasty]

Don't have one .... I don't sleep at shelters. - I hang out to talk with folk but - lumber off into the wood to sleep...



FYI - I was at ADT for year selling and designing Fire Alarms for Resturants - Saw what was coming and left 2009 for Pest Control still good money



Good Night -2:25

Yeah, I wish I'd had the foresight to invest in a recession-proof career.

We may need some of your wise old advice with the test kitchen being set up at the cyber cafe - bound to be a few burnt offerings made to the kitchen gods in search of culinary perfection!

WOO - Extermination / Ingredient Collection

Rastry - Culinary Instruction

Rocket - Bartender

HB - Slave driving proprietor

[Wise Old Owl]

Wow - I remember something the gloves met a guy with a skin disease from processing and eating muskrat years ago.

possum meat taste like after it has been roasted...
1. ALWAYS wear gloves (latex or rubber) when processing wild game. Wild animals may be caring diseases such as trichinosis, or tularemia, or salmonella, and the gloves will protect you from these potential diseases while handling the dead animals. If the meat is thoroughly cooked, then it can be safely eaten even if these diseases may have been present in the raw meat.

2. Process the dead animal as soon as possible after it has been slain:
1. Drain off all the blood by cutting the left jugular neck vein, or cut off and remove the animal's head. Hang small animals upside down by their hind legs, or arrange larger animals so they are facing downhill on a slope.
2. Carefully remove all the internal organs without spilling their contents on the meat. Discard all the internal organs (except the ones you know are edible).
3. Most smaller animals (groundhog, opossum, porcupine, raccoon, squirrel) have glands that are located in their small of the back and under each foreleg. Locate, remove and discard those glands. (Note: Groundhogs have seven or eight of these small glands.)
4. Skin the animal and remove all the fat. The fat will turn rancid very quickly and it must be discarded (or it should be processed immediately).
5. Do not let the exterior hair or fur of the animal touch its inner meat as it may transmit an undesirable flavor to the meat. If any loose animal hair accidentally falls on the meat, remove and discard the hair immediately.
6. If the animal was shot, remove and discard any bullet damaged meat and dried blood from the bullet wound area.

3. Clean and cool the meat as quickly as you can. Plastic freezer bags may be filled with ice, snow, or cold creek water. The meat of small animals may be placed between the sealed bags. Or the sealed bags may be placed inside the body cavity of larger animals. If no cooling bags are available, prop open the body cavity of larger animals with some sticks.

4. The meat of wild animals should be well cooked to make it is safe for human consumption (similar to pork).
1. Small animals (such as rabbit or muskrat) may be processed in a manner similar to chicken.
2. Large animals (such as deer or bear) may be processed in a manner similar to beef.

[Rasty]

When does HikerBoy get back?

[Wise Old Owl]

well on your time line R.... Not soon enough!

[Wise Old Owl]

As my knee gets better - to share with the community - I have to make a decision to reduce my time here to launch a website and pass additional tests for wildlife removal and income... so not to offend - but my post count needs to go down...

[Rasty]

As my knee gets better - to share with the community - I have to make a decision to reduce my time here to launch a website and pass additional tests for wildlife removal and income... so not to offend - but my post count needs to go down...

WOO - It's really all about time management. WOO needs to sleep anyway!:banana

[Wise Old Owl]

Great -- get the woo out of the way....sort of like midget tossing.

[Rasty]

Great -- get the woo out of the way....sort of like midget tossing.

Is that fun?

[Wise Old Owl]

Yea acording to Mr T... Shorty MR T...


OK Pararie Home Companion is in 10 minutes... and I cannot get enough... BYE

[Rasty]

Yea acording to Mr T... Shorty MR T...


OK Pararie Home Companion is in 10 minutes... and I cannot get enough... BYE

Is that something to go to sleep by? I usually watch "How it's Made", love the show but have seen every episode so it's the perfect nap on the couch show.

[Wise Old Owl]

something about powdered milk and ... ohh never mind... NPR

[coach lou]

When does HikerBoy get back? I was going to post an update tonite...so here goes.

HB57 is zeroing today and tommorrow due to a smashed left ankle in the 100 mile. Today spent most of day at Gulf Hagas AMC Center, and I forgot what town, to rest it and resupply. This does delay our hook up but not really changing my plan as I am still recouping from a knee in New Jersey.
He said that the 100 mile had more than a hundred people. He played the Guitar with folks, and was glad to hear we have some new patrons.

I didn't say anything about the new menu;)

[Train Wreck]

OK, here's my contribution to the recipe contest.


UltraLight Hikers Delight - Sweat Tea!!


(Adapted from WikiHow - the how-to manual YOU can edit!)

In the lazy, hazy days of summer, when it's too hot and too much work to boil water, this is a great way to make tea. You, too, can enjoy a nice, guilt-free glass of sweat tea, just using items commonly found in shelters and the awesome power of Mr Sol:sun!

== Ingredients ==
*4 cups of cold water
*4 dirty hiker socks, aged at least 1 week - 10 days

== Steps ==
1. Wash and sterilize a clear container thoroughly with hot water and soap -- :confused: Aw, gotta love those jokesters at WikiHow!
2. Fill the container with 4 cups of cold water. Use the most purified water you can get your hands on. Here's where your SILWF comes in handy!!
3. Add 4 dirty, well-aged socks. Ask your shelter buddies to contribute (or if you're a thru-hiker, just 1 sock will do). Cover the container securely.
4. Place the container in direct sunlight for at least two hours. Taste the tea periodically to see if it's ready. When your gag reflex rockets to approximately 2x faster than your swallowing reflex, you're done!
5. Remove the socks and put back on feet. Make sure you don't mistakenly don someone else's. That would be just, really gross...
6. Pour into glasses, mix with sugar (optional) and serve!
7. Drink all the tea within a few hours.

== Tips ==
* International style sweat tea can be easily made if you're lucky enough to be bunking with the occasional Aussie, German, Brit...the possibilities are endless and exciting!
*Try adding a few stalks of fresh mint leaves and/or a few slices of lemon for added flavor. Or just skip this step and pour in that half pint of Captain Morgan you've been hoarding. Come on, we all know you have it stashed away at the bottom of that stuff sack. Yeah, the red one.
*For genuine southern style sweat tea, say "y'all" at least 5 times while serving.

Enjoy, Y'all!

[Sarcasm the elf]

I was going to post an update tonite...so here goes.

HB57 is zeroing today and tommorrow due to a smashed left ankle in the 100 mile. Today spent most of day at Gulf Hagas AMC Center, and I forgot what town, to rest it and resupply. This does delay our hook up but not really changing my plan as I am still recouping from a knee in New Jersey.
He said that the 100 mile had more than a hundred people. He played the Guitar with folks, and was glad to hear we have some new patrons.

I didn't say anything about the new menu;)


Hey Lou! Good luck to you. When are you heading up to meet with HB?

I hope you have fun and I'm jealous that I can't make it! :sun

[OzJacko]

Go away for a few days and it's a full days work catching up on what's happenned in the cafe. I just marked the other 2000+ posts as read.
Leaving again within 24 hours for another couple of nights away.
Last trip was car camping (1200 miles in 3 days 10 of them on the middle day).
Met a former thru hiker by the look of his weight loss....:D
17043

By the way the stomach under the AT t shirt is part of a plan to not look like this guy when I get to Katahdin.

Good to see the cafe looking so clean, but the shelter mice menu doesn't do a lot for me.
This is the sort of thing you can get in a shelter down here...
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More meaty...:D

[Train Wreck]

Good to see the cafe looking so clean, but the shelter mice menu doesn't do a lot for me.
This is the sort of thing you can get in a shelter down here...
17044
More meaty...:D

What IS that critter? A Possum-Rat?

[OzJacko]

What IS that critter? A Possum-Rat?
A quenda. A short tailed bandicoot. About rabbit size but actually a carnivore (although I think that includes largish insects and reptiles not other mammals).

[Water Rat]

Water Rat - Here is another recipe for Shelter Mouse. Being a Rat is this hitting close to home?
:)
Makes 4 to 6 servings
“You won’t have to clean the fryer or hide from your doctor. … Need I say more?” —Emeril Lagasse


4 pounds Shelter Mouse, wing tips removed, separated at the joints
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
4 tablespoons butter, melted
Your favorite sauce, for serving, such as barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, or blue cheese dressing, optional

Preheat the oven to 500 F.
Line large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. In large mixing bowl, combine shelter mouse and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Add pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. While crushing between your fingers, add thyme. Mix again and add cayenne and butter. Mix thoroughly, then transfer shelter mouse to baking sheet and arrange in one layer. Roast in oven for 10 minutes, rotate pan and cook 10 minutes longer until mice are nicely browned and cooked through. Serve alone or with your favorite dipping sauce.

Nope... Not hitting too close to home! Better luck next time. :)

I just have to wonder... How does one remove a "wing tip" from a shelter mouse? What was the mouse planning on doing with the wing tip in the first place?

I think this is the recipe we should consider. Maybe as an appetizer. Or, as a loss-of-appetizer for those getting ready to go hiking! :)

[Water Rat]

Don't forget this Gem...

17042

I sent a few of those out to friends at Christmas last year... :)

[Water Rat]

Wow - I remember something the gloves met a guy with a skin disease from processing and eating muskrat years ago.

possum meat taste like after it has been roasted...


1. ALWAYS wear gloves (latex or rubber) when processing wild game. Wild animals may be caring diseases such as trichinosis, or tularemia, or salmonella, and the gloves will protect you from these potential diseases while handling the dead animals. If the meat is thoroughly cooked, then it can be safely eaten even if these diseases may have been present in the raw meat.

2. Process the dead animal as soon as possible after it has been slain:
1. Drain off all the blood by cutting the left jugular neck vein, or cut off and remove the animal's head. Hang small animals upside down by their hind legs, or arrange larger animals so they are facing downhill on a slope.
2. Carefully remove all the internal organs without spilling their contents on the meat. Discard all the internal organs (except the ones you know are edible).
3. Most smaller animals (groundhog, opossum, porcupine, raccoon, squirrel) have glands that are located in their small of the back and under each foreleg. Locate, remove and discard those glands. (Note: Groundhogs have seven or eight of these small glands.)
4. Skin the animal and remove all the fat. The fat will turn rancid very quickly and it must be discarded (or it should be processed immediately).
5. Do not let the exterior hair or fur of the animal touch its inner meat as it may transmit an undesirable flavor to the meat. If any loose animal hair accidentally falls on the meat, remove and discard the hair immediately.
6. If the animal was shot, remove and discard any bullet damaged meat and dried blood from the bullet wound area.

3. Clean and cool the meat as quickly as you can. Plastic freezer bags may be filled with ice, snow, or cold creek water. The meat of small animals may be placed between the sealed bags. Or the sealed bags may be placed inside the body cavity of larger animals. If no cooling bags are available, prop open the body cavity of larger animals with some sticks.

4. The meat of wild animals should be well cooked to make it is safe for human consumption (similar to pork).
1. Small animals (such as rabbit or muskrat) may be processed in a manner similar to chicken.
2. Large animals (such as deer or bear) may be processed in a manner similar to beef.

We should post this in the kitchen... Don't want any guest chefs to make a mistake when they process large game!

[Water Rat]

Great -- get the woo out of the way....sort of like midget tossing.

Yeah, but how do you do that in the middle of the woods? Wouldn't that be excessive weight for the pack? Or, do you just toss and walk...toss and walk?

[Train Wreck]

Nope... Not hitting too close to home! Better luck next time. :)

I just have to wonder... How does one remove a "wing tip" from a shelter mouse? What was the mouse planning on doing with the wing tip in the first place?
:)

Silly you. The wing tips are the footwear of choice worn by sartorially knowledgeable mice who are still intent on climbing the corporate ladder. Still part of the rat race, so to speak :p Of course, you should remove the wing tips before cooking. Haven't you ever heard the expression, "Tastes like shoe leather?"

[Water Rat]

Silly you. The wing tips are the footwear of choice worn by sartorially knowledgeable mice who are still intent on climbing the corporate ladder. Still part of the rat race, so to speak :p Of course, you should remove the wing tips before cooking. Haven't you ever heard the expression, "Tastes like shoe leather?"

Oh... And here I thought they were wearing non-Gortex trail runners. Silly me! :)

[Train Wreck]

Oh... And here I thought they were wearing non-Gortex trail runners. Silly me! :)

That's ok. River rats wouldn't know of such things.

[Water Rat]

That's ok. River rats wouldn't know of such things.

Nope. I prefer Keens. :) I can't help what those pesky shelter mice choose to wear. Like wing tips would be suitable hiking attire, or provide the best traction when trying to run from crazed hikers! Sheesh!

[Train Wreck]

nope. I prefer keens. :) i can't help what those pesky shelter mice choose to wear. Like wing tips would be suitable hiking attire, or provide the best traction when trying to run from crazed hikers! Sheesh!

hyoh !!!!!

[Water Rat]

hyoh !!!!!

Very true... But, are they really hiking? Sounds more like they are squatters. Don't they know they are not supposed to move into the shelters? I'll bet they are the ones who put curtains up in the shelters... Trying to lure hikers in so they can steal their food! (insert evil mouse laughter here)

[Train Wreck]

Very true... But, are they really hiking? Sounds more like they are squatters. Don't they know they are not supposed to move into the shelters? I'll bet they are the ones who put curtains up in the shelters... Trying to lure hikers in so they can steal their food! (insert evil mouse laughter here)

I heard that a family of mice stayed 6 nights at a shelter recently, and only left 50 t*rds!
(sorry Lone Wolf, couldn't resist)

[Water Rat]

I heard that a family of mice stayed 6 nights at a shelter recently, and only left 50 t*rds!
(sorry Lone Wolf, couldn't resist)

:) I nearly shot coffee out my nose on that one. Hmmm... Someone who was bored (at the shelter) must have been the one to count out the t*rds. *snicker, snicker*

[Train Wreck]

:) I nearly shot coffee out my nose on that one. Hmmm... Someone who was bored (at the shelter) must have been the one to count out the t*rds. *snicker, snicker*

Either that, or someone who was asking for motivation to thru-hike was assured of a steady job for six months!

[Water Rat]

Either that, or someone who was asking for motivation to thru-hike was assured of a steady job for six months!

Doesn't sound like they were too motivated to thru-hike if they are staying for six months...

[Train Wreck]

Doesn't sound like they were too motivated to thru-hike if they are staying for six months...

HYOH. you are being judgmental again.

[Train Wreck]

I saw earlier that you're a paddler, ever get down here and do any southeastern whitewater?

[Water Rat]

Not yet. That is on the plans, though. Have done a lot in other regions of the states, and Baja, but not in the southeast.

[Train Wreck]

You should definitely keep that on your list!

[Water Rat]

You should definitely keep that on your list!

Oh, yeah! It's definitely going to happen...at some point. I have something else that recently (in the past year) appeared on the list a bit higher. It's called hiking the AT. Have you heard of it? :)

[Train Wreck]

Oh, yeah! It's definitely going to happen...at some point. I have something else that recently (in the past year) appeared on the list a bit higher. It's called hiking the AT. Have you heard of it? :)

No! Sounds like fun!

[Water Rat]

No! Sounds like fun!

Just trying to decide if it will happen in 2013, or 2014. Hmmm...

[Train Wreck]

Just trying to decide if it will happen in 2013, or 2014. Hmmm...

I'd really like to finish my remaining 676 miles (Mass - Maine) next year. Not sure if that will happen, but who knows?

[Water Rat]

I'd really like to finish my remaining 676 miles (Mass - Maine) next year. Not sure if that will happen, but who knows?

Congrats on the mileage you have hiked! You can do it... Might even see ya out there! :) I want my hike to be next year. I just have to figure out if it will be feasible to fit it in with things I have already committed to doing.

[Train Wreck]

Congrats on the mileage you have hiked! You can do it... Might even see ya out there! :) I want my hike to be next year. I just have to figure out if it will be feasible to fit it in with things I have already committed to doing.

Same with me - hoping like crazy I can make it happen, somehow

[Water Rat]

Same with me - hoping like crazy I can make it happen, somehow

If I could figure out how to clone myself, I would leave my clone to do the other stuff...

[Train Wreck]

If I could figure out how to clone myself, I would leave my clone to do the other stuff...

I would take my clone with me, and sit back while she did the camp chores. I want to experience being bored at the shelter!

[Water Rat]

I would take my clone with me, and sit back while she did the camp chores. I want to experience being bored at the shelter!

That's a good idea! Make 2 clones, take 1 with you. I like it!

[Train Wreck]

That's a good idea! Make 2 clones, take 1 with you. I like it!

HBYH

hike both your hikes:)

well, I better ease out of here before WOO shows up and puts me to work!

[Water Rat]

HBYH

hike both your hikes:)

well, I better ease out of here before WOO shows up and puts me to work!

Great plan! Looking around, I can tell it is time to clean this place again. That makes it the perfect time for me to go hit the trail again! :)

[hikerboy57]

hey guys, taking a couple of zeros in greenville. trips been awsesome so far, and the 100 mile wilderness is not so wild. the woods were crowded with nobis,sobos, flipfloppers, girl scout troups, boy scout troups,weekenders, its been crowded at most of the sites the first week i was out , thinned out with bad weather moving in 4 days ago, had to hike through 6 or 7 hours of torrential downpours.
i bashed my shin on a log when i slipped the 4th day out and my ankle continued to worsen as there are no easy parts in maine. the roots rocks and bogs are hell on the ankles and feet, so i finally decided to get off trail right after gulf hagas, got a ride into greenville wwhere i am right now. ive met some really great people, and ive learned thaat the 100 miles are a lot more accessible with amany logging roads and access points, i would resupply more frequestly next time around. anyway, im borrowing a computer here to keep you posted, ill try and check in with you later.
im particularly glad i brought the pet skunk,pepe along. hes been a big hit.

[coach lou]

hey guys, taking a couple of zeros in greenville. trips been awsesome so far, and the 100 mile wilderness is not so wild. the woods were crowded with nobis,sobos, flipfloppers, girl scout troups, boy scout troups,weekenders, its been crowded at most of the sites the first week i was out , thinned out with bad weather moving in 4 days ago, had to hike through 6 or 7 hours of torrential downpours.
i bashed my shin on a log when i slipped the 4th day out and my ankle continued to worsen as there are no easy parts in maine. the roots rocks and bogs are hell on the ankles and feet, so i finally decided to get off trail right after gulf hagas, got a ride into greenville wwhere i am right now. ive met some really great people, and ive learned thaat the 100 miles are a lot more accessible with amany logging roads and access points, i would resupply more frequestly next time around. anyway, im borrowing a computer here to keep you posted, ill try and check in with you later.
im particularly glad i brought the pet skunk,pepe along. hes been a big hit.

What is the name of this no-tell-motel, that allows pets?

[Hairbear]

hey guys, taking a couple of zeros in greenville. trips been awsesome so far, and the 100 mile wilderness is not so wild. the woods were crowded with nobis,sobos, flipfloppers, girl scout troups, boy scout troups,weekenders, its been crowded at most of the sites the first week i was out , thinned out with bad weather moving in 4 days ago, had to hike through 6 or 7 hours of torrential downpours.
i bashed my shin on a log when i slipped the 4th day out and my ankle continued to worsen as there are no easy parts in maine. the roots rocks and bogs are hell on the ankles and feet, so i finally decided to get off trail right after gulf hagas, got a ride into greenville wwhere i am right now. ive met some really great people, and ive learned thaat the 100 miles are a lot more accessible with amany logging roads and access points, i would resupply more frequestly next time around. anyway, im borrowing a computer here to keep you posted, ill try and check in with you later.
im particularly glad i brought the pet skunk,pepe along. hes been a big hit.man sorry to hear about the ankle,hope you can still find the joy in the rest of your trip.did you bring the skunk in case the shelters were full?you could always just let pepe loose around the corner,when they run you jump in and say dibs on this spot.good luck with the ankle.

[Capt Nat]

Pepe is just there to improve the smell!!! Thanks for the update, I hope your ankle lets you get back without too much pain. Yes, you are a REAL hiker!!!

[Rasty]

Pepe is just there to improve the smell!!! Thanks for the update, I hope your ankle lets you get back without too much pain. Yes, you are a REAL hiker!!!

Pepe is a pet. Pest control and an emergency meal.

[Rasty]

Pepe is just there to improve the smell!!! Thanks for the update, I hope your ankle lets you get back without too much pain. Yes, you are a REAL hiker!!!

Pepe is a pet, pest control and emergency meal.

[coach lou]

Here Kitty Kitty, here Kitty:p

[hikerboy57]

pepe has been a big hit with both young and old .in fact, more people gathered around when they got a whiff of pepe.
met a guy named shelter stu with guitar and dog will be out on the trail a full year come end of august. he let me play his guitar, and i developed some infamy on the trail for my ax playing.first couple i spent some time with were fidget and dot.com, retirees from TX, started up from damascus, decided to flip like a lot of sobos i met to get out of the heat. firs week of august was hot and buggy here too, though. fidget and dot.com carried a SILWF, and ive got the picture to prove it. i explained the meaning of the five bullets, and had a good time hanging with them for a few days. overnighteed at white horse landing, thanks 10-k, you were right about the 1 lb burger-awesome.

[Wise Old Owl]

I heard that a family of mice stayed 6 nights at a shelter recently, and only left 50 t*rds!
(sorry Lone Wolf, couldn't resist)


Must have been a hell of a TP Feild... the size of a pot stand.:rolleyes:

[hikerboy57]

my time is up, ill try and check in with you guys again next chance.

[rocketsocks]

hey guys, taking a couple of zeros in greenville. trips been awsesome so far, and the 100 mile wilderness is not so wild. the woods were crowded with nobis,sobos, flipfloppers, girl scout troups, boy scout troups,weekenders, its been crowded at most of the sites the first week i was out , thinned out with bad weather moving in 4 days ago, had to hike through 6 or 7 hours of torrential downpours.
i bashed my shin on a log when i slipped the 4th day out and my ankle continued to worsen as there are no easy parts in maine. the roots rocks and bogs are hell on the ankles and feet, so i finally decided to get off trail right after gulf hagas, got a ride into greenville wwhere i am right now. ive met some really great people, and ive learned thaat the 100 miles are a lot more accessible with amany logging roads and access points, i would resupply more frequestly next time around. anyway, im borrowing a computer here to keep you posted, ill try and check in with you later.
im particularly glad i brought the pet skunk,pepe along. hes been a big hit.HB....wats up man, sorry to hear about the ankle, glad your doing well...and girls dig skunks, hehe. Keep his white stripe clean and tail tucked for maximum effect.

[Wise Old Owl]

Pepe is an emergency meal? hell no.... saw that on survival show.... he almost ralfed.

[rocketsocks]

my time is up, ill try and check in with you guys again next chance.Cool, now go be wild.

[Rasty]

Pepe is an emergency meal? hell no.... saw that on survival show.... he almost ralfed.

Then there is your emergency breakfast!

[Hairbear]

Pepe is a pet, pest control and emergency meal. didnt your moma tell you not to play with your food.............

[Hairbear]

Pepe is an emergency meal? hell no.... saw that on survival show.... he almost ralfed. you only ralf up half of it so you can have a warm meal.

[Wise Old Owl]

pepe is plain nasty!

And smells bad ....

[Wise Old Owl]

Wait I use a larger font and you folks scatter? hmmm font size has value.

[Rasty]

pepe is plain nasty!

And smells bad ....


I'd try it.

[Rasty]

Wait I use a larger font and you folks scatter? hmmm font size has value.

It's been quiet all day today.

[Hairbear]

skunk the other white meat........

[Wise Old Owl]

Its not white - its grey and nasty.... oooh ....

[Rasty]

Its not white - its grey and nasty.... oooh ....

Its grey then make sos

[Hairbear]

hey woo ive got a true story for you.i went to the ozark trail this weekend,at the end of my hike i came to a sign that said highway 8...... 1.2 miles.i held my bamboo stick in the air and thought woo hoo.isntantly i thought woo who?why its the old one in the tree from white blaze.so the last 1.2 i did for you since you cant get out with your leg.

[kayak karl]

the L&I Inspector was just here. I told him to come back and see one of yous guys. he had a clip board with red stickers on it and he looked pissed:eek:

[Rasty]

the L&I Inspector was just here. I told him to come back and see one of yous guys. he had a clip board with red stickers on it and he looked pissed:eek:

It's Hikerboy's fault! He keeps using the oil lamp powered from skunk fat.

[kayak karl]

i think it was pool permits. start collecting bribes.

[Rasty]

i think it was pool permits. start collecting bribes.

No need to worry, have him inspect the deep end of the pool. There is a polar bear in it. Problem solved after you sell the inspectors truck on EBay! With the proceeds we can buy more Sea Salt and another SILWF which got clogged with BS and voided the warranty.

[hikerboy57]

It's Hikerboy's fault! He keeps using the oil lamp powered from skunk fat.

oh yeah, blame it on the absentee owner.
i have the proper skunk fat permits, theyre under the instant mashed potato machine.

[Rasty]

oh yeah, blame it on the absentee owner.
i have the proper skunk fat permits, theyre under the instant mashed potato machine.

It was you or Rocketsocks! My blame repertoire is short.:)

[rocketsocks]

oh yeah, blame it on the absentee owner.
i have the proper skunk fat permits, theyre under the instant mashed potato machine.Ah man you got some reading to catch up on, we blamed a ton of stuff on you, hehe:D

[rocketsocks]

i think it was pool permits. start collecting bribes.KK nice avatar, looks great man!

[Rasty]

Ah man you got some reading to catch up on, we blamed a ton of stuff on you, hehe:D

Things blamed on HikerBoy in the last two weeks

1) SILWF got clogged
2) Polar Bear floaters in the pool
3) Failed Health Inspection
4) Global Warming or Not (Both Sides)
5) WOO's boo-boo on his knee
6) Huge fight about something on another thread
7) Global Shortage of Sea Salt
8) The true cost of water
9) The poor Tips Rocketsocks is getting behind the bar
10)

[hikerboy57]

be careful guys, i intend to return with all 5 bullets,so far couldnt find any ticks to throw em at.lost interest in target practice altogether when pepe raised his tail. lost all interest in just about everything except watching the light change, come to think of it.