What would you add to Trail Days ?

[Mountain Dew]

If you could add anything to Trail Days what would it be ? Notice i didn't say take out of Trail Days.
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I'd have the Grand Marshal (s) of the parade be a distinguished member of the trail community every year. I'd like to see one of the following lead the parade in 2005.

1. Bob and Pat Peoples of Kincora
2. Gene Espy
3. The person with the most trail maintenance hours under their belt
4. The person with the most A.T. miles hiked
5. The youngest living plus the oldest living thru-hikers to date

[smokymtnsteve]

hassle-free smoking area

[Jack Tarlin]

Dew:

I like most of your ideas.

*As to folks who should be leading the parade: I'd wait til next year for Bob and Pat, as next year (2006) will be Kincora's tenth hiker season, as they first started taking care of hikers in the spring of '97..... Actually, I think Bob and Pat are qualified to lead the parade EVERY year, but I'll settle for their tenth anniversary.

*Honoring the maintainers is always a good idea.

*As far as most miles hiked, I'm positive Seiko, who is a very modest, unassuming guy, would not be interested.

*You left out someone significant. The Grand Marshal position should be occupied by someone who is universally known and respected in the hiking community, and it should be someone who loves the Trail, loves the folks who hike it, and most of all, has a sense of humor and spirit that ensures that their leading the Hiker Parade would not only be fitting, but also, a whole lot of fun.

I hereby nominate Miss Janet!

[Mountain Dew]

Smokey Mtn. Steve.......You can smoke just about anywhere now can't you ?

Jack, Although i did think about mentioning her i decided not to do this for one simple reason. Time. Although few would deny her greatness and her popularity on the trail she is relatively new. Like a great slugger who has lead the league in many catergories his first 5 seasons in the bigs it's still too early to mention her/his name with the greats. Give her time ...give her time....

[Jack Tarlin]

I guess by that reasoning Dew, we don't have to take anything you say seriously for either five more years, or 10,000 miles, whichever comes first!

Thank you for pointing this out!

[smokymtnsteve]

Smokey Mtn. Steve.......You can smoke just about anywhere now can't you ?

note that I said a "HASSLE FREE" smoking area...and not just for me ..I gotta lot of friends.

[Mountain Dew]

I'm not sure what you're reading, but I basically called her a great new addition to the A.T. If she talks in her sleep I'd take it seriously. She's my favorite Texan living out of country. lol Since you are at her house I'm gonna call her right now and tell her to turn down your Springstein music so you can concentrate and comprehend brother.

[Jack Tarlin]

Hey Hudson, you're the best, but for around the ninth time.......I'm not sure which church the big guy regularly attends (if any), but I don't think he's one of the Chosen People.

It's SpringSTEEN, baldy, not STEIN.

Oh, and he's not a Southern Baptist, either.

[Mountain Dew]

Smokey Steve...are you saying smoke as in cig's or smoke as in uuhhh well ...yeah ? I think I missed your meaning the first time around here. hahahahaahaaa I get ya now.

[Mountain Dew]

I knew you'd catch that Jack. hahahahaaaa Too funny

[smokymtnsteve]

well..duh...

[PROFILE]

My addition:

Trail only acsess.

[Lone Wolf]

I don't care what Dew says. I'm leading the parade on my Harley flying the Blue-Blaze banner.

[slingblade]

You got my vote Wolf--SlingBlade

[hikerjohnd]

Trail only acsess.

What is that?

[smokymtnsteve]

My addition:

Trail only acsess.

yep I can understand that.

[Hyway]

a wet T-Shirt contest?

[Nightwalker]

What is that?

It means that you can only get to Trail Days via the trail. Never happen.

[PROFILE]

It was in jest (kind of). I know it will never happpen. But you have to have dream.

[Nightwalker]

It was in jest (kind of). I know it will never happpen. But you have to have dream.

Yeah, I know. I wish that more folks realized that about 50% of what was said here was in fun. There'd certainly be a lot less flame-wars.

The funniest one that I've seen was some sub-20-year-old kid breaking bad on someone for playing a bit over something he'd said. I'd met this kid. He would have been bringing a lollipop to a bar-fight, and the other guy wasn't even serious in the first place.