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Thanks Bob, if Dave doesn't object after me calling him out on shimmying that pole, my family and I would love to go. You guys like to play cards around the fire? I will catch up with you on chat one night.

Happy Sunday Morning FIENDS! Here is a morning cup to get you up and going!

Would Lou do such a thing....? You know, I was actually thinking about shimming that pole myself on my next trip, but the more I thought there had to be an easier way. I plan to "shimmy" that pole myself in June because that is a really cool picture and even better story. YC

Dave, I finally read the entire thing. What an awesome report! Your family is priceless. Thanks for sharing your family trip with us. The Melvin story is great and well done on the photoshoping. However, I may have to call you out on the shimming up the pole. IF you daughter got in somehow then I suppose you could have gone in walked up the stairs and opened the doors and walked out? What is the truth Dave? Enquiring minds want to know! You made good time back on that Saturday. We came back on that Sunday and it took us 16 hours, the Thanksgiving traffic was awful. Coming over Monte

Caveat Lector, Thanks for reading and responding! I understand squirrels chewing on things and finding their way into openings, but how did that little tree rat "know" to chew that bungee to gain access to the camper? It is a little scary to me, almost like the Planet of the Apes, the squirrels are getting smarter than us! Somebody had to have a good time in that cart and is having a good time telling the story! Wish I knew more.

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and reading along! I have alot of reading to do. I didn't realize how much it takes to write a trip report. I know see why there aren't too many "live" TRs. I can't wait to have time to read all the others. Hope we get the opportunity to meet soon. YC

Good Morning Fiends! I realized I forgot the mug of the day yesterday. I only have two more so I will send us off on Monday morning with my last mug and bring this report to a close. I have been looking at a bunch of pictures so I will post some of the more interesting ones this weekend. But for now enjoy your morning cup!

ThanksTCD! No looking back. Wouldn't have checked if Lou hadn't asked anyway. At least as a rookie I am showing promise and it means I am PART OF THE TEAM! I need some of Yuri's moxie and I will get the Beverly's on camera next time. Next trip June 1-12, maybe longer working on it... I am also reading your SBTR it is a hoot. Tell us how you really feel .. It was great to meet you Stacktester thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again in June. Lou, did you teach him how to use that Silver Tongue?

Glad you are not still reading! FrIEND. Thanks for the links to the robotics! Glad to be here and wish i found my way sooner! Thanks! 1. Thanks Dave missed your posts from the past. I am halfway done with your Thanksgiving post, look for a reply this weekend. 2. I wish I had more time to really look at it. I wondered if the keys were still in there. Thanks for reading and helping me find my way to port! You said I would probably get banned too and you were right. Not an Elvis moment for me--I am not all shook up-- for sure! The ride home was a blast, glad we were on bikes and not i

I loved those pictures around The Meadows it was a beautiful day! Marilyn, we did meet. My wife and I stopped by and met you and Gary and your granddaughter one night after swimming at the pool. You shared some Rattle and Hum with us, which we still need to PM you to get that recipe. You guys were gone by the time we came back around on this ride. Beverly needed a pitcher of kungaloosh or a serious boyfriend one... Well said Carol!

Time for the rest of the story so I can give Beverly a little love... As we neared the WL on the nature path we found this interesting sight... Now these pictures don't do cart 609 much justice it was pretty scratched up and dirty and although it doesn't appear far off the path it really is. If you look through the trees you will see the WL buildings. I wanted better pictures and as I was about to dismount my bike and go in for a closer look Beverly showed up and started asking me, in a very rude tone is that your cart? What is it doing there? I can't beleive this cart is here.. Almost did

I hope this post isn’t Taboo, but I have to get this off my chest. Well after talking with Lou over our last trip he asked me if I had been banned from Voldemort and I honestly didn't know because I began posting here and hadn’t checked there. Many of you have read about my Thanksgiving experience at the Fort where we received a spike from TCD. I posted about it over there before our Easter trip because I didn’t know where it had come from. Well I checked in last night and this is what I got. I find it laughable that I was banned for innocently looking for answers. I also find it ironic t

CUNWDW We were there when you were and tried to stop by one afternoon but you were out. Sorry we didn't get to meet you. Your site was decorated awesome, very easy to see. YC

TiggnTaz Sorry about your troubles coming down. Glad you were able to continue onto the Fort. My family and actually waved and yelled at you on the 2002 site about your popup being a Utah and ours a Bayside. I believe Donnie had stopped to see you then too. If I had known it was you we would have stopped and talked, we were on our way to a late night park run. We also had traded posts on the other site, about a month ago. I am now banned there for the spike question I posted. No sleep lost over that one. We really appreciate the videos you took. We noticed on the 2000 loop that week ther

Good morning Fiends, here is your wake up cup. This is the third in a series of four mugs I own. Feeling a little Goofy today! Have a great day. YC

Thanks Carol!

Well after the break in, we went exploring the Fort on our bicycles and here are some of my favorite shots of the grounds. After exploring The Meadows we headed up past the 1400 loop to check in on GADAWGFAN and then to 400 to check in on Partially confused Marilyn, and then on to 300 to check in on Itch. They were all gone or checked out, what a bummer, never got to meet Itch but enjoyed meeting PCM and GDF earlier in the trip. We headed down the path along the canal behind the 300 loop the sign did not say No Bikes only No Carts. We saw 2 guys fishing on the "dam" to the canal and then w

Don't know about the report quality, but I still have some more mugs to go! Thanks for the feedback!

Okay, I don't know the story about Pam and the squirrels. I will do some searching tonight, but does anyone want to tell the story?

Thanks for reading, more coming.

The little ones were the most fearless. You would think they would be the most skiddish, but nope. They have probably been fed since birth by campers. I have a trap and an air rifle, the trap is a better shot :) If I trap them you have to take them 8 miles or more away and preferably across a water barrier to prevent them from returning. I would have at least thought the dogs would have kept them away. We will be bringing some ROPEL to spray around the camper next time. I don't know the boys and I hit them the pine cones and they really didn't flinch. We tried some sticks and that some

Just want to do a little clean up and respond to some posts I missed in the transition back to the working world. I hope the rest of the story wasn't so bad, but my youngest was freaked out that the squirrel had been in his bed. It was really funny to listen to the tough little boy whinning about a tree rat. Thanks for reading along Yvonne! It is tough to do a real time TR, I had no idea how tough it would be to upload pictures and complete posts each day. However, I am not done and am looking to write the final verses the next couple of days. Atlanta was better than it ever has been we

Here is the morning mug. Deeper responses coming after work today. This is from a set of four oly two more to go.

Good morning Fiends! Here is the morning mug to get us going. Here is the rest of the story on the break in... We came back to the camper to rest and my wife noticed these in the bed and began giving our son the third degree over eating in the bed, and cookies that he must have snuck without asking. He began to protest as he always does, but this time it really seemed he didn't do it since the crumbs weren't on his side of the bed. We looked around and found this... Look carefully at the bag, it has been chewed on. We knew Mickey had a sweet tooth but never imagined a rodent would have go

CC, DaveInTN, Annie, Steffa, Heidi, and Cherie, Thank you all for the well wishes going home. It worked! We made it with only minor traffic issues in Atlanta otherwise it was good driving. We left at 10:20 Orlando time and arrived at 10:00 on the nose Nashville time. We had the usual stops plus one more to see my mom in South Atlanta. The week went very quick with only one minor snag. A break in occurred at our camper! See my next post for details! I also plan to continue my mug shots in the morning till this trip report is complete.