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PLANNING: TECORE IX - FUGAWI HUNTING - Sept. 20-22

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by dvanbramer88 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:54 pm

TBYODA wrote:
dvanbramer88 wrote:Checked my 4WD and did a once over on the truck today. Packing and going back to school tomorrow. I'm bringing my kitchen crate but don't really have anywhere to secure my stove. Don't really want it in the back seat and it doesn't fit in the tool box.

Hopefully either Mike Bossier, JD, or v7guy will be nice enough to let me bum their stoves. Or I can just eat my Raman noodles raw :finger:

Aren't camp fires coals good for that. Hahaha.


LOL, worst case, I could throw my pot on the coals and boil some water that way. We actually boiled some beer soaked hot dogs like that on TECORE 8. :friday:
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by Trail X » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:08 am

I'm sure you'll find an available flame.
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by v7guy » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:01 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote: Hopefully v7guy will be nice enough to let me bum his stove. Or I can just eat my Raman noodles raw :finger:



Screw you Dave, eat those noodles raw! How else are you going to get the full college experience. :finger: :raspberry: :finger: :raspberry:
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by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:46 pm

The one time I only bring one means by which to cook I forgot the gas line! The fire was a fine substitute. I made a bag to hold the everything and I place in inside so as not to forget it again.

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by TBYODA » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:57 pm

As fas as camp fires are we required to keep the fire off the ground in GWSF? I have a portable fire pit I could bring, it's about 2.5' or 3' square.
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by v7guy » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:03 pm

Nah, we usually do a big fire on the ground, generally speaking we use existing spots... that whole tread lightly thing. Frequently we cook our food in portable camp stoves, but I've been known to toss a can of beans or what not on the edge of the fire.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:58 pm

Most fire rings people build are too small, we built a nice one at T7.
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by v7guy » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:08 am

with the number of people we may be having the power line field might be a really good spot despite there being a cell signal there. There was tons of room and a big ole fire was easy to make.
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by TBYODA » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:20 am

Do you normally camp in the same spot both days?
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by NC_IslandRunner » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:45 am

We never Camp in the same spot both nights, we pack camp and keep going.
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by TBYODA » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:52 am

NC_IslandRunner wrote:We never Camp in the same spot both nights, we pack camp and keep going.

Thanks though as much, just trying to plan gear.
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by dvanbramer88 » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:02 am

NC_IslandRunner wrote:Most fire rings people build are too small, we built a nice one at T7.


That was fun. Treadin' heavy and I got stung by a bee.
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by Trail X » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:36 am

NC_IslandRunner wrote:...T7.


oooh... I like the abbreviation. Spring can be T10... got a good ring to it.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:46 am

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NC_IslandRunner wrote:...T7.


oooh... I like the abbreviation. Spring can be T10... got a good ring to it.


After I posted it I noticed how much I liked it too. Just to lazy to type the whole thing...
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:35 pm

Posting this here for posterity.

The address to the shopping center. For any first timers: If you google maps this address, we meet at the Walmart Fuel Court on the far side of this shopping center.

171 Burgess Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lets say 9am at the fuel court?
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by Moots1288 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:43 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:Posting this here for posterity.

The address to the shopping center. For any first timers: If you google maps this address, we meet at the Walmart Fuel Court on the far side of this shopping center.

171 Burgess Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lets say 9am at the fuel court?

I say 1pm
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:53 pm

Moots1288 wrote:
dvanbramer88 wrote:Posting this here for posterity.

The address to the shopping center. For any first timers: If you google maps this address, we meet at the Walmart Fuel Court on the far side of this shopping center.

171 Burgess Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lets say 9am at the fuel court?

I say 1pm


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by james02 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:09 pm

Moots1288 wrote:
dvanbramer88 wrote:Posting this here for posterity.

The address to the shopping center. For any first timers: If you google maps this address, we meet at the Walmart Fuel Court on the far side of this shopping center.

171 Burgess Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lets say 9am at the fuel court?

I say 1pm


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by james02 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:09 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:
Moots1288 wrote:
dvanbramer88 wrote:Posting this here for posterity.

The address to the shopping center. For any first timers: If you google maps this address, we meet at the Walmart Fuel Court on the far side of this shopping center.

171 Burgess Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lets say 9am at the fuel court?

I say 1pm


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by ErikSS » Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:10 pm

I'm comming 710+ miles after work on Thursday and I can make 9am! 8-)
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