marylou

My experience with the Transition has been the same. Best when worn on the outside, and only at its best when you are moving. The second I stop I need to put on another layer to keep from getting chilled. Good piece for the right applications though, like cool spring days doing something fairly aerobic like skiing.

Once an area is developed in the way you describe, it can never really return to a natural state. That's why I think it's good to err on the side of caution, and make more Wilderness rather than less. I know that's a somewhat simplistic argument, but so be it.

Pretty much every Wilderness in the state has valley bottoms in it, and many of them have been logged before. If you look at where they have been left out of a Wilderness via a "cherry stem" road, it's historically been due to inholders. There may be good reasons to not designate Wld Sky as a Wilderness, but lowlands is not one of them.

Manila line is still widely used in theatrical applications. Most of it's 3/4" laid line but we also use 1/2" for some things.

Well-written, but not funny. You must get lonesome up there on the high horse.

I went in that Skeleton Cave once. it was Cree Pee in there!

Come ON, Coffee Boy!

Chatter time!!

I have a pair of super duper lightweight Nikes that I use for camp shoes that are just awesome. Since we're talking about really light footwear options, I just popped over to Nike's website to see what they are called, and guess what? Looks like they are not making them any more!!

I think they call the Exums an approach shoe actually. I've had a pair for about 6 months. Great pair of tenny runners, not as good a climbing shoe as say a Montrail D7. Other thing about the Exums is that they have mesh pretty far down the shoe, which means if you walk in mud or water, you will get some in your shoes. Very comfy though.

That's the one I was thinking of.

There's a really good Mexican on the north side of the hwy. Unfortunately, there is a Mex place every four feet in SW, and I can't remember the name of this one. The outside of the bulding is noisily painted, and there are usually some low-rider cars out front.

There once was a sauce called the Otter To put on your food to make hotter But the joke got too old and grew it some mold No longer was it good laugh fodder.

DFA, bat these naysayers down! Can't you just say "juvenile limrickal hazing" and get rid of that crazy apostophated cobbleage? Or would calling Drul out as being juvenile in the context of this whole thread seem a little, well, I dunno.

Touche. Edited for brevity.

Drul is right, and the remix was a little off too. The remix got an edit, and all is well now.

The lodge at the other end of the lake is a nice way to kick off and end your trip. Don't miss the Mud Pie or the smoked trout. They also sell the trout in the gift shop so you can take some with ya. If you get a room with shared bathroom it's pretty cheap to stay at the lodge. boat ride=$6 each way I went last September for hiking and fishing, and also visited the Warbonnet Basin. There is a pretty popular climb back in there on Warbonnet Peak. It's a great area, have fun. Loads of snaffles, though. Good fishing too.

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Whaddayamean, chump? I took your mealymouthed lim and made it into a lean, mean, syncopated humor machine!

Klenkee, too manneee sylabbleeess!!!! Here's the remix: There once was a fine lass of snug top Who nixed all sex with karate chop chops Then a fag from Niagara Got wood with Viagra And now she sashays with this notfop.

The earbuds Oly's talking about are the Sony EX71 or EX51. Same exact earbud with same performance, but with the 71s you get a longer cord option and they also come in white. There is no need to pay full retail for them if you do some shopping around. So if you want everyone to know you have an ipod, get the 71s in white. Otherwise, the 51s work great. If any of you MP3 users have these 'buds and want to trade the silicon insert thingies so that you can have an extra set in the right size, I have Smalls or Larges that I could send in exchange for Mediums. Apparently they are pretty spendy to get from Sony.

No, I have been happy with my Nike (made by Citizen) too. The only thing I don't like is the strap, but not being a regular watch-wearer, I'm guessing no band is going to feel all that good.

Good: Thomas Dolby "I Scare Myself" Bangles: "Hazy Shade of Winter" Presidents: "Kick out the Jams" Bad: That one Stevie Nicks song that went Top Ten again last year. Stevie Nicks is bad enough as it is, don't remake the stuff!!

I'm not a youger parent, but I was a little kid in the woods. I think my favorite place when I was that age was probably Mt. Rainier, though by 12 or so I had evolved to being an Alpine Lakes Wilderness snob. If you are talking sooner rather than later, this time of year you might find fun things to do around Potholes. There is all that stuff south of the reservoir, nice car camping, easy hiking, and fishin.' Have fun. These are memories that kid will have for a lifetime.