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On the weekend of May 17, any of y'all in the NorthCentral, AR / SouthCentral, MO area (Memphians, too) are more than welcomed to join us for camping & canoeing (and a little caching). I'm not going to post it as an event cache 'cause this started out as a Pressure Relief Expedition for a bunch of us Network/Computer/Engineering geeks at work a few years ago and this is the eighth trip in the series...

 

If you want to join us, we'll be camping at Many Islands Friday & Saturday nights. Canoeing will be on Saturday -- we usually hit the river around 11:00am to give the day-trippers time to make the drive from Memphis.

 

Campsite should be within a stone's throw of N36° 23.520 W91° 31.846. Just look for a cluster of vehicles with those oval GEO stickers. Should be a reddish Saturn and a green S-10 for sure.

 

There are a few caches nearby -- including Bitbrain's Island Stash.

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Ah heck Jamie,

 

You gonna whimp out on an arkansas trip AGAIN? After all bird has gone through to get this trip together!!! No wonder the "West Nile 7" gave you up. lol.

 

Seriously, we will try our best to be there, Mrs. Crazy has a seminar in Hot Springs, Ar. that weekend, and Mr. Crazy has to go hunt for the "elusive ones". We will try to stop in on the way home. We would love to meet the next finders of bitbrains stash and compare notes.

 

Beleive us everyone, it is a cache of a lifetime. (PLEASE NOTE: Make sure your life insurance is paid up) lol.

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Ok. the Memphis Contingent was exhausted by two straight days of relentless rain. The darned tents were even full of water -- I think it was raining horizontally much of the time. We packed up and left town Saturday evening after foolishly kayaking from Dam 3 to Many Islands (yes, it rained. yes, it was cold.). icon_eek.gif

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We're gonna try it again... It'll be the weekend of September 13. The coordinates listed below whould still be good. Maybe the Cachecrazies won't be doing their rain dance this time.

 

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Originally posted by bitbrain:

On the weekend of September 13, any of y'all in the NorthCentral, AR / SouthCentral, MO area (Memphians, too) are more than welcomed to join us for camping & canoeing (and a little caching). I'm not going to post it as an event cache 'cause this started out as a Pressure Relief Expedition for a bunch of us Network/Computer/Engineering geeks at work a few years ago and this is the eighth trip in the series...

 

If you want to join us, we'll be camping at Many Islands Friday & Saturday nights. Canoeing will be on Saturday -- we usually hit the river around 11:00am to give the day-trippers time to make the drive from Memphis.

 

Campsite should be within a stone's throw of _N36° 23.520 W91° 31.846_. Just look for a cluster of vehicles with those oval GEO stickers. Should be a reddish Saturn and a green S-10 for sure.

 

There are a few caches nearby -- including http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=38296.

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I need to get my own kayak. Its costing me too much to keep renting. I've been looking at the Sevylor Diveyak Kayak...

 

It can hold upto 600 lbs, you can mount a motor, you can also add a seat and hold two adults, it even has a clear see through dive hatch. It runs $599.99 but it has alot of uses: Rivers, lakes, and I think its even sea worthy.

 

Any one got a couple of bucks to spare... heh heh

 

64784_1200.gifBeen there... Done that...

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Well! See that Bitbrain's still badmouthing us! icon_wink.gif

 

We're doing the "NON RAIN DANCE" for your weekend! While we don't do the boating or camping thing, we will check out the possibilities of being close by for the weekend. At least that way, maybe we can meet up! AND. . . if it does rain, maybe we can have a motel room to party in! Will post this weekend after we find out for sure.

 

"Geocaching expands your horizons - not your butt!"

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We will be out of town that weekend.

 

 

Many Islands is out of town. Does that mean you'll be there?

 

Only if the Titans and Raiders are playing there.


 

Ummm.... It sure looks like the titans are playing the Raiders tonight. The Canoe & Camping trip is NEXT WEEKEND...

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Originally posted by bitbrain:

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Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:

 

We will be out of town that weekend.

 

 

Many Islands is out of town. Does that mean you'll be there?

 

Only if the Titans and Raiders are playing there.


 

Ummm.... It sure looks like the titans are playing the Raiders tonight. The Canoe & Camping trip is NEXT WEEKEND...


This weekend we are in Monroe La. The one after that we are back in Nashville for the Titans, Saints game. We will have to catch you next time as I was looking forward to putting a hole in your canoe for your 4X4 "Adventure" icon_biggrin.gif.

 

"When in doubt...hit it with a hammer" C²™

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Update:

It looks like we're still going to the river.

 

I'm not planning to arrive until about 10:00am on Saturday. Just look for the truck with the GEO oval and an orange kayak. Probably gonna be parked near the store if not at the coords posted above.

 

If the weather doesn't look good for Saturday night, I'll probably head back home rather than camp. I had enough cold rain in May. <shudder>

 

Jamie: Greg (used to be a cacher called Sonoma) might be interested in front-seating your canoe if you come up.

 

Any of you other slackers thinking about making the trip?

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Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:

We will have to catch you next time as I was looking forward to putting a hole in your canoe for your 4X4 "Adventure" icon_biggrin.gif.

 

"When in doubt...hit it with a hammer" C²™


 

Aw, shucks... You haven't even hit my http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=38296 yet.

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I have a team of specialists scouting that one out for me as we speak.

 

"When in doubt...hit it with a hammer" C²™

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Man Bit... I wish I would've known about this sooner. I don't kayak but I sure love camping and canoeing and have been down the Spring River many many times. I wish the info had been bumped up in the threads a little sooner as I would've been able to go with a little more notice. Definitely count me in for the Spring trip. Have you been on the Eleven Point River? Just about 30 min. further up in Missouri?

 

There must be a 'cacher nearby.... I smell DEET!

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I'm staying home. icon_mad.gif

 

No inclination whatsoever to sit on the river in the rain for five or six hours today. Darn it all...

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Sorry - guess our non-rain dance didn't work. Although it's been sporadic here in Mtn. Home. If it makes you feel any better, I (Mrs. Crazy) took the grandkids to the fair today - and got rained out! At least we got in 3 hours of goodies before we had to leave. It's starting to look like your float trips are jinxed. icon_frown.gif

 

"Geocaching expands your horizons - not your butt!"

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