Ok, boys and girls. It's set. I checked out the site and it's good to go. It's east of Lake City by about ten minutes, but I have some backroads from Gainesville that will get us there quicker. I plan on heading out Saturday morning/afternoon and setting up the site for use on Saturday evening/night.
The site is on Ocean Pond near the Olustee Battlefield in the Osceola National Forest. I need to know who's definitely going to come up for the camping trip. I have an eight man tent that we can use as the "communal tent." However, the campsite will support several tents on it so if you have one just bring that. I have a small Coleman double propane stove we'll take as well as a lantern and two extra sleeping bags. I have plenty of wood here at the house and we can lug that up so we don't have to chop anything up while there. I also have tons of coolers and a small portable grill if you want to use that instead of the fire. A bathroom is on the site, but it's only got a toilet. We are in the Osceola Forest so hot showers and sinks are on the other side of the lake and can be accessed by car if we need to go. I'm not taking a boat onto the lake at night to cross. I will be prepared to leave on Saturday morning. If some of the folks get up here on Friday night I don't mind taking the boat with me on Saturday morning so you can try fishing, but if we get a late start I don't want to take the boat.
So far the weather up here hasn't dipped below 55 degrees. As a matter of fact, it's only been below 60 a couple of times. This is perfect camping weather. The forest has tons of trails for hiking or bicycling so bring your bicycle if you like. (I'd love to have a go-kart to do this at night, but oh well... If you want to check out more information on the site check out the following... http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=080504&CU_ID=1 or do a search on Google for the Osceola National Forest or Hog Pen Landing (which is the specific area I plan to use for this trip.) Grownzi, if you want to go shooting at the range East of Lake City on Saturday morning we can do that before going out to the camp site. As a matter of fact if anyone wants to learn how to shoot a gun or rifle I have a couple of easy weapons you can try out Saturday morning at the rifle range. As far as Saturday morning/afternoon activities I'll do whatever the majority wants. I'm going to Lake City on Friday afternoon to prepare for whatever the majority has decided by Wednesday night. Please tell me if you have decided to come or not come by that night.
On another note, I have decided to throw myself a huge-ass birthday bash on the weekend of Homecoming and really hope everyone can make it up for that. The party will take place on Homecoming Saturday night. I'm taking a couple of my kids to the football game if it's in the afternoon (as of yet, the game is TBA). After I drop the kids off I'm heading to the bar, then going home to start the party around 11 PM. I am buying the first keg and am inviting tons of people from out of town and everyone I know here in town. I want to have a party similar to the one from last year where we got the dance floor out and danced even after the cops told us to quiet down. :) Tommy Seijo is coming down from Asheville if you know him you know we intend on having a blast!
If you can only make it up for one of the weekends I'd prefer you come up for the birthday bash, but I'd love to see you all up both weekends. Now that I'm not in the red I plan on making a trip to Miami in December. I'll probably take a day off work since I want to visit with my abuela. After that I want to PAR-TAY. I'm not going down there to sit around and relax this time since I do have money now. Please tell me when is a good weekend for me to come down. I might be taking a friend or two (I can only fit three people total in my truck for a trip like that).
Ok, that's enough said by me. I'm not going to try to convince anyone to do a damn thing. If you want to have fun with me get off your ass and get up with me. You only live once.
-SHIDOG
(still enjoying life, while trying to find Mrs. Right) haha
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Hey Hose!
You can count on Jorge and I to attend the Homecoming Happy Birthday Festivities! I'll spread the word to Gloria and Paul and encourage them to attend. See you soon!
Like Sheila said, we're definitely down for homecoming. I'm looking forward to it!
All right, so nobody is camping. I've been working on getting a pair of tickets for anyone who comes into town and claims them first. I'm not sure if it's going to happen. First to blog a response gets first dibs on those tix if I get them. The game's at 7 PM. We'll be drinking at my house by 10:30 PM. -SHIDOG
Well, I'd like first dibs, but it looks like She and I can't go. :( She realized last night that she has a training that weekend. I might still go up with Grownzup or Mark if they still go.
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