Who: Munchkin,Bumble Bee, Mayor, Radar, Chunkie, Gary K., Tucker, Duke, and stray.

Site: Bravo

Menu: Grilled fish & veg, burgers, baked beans, P. sausage, snacks.

Weather: Rain Wed night, muggy Thurs, Clear & mild Fri-Sun. (Ideal)

Munchkin and Bumble Bee arrived Wed, Radar & Mayor Thurs, Chunkie and Gary Friday. Chunkie and Rooster had new vehicles. Black F150 and Tan Blazer.

Who: Radar, Mayor, Ken Higgins, Brian Higgins, Munchkin, Gary Kitchen, Chunkie

Site: Camp Bravo – Tents and trucks.

Weather: Rain Friday, Low 20 deg Fri night.

Menu: Deer Stew, T-bone steaks, big breakfast Sat.

Radar, Mayor, Ken, and Brian arrived and set up camp 6pm Thursday. Planned to get to bed early so we could have luau Friday night. Didn’t work out that way. Radar got to bed about 1:30am and Ken and the Mayor stayed up till about 4am.

Others arrived Friday. Rain for 4 hours during the day. Turned very cold (20 deg) overnight. Ken and Brian left before breakfast Sat to get home to some heat!!! Steaks Saturday night, home Sunday am.

Who: Radar, Gary Kitchen, Munchkin, Rooster. (Chunkie couldn’t come because of knee)

Site: Camp Bravo

Weather: Fog & mist Fri, warm Sat, light rain.

Menu: Bratwurst, beef stew, pork steak, grilled chicken, big breakfast Sunday.

Rooster took Friday off, stopped for groceries and arrived at 2:30pm. Radar and Gary arrived 6pm. Rooster and Radar had coon watch till 3:30am. Made rock and wood run Sat A.M. Munchkin arrived noon Sat.(Rooster)

Rooster & Radar took dip in riverbend hole. Air temp 55deg but water wasn’t bad once you get used to it. After eating a round of the Mayor’s famous stew everyone decided that was enough for Sat night’s supper. We were sitting around campfire doing some serious world problem solving when we all heard something that sounded like a truck coming from the West. The problem here is that there is no road in from the West. As the sound got closer we could see that it was a truck coming right down the middle of the river. When it got straight out from camp we determined it to be a new or very late model Ford extended cab pickup. We all decided that Daddy was probably making the payments on this truck. From the shouts and yelling we could tell it was loaded with teenagers. We don’t need to elaborate on our thoughts of their mental condition or what caused it. We called it a night early because of the rain (and last night’s coon watch?) (Radar)

Bacon, P Sausage, eggs, taters and bisquits for Sunday breakfast. Windy, Sunny, 45 deg Sunday am. (Rooster)

This was my first trip with the infamous Black River gang. It certainly won’t be my last. Other than the afore mentioned unprovoked u-boat attack, the trip was without incident and a good time was had by all. (Gary K)

Radar and Gary left at noon Sunday. Munchkin and Rooster made a wood run. Pork Steak and half baked taters w/slaw for supper. Frost and 25 deg Mon. am. Ask Munchkin about the bear. Cardinals lost N.L. Championship to S.F. Giants. Packed and left Tue am. (Rooster)

Trip 17 Thurs-Sun June 20-23, 2002

Who: Radar, Munchkin, Chunkie, Rooster, Ken Higgins, Jim Tricky, Bumble Bee, Jimmy Minehart, Terry Lingle, Chase Lingle, Tucker

Site: Bravo 5 Tents, Chuck Wagon, Trucks

Menu: Grilled Chicken, coleslaw, P. sausage, hot dogs, ham, breakfast rolls, cookies.

Weather: Fantastic! Highs 90, Lows 60.

Radar, Chunkie and Munchkin arrived and set up camp 6pm Thursday. Lee arrived 11am Friday. Rooster, Ken and Tricky about 2:30pm Friday. Rest about 2pm Saturday. Lee acquired his nickname Bumble Bee this trip.

Our long standing swimming hole upstream from Bravo was filled in with gravel. Found another suitable spot, but not as deep. There were campers at Alpha and Charlie this weekend. This was maiden trip for Ken H. and Jim T. We gave them the grand tour of the area in the back of Radar’s truck Friday evening. Ken made a big mistake by pitching his tent too close behind Chunkie and Radar’s tent. Ken’s snoring volume was the main topic of discussion the next morning. Radar had to leave his tent at 3am when he mistook a tremor caused by the snoring for about a 5.5 quake. The rest of the group got by with earplugs or were too saturated to care. (Radar)

In our efforts to fill Jim and Ken in on some events of the previous trips the story came up of an earlier trip when Munchkin, Rooster and Chunkie were down below the cave cooling it and ran out of beer. While discussing who would walk back to camp to replenish the beer inventory when lo and behold, Chunkie looked up river and said ‘what’s that in the water?’ After a few minutes anticipation here comes a 12 pack of Natural Light floating downstream. Munchkin waded out and intercepted the passing godsend. Not only were we pleasantly surprised to find cold beer come drifting by within reach, but to make it more pleasant, it turned out to be our favorite brand. (Picture Yakov Smirnoff in heavy Russian accent saying, ‘What a country!’) We finally figured out it was our own beer we had tied to a root wad in the river by camp to keep cool. Regardless, it came floating by at a very opportune time. We laughed at our own ignorance for many trips to follow. So far on this trip Chunky has yet to draw blood – an eagerly awaited ritual usually fulfilled in one form or another. (Munchkin)

When we were at Sutton’s Bluff Saturday Bumble Bee did a double back dive off the bluff – 45 feet. Rooster’s ass was puckered but Chunkie said not to worry, he has his own insurance now. The Mayor said he would cook the chicken but he talked Chunkie into doing the cooking. Lee told Jim he would be back to camp at 3 – Jim should know better since he was having dinner fed to him. He finally showed up at 6:30. (Chunkie)

Who: Radar, Munchkin, Chunkie, Rooster
Site: Bravo – 3 tents, chuckwagon, trucks.
Weather: Cold nights (teens Thurs), Nice days 60s Sunday.
Menu: P.sausage,Potato soup, T Bones, baked beans, fried spuds, big breakfast Sat.

Radar came up Thursday with a new expanding bed and his tent. Nearly froze overnite. Saw two deer several times. Munchkin arrived noon Friday. Chunkie chauffered the mayor with the chudk wagon and arrived 3pm. Great night with N.Light & McCormick till 12:30. Not quite as cold.

Big breakfast Sat. Munchkin watched camp while others went to pines and Camp Alpha. The owners from the city were at the pines. Everybody took a bath in the river about 1pm. Munchkin said he still doesn’t like the last swallow of beer in the bottom of the can.

Steak and slow fries were great Sat nite. Chunkie spotted UFO in South sky at dark. He and Munchkin were early to bed, early to rise, healthy, wealthy and wise. Rooster and Radar were late to bet, early to rise, gives a man red, tired eyes.

Sprang forward for daylight savings time. Had snack cakes for breakfast and polish sausage for early lunch. Munchkin left about 9:30am. Rest left about noon. Saw deer on Skyline Drive on way out. Stopped by Radar’s homestead on way home. Chunkie and Rooster heard ‘When I Die’ on radio on Catron road to cap off the weekend.

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