Who: Chunkie, Rooster, Tucker

Site: Camp Bravo

Menu: Ham & beans, sirloin steak, P. sausage, snacks.

Weather: Showers enroute Thu. 80/48. Shower Fri pm 68deg high. Soggy and 48deg Sat am. Then clear and sunny.

Summary: Set up camp in dark. Sat around fire till 12:30. Friday Chunkie & Tucker five mile bike ride/run to Charlie, Delta, and low water bridge. Put beans on campfire and made wood run. Called wives and told them no double insurance - we are still kicking.  Lots of wood ticks around this trip. Having to check Tucker several times a day for ticks.

Chunkie & Tucker maed trip to the Pines Sat. Folks were camping with families. Saw 2 deer, 1 rabbit & squirrel on ride. Tucker chased deer into the hills. Took swim at high noon. - Chunkie

High was 85 deg Sat evening. Turned in early. Temp at sunup Sunday 42 deg. Coffee & cookies, then packed up. Left at 10am. Chunkie hit a stump leaving camp. Minor damage to front bumper. Otherwise - great trip. - Rooster

Who: Munchkin, Chunkie, Mayor, Radar, Tucker

Site: Camp Alpha

Menu: Ham hocks & beans, burgers, spuds, coleslaw, beef steak, rabbit, pork steak.

Weather: Highs 80s, low 50s. Perfect.  Touch of fall in air.

Summary: Chunkie and Munchkin arrived 2pm Wed with chuckwagon. Rooster 5pm Wed. Radar 6pm Thursday. Chunkie brought jogging suit for first time. Decided Mayor had been right telling him for years how great they were for camp attire. Installed picture window (cut down high weeds) for senic arm chair view of river. Munchkin & Chunkie fished early am Thu. Snorkleing and mountain biking filled Thursday with frequent beer breaks. Radar brought new camp stove on legs. Chunkie broke it in with breakfast Friday morning. All decided that the stove would be added to the permanent chuck wagon arsenal. Kayaking Friday to cave. Swimming & liquid refreshments. Luau Friday night where Rooster came very close to crossing over for first time. Did not quite get there.

Munchkin went home early Sat am. Others relaxed and enjoyed perfect weather Sat. Great trip!

Wh0: Mayor (Rooster) Chunkie, Radar, Tucker

Site: Camp Bravo

Menu: Pork steak, Polish sausage, bologna stick, deer sausage, honey buns, snacks.

Weather: Hot. Highs upper 90s, lows 60s.

Summary: Mayor arrived noon Thurs. Freezer door was open at home so had to use bag ice. Camp set up and kicked back by 4pm.  High was 97deg. Radar, Chunkie, and Tucker arrived 6PM Friday. Rooster had deer sausage & fixins ready. Coon watch till 1am. Chunkie & Tucker made 4 mile walk early Sat. Tucker was high stepping to low water bridge, but tender feet slowed him down on return trip.  All made wood run early before it got too hot.  Chunkie fixed grilled bologna and p. sausage for lunch. Beer tasting very good today.

Mayor finally got into the beer after lunch. Didn’t feel too well this am. Must have been the sleep. Surely it wasn’t the huge dent he made in a fifth of McCormick Friday night and Radar’s rum doesn’t make you feel bad.  - Chunkie

Who: Munchkin, Mayor, Chunkie, Tucker

Site: Camp Bravo

Weather: Perfect summer wx.

Menu: Traveled light. Munchkin treated all to Ribeye, Baked Taters and Salad. Junk food otherwise.

Summary: Chunkie to bed early Fri. Could not find shorts Sat am. Tucker got the blame until they were found in covers. Made road trip to Bunker for ice Sat in prep for Luau. Munchkin caught a good small mouth bass and some goggle eye wade fishing. Relaxing trip sitting around camp. - Chunkie

Munchkin’s birthday Thursday. First trip for tandem trailers. Came over Thu from Wappapello. Everything rode fined. Made note to Ricky proof chuckwagon before bed - (see last trip). Chunkie mislaid shorts and blamed Tucker before I found them in his tent. Fishing at daybreak Thu in heavy fog. Quiet, cool. Had just made mis-cast and hung up in tree when caught pearch while trying to free line. About that time someone yelled from bank and scared me s***less. Turned around to see Mayor standing there. Great trip overall. - Munchkin

Mudhole 2- Munchkin 0

Who: Munchkin, Radar, Chunkie, Mayor Rooster, Tucker
Site: Camp Charlie
Weather: Clear - Highs 80, Low 50,
Menu: Polish sausage, stick bologna, baked beans, chips, cookies.

Munchkin became Mayor in a bloodless coup de etat Friday. Rooster was proclaimed ‘Mayor Emeritus.’ First trip for complete core group this year and first for the new upgrade to 3 new sleeping tents. Chunkie & Munchkin 12′x14′ with screen porches and a Swiss Gear 10×12 belonging to Radar. Radar served dinner Friday. Steak Bologna with trimmings. Chunkie did brunch - same. Rooster prepared his top secret recipe dinner Saturday - Dutch oven baked beans with polish sausage, onion & seasonings. This was done after Rooster throttled up - he was slow moving Sat morning. Friday’s beer and Beam may have had something to do with that. (Chunkie)

Radar made a float in inflatable Kayak 1 hour 20 min from low water bridge. Near catastrophic event happened while indisposed - major repairs undertaken (duct tape) Cool for Aug. All had light jacket in evening. Heavy morning fog. Second night in new tent for me (Radar)

All enjoyed scooter ride on my ‘Yammazukie’ - probable last trip for this scooter. Warden by to check on things. Campsites cleaner as a result of his recent supervision. This being election year - in keeping with same theme - I unanimously voted myself kingpin of camp Charlie. Rooster’s administration lacking in purveyance of ‘nekid wimmen and Boudin cajun sausage. Declared time for new blood. I stand on the campaign platform of a chicken in every pot. Fine trip - a good time was had by all. (Munchkin)

Me again - Chunkie wanted an entry about he and I almost crossing over to see Marilyn and Elvis. Erie lights in the west last am convinced us they were on the way. A weak transponder is all that kept us from being beamed up. Maybe next time… Having arrived first on Friday I left a message on the main road posting tree ‘Rooster-Chunkie- Charlie’ Would you believe it took them 20 min to figure out what I meant. I was told to be more specific next time. (Radar)

Sunday morning Munchkin and his four wheeler had a contest with the long mud ditch in front of Camp Charlie. Final score - Mudhole 2 - Munchkin 0. Pics and video of this available for nominal fee. (Rooster)

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