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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Red River Gorge & Rain
Went to RRG this past weekend with a friend and had a good time despite the rain. We hiked on the Swift Creek Camp trail on a book recommendation. The book said the trail was "easy" but I don't think hopping over and crawling under fallen trees every 200 yds makes a trail a cake walk. Regardless, we found some pretty cool campsites north of the Wildcat trail intersection that made the trip great. Aside from the campsite the other highlights included Burger Jerky (from the recipe in May 09 Backpacker, p. 58), steaks, fried salami pita sandwiches, and all topped off with some Old Grand-Dad by the campfire. Truly a good time.
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LOL! Yes Ben, SCC was an easy trail before the ice storm. Most of the trails in the RRG were cut open quickly after the storm, but you hiked into the Clifty Wilderness, where mechanized equipment/travel is not allowed, including chainsaws. Now here's the irony:
A skilled volunteer group, the RRGTC (Trail Crew), started cutting open the wildeness trails by hand, and was told to stop, because stimulus money came in to pay someone else to do the job. The SCC trail would have been cleared for you if our government hadn't stepped in to help. Our money at work...
Anyway, glad to hear you had a good time! Please pass along my regards to Old Grand-Dad.
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