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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.
Posted by Ben Dietsch at 10:12 PM 1 comments
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