4-25-1999
This is my first remote report! I am in Shenadoah National Park. Kipp was nice enough to invite me camping with Carolyn, Clint, Chris White, Dan Cooper, Jon Bergfeld & Cypher. We've had a really good time despite how COLD it was last night. I didn't have a sleeping bag. I brought a comforter. Kipp, John, Carolyn, Clint and I all slept in one tent. I thought it would be really cozy, we'd all snuggle up like a bunch of ferrets. Unfortunately, we all slept too spaced apart to get this group body heat thing going. Carolyn said at one point she moved closer to me to heat me up and I groaned with pleasure! Kipp also said he was trying to move next to me to get warm. Why were all these people trying to get *my* warmth? I needed their warmth!!!

Clint discovered his sleeping bag sucks. The zipper was broken at the bottom and Clint's sleeping bag wasn't long enough so his feet kept escaping the warmth.

When I went to www.shenadoah.national-park.com the camping guide kept talking about bears and what to do to avoid them. One thing was "Don't wear scented cosmestics." Doh... I read that right after I coated my entire body with Vanilla Fields body lotion. That stuff's scent is so potent that I can go running and sweat and my underwear and bra will still smell like Vanilla Fields. No sweat stench. Just Vanilla Fields. That's strong stuff. Anyway all last night we made jokes about bears coming and we made this bear bag which was Jon's sleeping bag holder. We were going to put all the food in it and hang it 10 feet from a tree aways from camp. That way the bear will smell the food and go to it instead of us. We set it up pretty good and it seemed to work as no one woke up in the middle of the night screaming, "Ahh! Bear!!!" However, this morning when we in the tent woke up, we went out and saw this:

Anyway, those fools fell asleep with hamburger meat, a.k.a. Bear Bait at their feet!!! On a side note Chris White put three flamable things in between himself and the camp fire.

We actually had a nice spot. Chris and Cypher set up four hammocks. We also had two tents set up. It was a nice setup.

One thing that amazes me was the website said to leave everything as is. As soon as we chosen our campsite, Chris and Cypher start cutting down trees with portable power tools!!!

Oops. We may be leaving soon. Got to go. See you back in Blacksburg!

9-26-1999
Another remote entry from Shenadoah National Park! This morning we hiked down to this awesome waterfall. It kicked ass. This journal entry sucks.