seriously Joe--this is the best hiking site on the web. i have a very short attention span and i lose interest quickly...but i have remained here..it's like a friend who always has a couch available if i want to flop. why does this site rule most triumphantly? because unlike everyone else on the fre...

Mzwell, "you people" sound like the same rural, retired, conspiracy-laden crazies that used to call my office everyday and complain about fat cat politicians selling them down the river. by the way, you are't the same people that send me 30 page manifestos telling me i don't have to LEGALL...

this has to be close to the most ridiculous post ever...for those of you who stayed on topic and actually debated the question, bravo. it's sad that this forum had to be used as a soap box to electronically broadcast personal agendas and philosophical debates of Gods existence and morality. some peo...

I just want to drink my beer and eat some BBQ... If we could get some facts straight, I might volunteer to help prepare some "dead cow." It would cut catering costs down tremendously and it would be a fun activity to congregate around. After all, part of the fun of a BBQ is barbecuing.

and if you're going to park in the apartment complex across the street, don't park on the west side (that's the side that is usually vacant and you can see 4 peaks across the street). They have someone sit across the street sometimes and watch to see who parks their car there and walks across. Theyr...

Your observation reminds me of the "observation skills" we need to have with our Legislature. The "rabbit" could be a "pretty good idea. The coyote is usually "leadership." They LOVE to eat in public, snacking on bills and ideas they find easily "digestible.&...

I'm trying to think back to my chemistry days here, but I think Hoppy is on to something with the microwave popcorn butter packets. In order to prevent butter from melting at room temperature it is "injected" with hydrogen (I believe). So, anything prepared with hydrogen (as is microwave p...

You know, I am sensitive to the root context, origin of the word, but there was an article published (and I wish I could find it now) in the Trib or the Republic about a month back and using the research of many esteemed historians and linguists, they could not find any such correlation tracing &quo...

wow, this is the most emotion i have seen in this format yet...i guess money will do that. here's how i feel. while i agree that paying money to enjoy "public" lands goes contrary to everything my "nature creed" adheres to. perhaps we need to look at the facts. clearly, there nee...

Yes, the state is in a budget crisis. Yes, things will get worse before they get better. No, according to the state, raising taxes (revenue) is not the answer. So what is a cash-strapped entity to do when it needs some quick cash? Well, what any average college-junkie-short-sighted aerobic-instructo...