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On the suggestion of a very good friend, one with a stellar reputation, it has been decided that this Thursday we are taking to the road and going on a trip to the.......
http://www.curtis-a.com/gcanyon01pst...dcanyon01.html
The drink of the day is Lemonade....
We can't have any of you falling over the side or off the donkeys
on the way down....
The bar officially opens tomorrow, so get your walkin' shoes and shorts ready!!
Mario,
I have a nice cowboy hat for you!!!
See y'all tomorrow!
Road Trip!!!!
I'll be there:D
Wow! What beautiful photos on that site! I've never been to the Grand Canyon before so this should be a real treat. Do we get to ride a donkey into the canyon? I can't wait to see Mario on one.
WHOA! I get dizzy just looking at the pictures. I'll stay on top swilling lemonade and taking pictures from a distance.
I don't envy you with Mario on a donkey! It will be like trying to keep Jello in the saddle. Take plenty of extra diapers!:D
Yippeee!!! I've always wanted to see the Grand Canyon from the back of a donkey! No, really, I have! It just think that would be sooo cool! I'll be there! :D
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Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
I don't envy you with Mario on a donkey! It will be like trying to keep Jello in the saddle. Take plenty of extra diapers!:D
I think you just don't want to be seen with Mario in a pair of chaps and a diaper.
:confused:
Yahooo a feild trip. is this gioing to be as much fun as last years plane trip?
Thank you.Quote:
Originally posted by dukedogsmom
Wow! What beautiful photos on that site!
Curtis
Connie, I'll swill lemonade with you, because I don't think I could get on one of those blankety- blank mules!! Also being behind Mario isn't exactly a thrill, either!Quote:
Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
WHOA! I get dizzy just looking at the pictures. I'll stay on top swilling lemonade and taking pictures from a distance.
I don't envy you with Mario on a donkey! It will be like trying to keep Jello in the saddle. Take plenty of extra diapers!:D
PRETTY FUNNY!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Curtis
Thank you.
Curtis
RICHARD, WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!!
I have never been to Grand Canyon either and I would love to see it. Look, Mario can ride with me on my donkey, that way there can be two jellos on one donkey and maybe you won't notice which one jiggles the most!:D :D
Lemonade! Alright! As long as there is something stronger as a reward at the end of the ride. However, I will probably have to *sit* in mine, my bum will be so sore.
Put me in for a reservation, please!
Lemonade sounds wonderful.
I'll bring snacks.
I would love to go to Grand Canyon!
But....... I am not standing at the edge.
Count me in! I have never been there either! I tell you what, this is just what I need after the hectic week I've had at work! I'll have my backpack and walkin' shoes ready first thing in the mornin'! ;)
I'll go dowm! they have mules with handicap license plates??
I've been there and long to go back so sign me up. I can stand at the edge as long as there is a railing but if not.. NOT. Don't mind a donkey ride but not down that trail... no railings and I hyperventalate at heights. I'll take one of those little planes and meet you guys down there. I'll have a camp site set up by the time your poor sore bums hit the bottom (as it were ;) )
Laurie, This will be my 3rd. horse(mule?) ride in my life! Counting the pony rides at Kennywood Park! Do you think we will be walking like old cow hands at the bottom??
Mule, donkey, horse or burro... butt cramps all around by the time you reach the ol' end of the trail. Worth it though, just to say you have done it. The river at the bottom of the canyon is cool and refreshing and dipping into it will do wonders for sore feet and, ahem, other body parts ;) Yippee tie yeay partner. Happy trails to you.
Laurie, I'll consider it therapy for the knee. And other parts of the anatomy!Quote:
Originally posted by lbaker
Mule, donkey, horse or burro... butt cramps all around by the time you reach the ol' end of the trail. Worth it though, just to say you have done it. The river at the bottom of the canyon is cool and refreshing and dipping into it will do wonders for sore feet and, ahem, other body parts ;) Yippee tie yeay partner. Happy trails to you.
I want to take pictures of you all before you head down. Some BEFORE and AFTER! I also plan to take a few from behind as you head down!
The lemonade is great. I think I'll indulge in a hot dog or two while you are gone. How long does it take to get down and back up the canyon? How many hot dogs do we have?:D
Hey MOFF, want to fly down with me and meet them at the bottom? I thought we could all have a slumber party tonight and watch the sun set over the Canyon walls. Breathtaking colors and the sunrise in the morning is every bit as spectacular. The morning air can make one quite giddy actually. It's all cyber so it's perfectly safe don't forget.
Connie, do you want to see who does or doesn't survive? I think that we all will be walking like Mario when we get down there!!Quote:
Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
I want to take pictures of you all before you head down. Some BEFORE and AFTER! I also plan to take a few from behind as you head down!
The lemonade is great. I think I'll indulge in a hot dog or two while you are gone. How long does it take to get down and back up the canyon? How many hot dogs do we have?:D
Yep! I may need photos to verify who went! They do that at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. before you go into the cave.Quote:
Originally posted by david p
Connie, do you want to see who does or doesn't survive? I think that we all will be walking like Mario when we get down there!!
Laurie, I think even cyber flying may freak me out!
I have actually flown before. Once! in a twin engine plane. I loved it after I got up there but going up and landing took 10 years off my life. :eek: :D
Connie, I've only flown twice in my life, and one of those flights was to California. You are right, take-offs and landings can be a little tough.Quote:
Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
Yep! I may need photos to verify who went! They do that at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. before you go into the cave.
Laurie, I think even cyber flying may freak me out!
I have actually flown before. Once! in a twin engine plane. I loved it after I got up there but going up and landing took 10 years off my life. :eek: :D
Gosh, after my 2 hour commute to work this morning, I feel like I have been riding a donkey for 3 hours down a canyon! :rolleyes: Ugh!
Could I have a little vodka in my lemonade please! I need something to help me relax a little!
I think before and after pictures are a great idea! Everyone, be sure to let your donkeys, burros...whatever, drink the water...not the spiked beverages. Can you image what could happen if they did! :eek: LOL
You mean, WE drink the mixed beverages and NOT give them to the mules?? Oh, gee whiz!
http://oasis.fortunecity.com/southen...randcyn17.html
Good Morning everyone....Ready to go??
Wolflady,
A little vodka for your drink, DONE!
KYS,
Thanks for the snacks....
David,
No Handicapped plates on those asses!
MOFF and Laurie,
how's about a helicopter ride down???
MOFF, save some room for the camp out cookout......
We are having ribs, slaw, beans, chili and cornbread - and dessert is SMORES!!!!
Saddle up!
Uh, saddle up?
(now how in the devil does this thing work - and who wears it - me or the donkey?)
Helicopter sounds cool. Only time I was in one I was being transported to the hospital, it would be neat to actually see out this time. If you still are nervous Connie just do a Dorothy in Oz routine and click your heels three times whilst saying "I wish I were at the Pt campsite, I wish I were at the PT campsite". Next thing you know - POOF! There you'll be. Boy oh boy do I have a breakfast planned for the first morning we wake up.. take your choice
Cowboy breakfast #1 includes - Cowboy coffee, sausage, donuts, pigs in a blanket, steak sandwiches, breakfast tacos, hot pancakes, milk, orange juice, flaky biscuits and the best gravy this side of the Pecos!
or
Cowboy breakfast #2 includes - fresh scrambled eggs, hot sourdough biscuits, sliced bacon & sausage, cream gravy & jellies, orange juice, Cowboy coffee
(upgradable to a morning Mimosa, Bloody Mary & Screwdriver bar upon request)
OR, pick some from column A and some from column B. We can mix and match.
Gini Gini Gini.... wait until Corinna gets here, I bet she can help you with that saddle... no Gini, you're supposed to be facing the front
:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by lbaker
Gini Gini Gini.... wait until Corinna gets here, I bet she can help you with that saddle... no Gini, you're supposed to be facing the front
:rolleyes:
Where is Dale Evans when we need her???
Laurie,
How do I get drool marks off the front of my shirt???
ARRRRRGH MATEY! I just remembered that September 19th, this Sunday - is National Talk Like a Pirate day (go to www.talklikeapirate.com ) Don't forget to pack up some pirate gear in your saddlebags. Yo ho, yo ho - hoist the anchor me lads, a pirating, camping adventure awaits the hearty.
http://www.thecanyon.com/index.cfm?go=photos
LOOK AT THE COLORS!!
AAAARRRGGGG. Gini, I limp like I have a wooden leg! Hey! I guess I sort of do have one! (maybe not wooden)
I just hope Mario doesnt want to start flinging dirt from the back of the donkey :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by david p
Connie, I'll swill lemonade with you, because I don't think I could get on one of those blankety- blank mules!! Also being behind Mario isn't exactly a thrill, either!
Gosh darn it - can someone hold this....this.....donkey still!
I've got to heave my ass up there and it looks a bit difficult.
Oh thanks Gini thats better. Why are you facing the horses rear end?
Really pretty views eh? Thought I was going to miss the trip - only just made it.
Glad I had a very long lemonade (with double vodka!!).
C'mon David hoist the butt - you can do this. There's a step here to make things a little easier. Great going eh?
It's OK Laurie - I have a stuffed parrot on my shoulder and do these huge hoop earrings suit me? NO - I didn't think so!! They keep slapping me in the mouth - ouch!
Hang on while I steer this steer away from Mario - that monkey has a gleam in his eye - I don't trust him one bit!!
Lynne
Oh Lynne, I thought Richard said TURN AROUND, so I did!
I didn't know he meant the donkey was supposed to turn around.
Does anyone know the words to the song DON'T FENCE ME IN?
I'd kinda like to sing it......................
MARIO!!!! Leave the lasso alone ---- NO, NOT THE PARROT...........
OH MARIO.........now look what you have done.
Breakfast - Oh Lord, when is breakfast????
Thanks, lynne! I think I have what amounts to a wooden (plastic) leg, and I root for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team!
Don't worry Gini - it was a stuffed -parrot now it's stuffed and mangled - although Mario seems to like his new riding pardner!!
Daft Mario!!
Way to go David - a couple of chorus's of 'Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum' and we'll have you buckling and swashing with the best of these scurvey knaves!!
eek: :eek: :eek:
Funny how you get into this pirating lingo isn't it - and we're supposed to be cowboys!! Yeehaw!!
Lynne
AYE, MATEY! Everybody will be thinking. "look at that bunch of pirates going into the canyon!"Quote:
Originally posted by lynnestankard
Don't worry Gini - it was a stuffed -parrot now it's stuffed and mangled - although Mario seems to like his new riding pardner!!
Daft Mario!!
Way to go David - a couple of chorus's of 'Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum' and we'll have you buckling and swashing with the best of these scurvey knaves!!
eek: :eek: :eek:
Funny how you get into this pirating lingo isn't it - and we're supposed to be cowboys!! Yeehaw!!
Lynne
Lynne,
Double shot, DONE!
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Gini,
Don't Fence Me In
by Bing Crosby
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
Just turn me loose
Let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my Cayuse
Let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge
Where the west commences
And gaze at the moon
Till I lose my senses
And I can't look at hovels
And I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
Just turn me loose
Let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my Cayuse
Let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise
Ba boo ba ba boo
I want to ride to the ridge
Where the west commences
And gaze at the moon
Till I lose my senses
And I can't look at hobbles
And I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
No
Poppa, don't you fence me in
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ARRGHHH!
:)
I think I'll stay back at the bar to have linament and STRONG driks ready when you all get back. I do not ride mules and I have a huge fear of drop offs.
Just hope that it's DIRT he's flinging! :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by DJFyrewolf36
I just hope Mario doesnt want to start flinging dirt from the back of the donkey :eek:
I had to go put fresh batteries in my ruby slippers so now I can click my heels and go any where! We had thunderstorms this afternoon and our power was off for a while. Ever try to find batteries in the dark? Not fun!
I brought my guitar so we can have an around the fire sing along. Oh, and ghost stories too!
:eek: :D