[at-l] The Gathering

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An observation; a part of "Appalachian Folklife" has always been that time-honored commodity known affectionately as "Moonshine":
http://www.apptrav.com/recipes.html#moonshine

So, for the "Appalachian South Folklife Center" to have a policy forbidding alcohol is something of a contradiction. 
(In MY not-so-humble opinion)

>From the official ALDHA website:
(http://www.aldha.org/gather04.htm)

"The board of directors would also like to remind all Gathering attendees that it is the policy of our campground host not to allow alcohol at the Appalachian South Folklife Center. Because we are guests of the folklife center, ALDHA will strictly adhere to the center?s policies. No one will be allowed to have alcoholic beverages on the grounds of the folklife center." 

OK, fine; however, empty containers were observed in the trash at the Appalachian South Folklife Center. I personally opted to stay at the Bent Mountain campground/resort, in order to indulge my alcoholism. I brought and consumed an ENTIRE 6 pack of "Mike's Hard Lemonade" over the course of the weekend, in addition to having sips of wine and ACTUAL, GENUINE MOONSHINE!!! Of course, MY version of alcoholism allows me to go for weeks, sometimes MONTHS, without consuming any alcohol whatsoever.
(And yes, I do know that "De Nile" ain't just a river in Egypt...)

I personally had a good time, enjoyed great camaraderie, and some of Marsha's AWESOME chili! It is my deeply held conviction that you get out of something what you put into it; I was there to renew former acquaintances, and make new ones...which I did. Big "shout out" to Red!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see everyone, but that was due in part to people being spread out in a number of locations. I actually spent time in 3 of those, plus the college. This was my first Gathering, and perceptions of negativity notwithstanding, I expect it won't be the last.

I'VE reported; YOU decide... ☺

-"Camo"

PS: For a picture of me and my big old beer gut:
http://gallery.backcountry.net/Camo_Jack_hikes/aaw
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:17:14 -0400
From: Chase Davidson <wb4pan@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [at-l] News
To: amy@mindspring.com
Cc: at-l@backcountry.net

Amy
	I wish everybody could have come. To me the Gatherings are the primo 
annual event. I value them as much as any two other hiker hiker get 
together put together. The only difference this time was that we 
really were supposed to follow the no drinking rules of our host this 
time. A few people chose to have a group camp at another. These two 
things upset some people. Life is full of choices. Lots of folks 
always have camped at other locations or stayed in motels in the past. 
It seemed to me the campground had many more tents than usual on 
Friday night. So maybe some of those folks that usually stay elsewhere 
came to the Folk Life Center this time. Anyways I hope everyone had a 
great time :-)

chase


amy wrote:

> 
> To be honest, I've never been to a Gathering and I had zero interest in 
> this one,
> mostly because of the negativity I heard on this list beforehand.  It 
> didn't sound
> like it was going to be a fun time.
> 
> -amyFrom janl2 at mindspring.com  Wed Oct 13 05:13:27 2004
From: janl2 at mindspring.com (Jan Leitschuh)
Date: Wed Oct 13 06:22:06 2004
Subject: [at-l] Digital Cameras
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20041012191102.012caf90@pop-server>
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20041012191102.012caf90@pop-server>
Message-ID: <416D0DD7.3030502@mindspring.com>


Hi,
I found out about that tiny camera. It's a Pentax Optio s4i and it IS 
4 megapixels.
I hear tell that when Sloetoe and his boys ran into Stumpknocker in 
Maine, everyone decided to take pictures.
When Stumpknocker pulled the slim Altoids tin from his pocket, Sloetoe 
reportedly said "No! You're NOT going to take a camera out of 
there..." But, he did.
Anyway, something else to check out. It takes great pictures.
PhotoShoe


Jim Bullard wrote:

> At 06:44 PM 10/12/2004 -0400, Jan Leitschuh wrote:
> 
>> Stumpknocker is carrying the tiniest digital camera I ever saw.
>>
>> It fits in an Altoids mint tin, no lie. Very cool. 4 megapixel, I 
>> think, but I could be wrong on that.
>> I think it's a Pentax.
> 
> 
> Might it be this one 
> <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Casio/casio_exz40.asp>. The 
> Exilim series is the smallest I've seen.
> 
> 
> 

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