Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Ableminds Edition

happy belated bday KITCH! :sillygrin:

Happy birthday Kitch :smile:

how was the trip to sconny?

SWEEET! jenny played awesome the weather was gorgeous and our campsite was super cozy! although our neighbors tried to steal our fire ring but TMK prevailed! :wink:

so so many cute little towns, i must admit the parts of WI i saw i liked!

Cooler... The boys and I will be doing tons of campingnow that I got a schedule thats worth a h00t.

sweet! i love love to camp!!! where do you guys usually go?

love it too, but havent gone since last year sometime.... have no plans to go anytime soon....

reminds me.... i need to get a new sleeping bag sooner or later....since my good one is broken

Camping is fun. Sorry I missed yer b-day Kitch. Hope you had a good one.

We go camping with our ATV's. Last time out I hit a tree though. Broke the front right wheel arm. $120 in parts that will be here next week.Was fun though! Flew sideways through the air over the mud pit before I crashed. Would have made it if that tree wasn't in the way! :eek:

I almost sacrificed my old ATV for parts, but I promised to give it to somebody. :smile:

Still around! Sorry! Just been working too much, and not having time for much of anything else lately :frown:

William O'Brien State Park as a nice set of spots down near the St Croix river. Riverway-Lower Campground.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/william_obrien/narrative.html

Matter of fact we will be picking up a new tent and such this week :smile:. I love how close it is to the river. Gives us the chance to do a little shore fishing.

:frown:

I wish I could go in your place....

You know.... they have group camping sites :smile:

hmmmmmmm

eeeeee...group sites! :goofy:

William O'Brien is a beautiful place to camp...and absolutely breath taking in the fall.

I haven't been to a state park I haven't liked....

well...not sure about "bong" in wisconsin...

I love how you can check the campsite maps online and then reserve the one you want.

Hmmmm now http://www.raspberrycapital.com/ReadArticle.asp?articleId=55 doesn't work. Guess they won't have the clues posted. 8am was supposed to be the starting time.

Chicken liver works great for catfish in that area. My ex girlfreinds Dad owns the 2nd cabin north of there. I used to go up there all the time. If you walk to the northernmost part of the park. there is a channel in the middle of the river. Let your bait sit on the bottom in that channel and your guarenteed a large catfish. They are fun to catch! They should also bite in the small channel by the campsites. :smile:

Niceeeeee- Thanks MMM

I added to that last message OTiS.

do you find chicken liver in the cat food section??? :wink:

Its probly not posted because someone found it before the 1st clue came out. That seems to be the way the trend is swaying. My schedule got turned around today so I am not heading out there as I had planned.

nah...the trend is that city's are slow on posting....

seems like they really don't care about it...think nobody in there town really cares but the kiddies...

Not sure where to find it exactly. The guy that had the cabin used to know the guy that owned Jerrys Chicken on Whitebear Ave, so we got 'em free.

Like this?

But I think you'd have more fun if you noodled for them..

Hey Otis, William O'Brian is a GREAT place to camp. I've camped there many of times. They have a great facility. Another great place, that's actually a little closer is the Lino Lakes Chain of Lakes State Park up off Hwy 8. They have a great facility there too, a nice beach, lots of great fishing holes, up the road there's a beautiful nature center that you can check out, and you can go horseback riding. Just thought I'd share some info with ya :grin:

Thats the ticket! Then plant the pole in the ground and wait. When the tip bobs up and down 3 times, grab it on the 3rd time and whalla! Catfish!

noodling is fun too. The creek there is pretty shallow. It could be done :cool:

I hate camping!

you just gotta change your definition of camping. ours is sleeping in a motel 6. :smile:

Ok.. the website is back up but no clue posted.....

Might have to call and findout.

Just got off the phone with Hopkins, they are now saying that they will not post the clues online till noon. The clues will be available at 8 AM at area merchants. A few of them are Center Drug, Driscoll's Market and Midnite Markets.

Clue 1 - When the sun shines down on me, black, gold, red, and green are the colors you will see.

ummmm....not much help

its under a 7-11 sign somewhere. oh wait. we don't have any of those anymore.

so basically it's out in the open, but possibly a shady spot...

according to their rules, its in the open

"The medallion will be hidden outdoors on public property within the city. It will not be hidden more than five feet high and will be visible for all to see. Property should not be damaged during the search, and festival volunteers and their families are ineligible."

can't be too difficult to find, only 18 parks

black, gold, red, and green are the colors of the medallion.....it's really neat looking, if Kitch finds it...he will keep it!

:wink:

If I had to guess....which I am...

HILLTOP or Valley..

I like valley...

this is hopkins..

yes the rice one has a hunt

Saturday, July 30th



http://www.ricestreetfestival.com/schedule.htm

LOL

choices choices..

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low near 67. South wind around 6 mph becoming north.

OTS, the cooler crew weatherman :wink:

I think it's about time a storm rolls through though, wipe out this heat wave and humidity.