Minutes for Meeting of 05-14-2003

HOWDY RAMBLERS-

    -Ramblers meet every Wednesday at 5pm in the Forbes Bldg. in room 307.
    -Our new meeting place is the rock wall across the street from the east
side of Tyndall Parking Garage. Here is a map of the location 
http://clubs.arizona.edu/~ramblers/wall.html
    -Don't worry if you don't have a car. We carpool from our meeting place.
	
PAST HIKES:

    -Erich hiked and camped in the Happy Valley area near the Rincons recently.
He hiked in the Little Rincons where the creek was still flowing. There were
not many people out there, so the trip was quite nice.

    -Chad and Mary did a short hike along the Ventana Canyon Trail for a
while, last Sunday. The weather was nice and they saw lots of butterflies,
but not much else except people.

    -Danny hiked along the Douglass Spring trail two weekends ago and saw
two snakes, including a possible rattlesnake. The little amount of water
was a little disappointing but overall the hike was nice.

FUTURE HIKES:

    -Loretta's Backpack:
I have decided that I plan to backpack the West Fork
of Oak Creek over Memorial Day Weekend. I need to
know who is interested, what days you are available
and if you can drive. The hike could be 3 days doing
a car shuttle or 4 days going up the canyon and coming
back. This all depends on YOUR time available, since
I am flexible. We could hike Sat 5/24, Sun 5/25, Mon
5/26, or Fri 5/23, Sat 5/24, Sun 5/25, or Fri, Sat,
Sun, and Mon.
We would be hiking 14 miles of a gorgeous canyon.
This will be a relaxing-enjoying the scenery type of
trip. More details available at the following links,
(courtesy of web-guru-map-enthusiast Steve Newcomb
:-))
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/redrock/westfork_tr.html
http://www.americansouthwest.net/slot_canyons/oak_creek/canyon.html
http://www.adventurist.net/trips/arizona_09-2002/west_fork/index.htm
http://www.dankat.com/swhikes/oakcrk.htm
Please email me if interested.llp2877@YAHOO.COM

    -Chad will be spending a few days in the Las Vegas area this weekend
and is planning on doing some hiking and possibly some backpacking. If you
will be in the area and would like to do some hiking then email him ASAP.
chadfbrown@yahoo.com. Do not miss this opportunity because he is so hot!

    -Curvin will be spending the entire summer exploring Alaska. If you would
like to spend any amount of time hiking, camping, and exploring Alaska this
summer, and you can transport yourself to Seward's Folly (the state of Alaska)
please feel free to check out Curvin's website and contact him to set up
some trips. www.redundancydept.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    -If you need the list of Ramblers gear or wants to borrow some, please
contact myself or Dan.
      maryft@email.arizona.edu and dcarroll@u.arizona.edu