IAC Midwest Late Summer Extravaganza

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:42 am

locoqueso wrote:Where did you end up?

We got the spot at Wooded Wonderland. It was much more pleasurable this time around. Stars above, a nice fire, a crazy sounding owl, scared the kids and dogs. It cooled off and sleeping was excellent. Rob made a gallon of coffee. Pancakes for the little ones.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:03 am

So where's th photos?

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:44 pm

Must have been lower light than I thought, there were a lot of blurry pics. Maybe Rob has some...

locoqueso · Post by **locoqueso** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:11 pm

Very cool, it looks much dryer there this time of year.

I got all my homework done over the weekend and ended up with my worst grade for the class on one of the assignments. I should have went camping.

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:20 pm

Nice. What was the owl "saying"? Did it sound almost human? Cause that happened to me a few times there and then I heard the same shriek out in Oregon with Hambone far off in the distance. I think the last time I was at Wooded Wonderland (July) I got there at 4 am and I was sitting having a smoke in the dark (by myself) when the coyotes started a ruckus that was just a treat. They were right there at the bend in the road. That's what 50 yards?

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:00 pm

turk wrote:Nice. What was the owl "saying"?

At first I thought it was a coyote. It's hard to describe because the end of the call was way different than the beginning of it. The end sounded more owl-like than the beginning which sounded more like a fighting shriek.

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:30 pm

I wish I knew my bird calls better. I think it was an owl, probably similar to what I heard. The first time we heard it - a few years back, it made the hair on the back of my balding head stand up. This was after sun-up and we were trying to get to sleep. I couldn't get to sleep for an hour after that. I thought it was somebody messing with us. It was a stone's throw away and like you said: threatening. We heard it again the next night. I think it's a territorial warning. We were the only people around at the spot etc.. Fun stuff now though since I've heard it a few more times since.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:40 pm

Hippie was unrattled. I asked, Was that an owl? Yah, he replied, calmly puffing away at his cig.

turk · Post by **turk** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:48 pm

LOL. Check out a google search on owl calls. The Barred Owl is one owl we've all heard probably -- though they have a variety of different "phrases" and intonations. I'm still looking for what I heard. It was damn scary to me.
It sounded more like a big monkey or something.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:44 pm

Very cool, I'm jealous of yu guys. Nice '69 Deluxe too.
Try to get out there when the leaves start to change, it's really special.

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:03 pm

I think the owl was saying, waaaaaaaaaaaH! (listen up 'cause I'm gonna do a regular hoot next)
Than he did the hoot thing.
Critters rock.

chitwnvw wrote:Must have been lower light than I thought, there were a lot of blurry pics. Maybe Rob has some...

If your kids were any cuter they'd self destruct!

Anyway, I think I have still a couple in my phone. I'll check and see if they turned out.

Rob

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:20 pm

That's your bus man? A rare bird in the Midwest. Looks very well loved. I always camped in Beetles at Galena. Later a Ford Ranger. You can fit a LOT of gear in a Beetle, it's surprising.
So cool to see you guys keeping th tradition going!!!! I'll see if I can dig up some old Galena pics.
Have you walked up thru the forest to the ruins of the original home? It's a couple miles up. That's a fun hike in the dark with lanterns.

turk · Post by **turk** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:19 pm

Hippie wrote:I think the owl was saying, waaaaaaaaaaaH! (listen up 'cause I'm gonna do a regular hoot next)
Than he did the hoot thing.
Critters rock.

Yeah. That's the same thing we heard but it didn't do a hoot after that. So, never having heard that before then, it was a little disturbing so close to our vanagon in the relative stillness of the morning twilight.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:28 pm

turk wrote: It sounded more like a big monkey or something.

That was it.

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:22 pm

hambone wrote:That's your bus man? A rare bird in the Midwest...

Thanks. It was a SoCal Bus until '97.

hambone wrote:...Have you walked up thru the forest to the ruins of the original home? It's a couple miles up. That's a fun hike in the dark with lanterns.

Saaaweeeet! Wish I'd known about that.
Next time.

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IAC Midwest Late Summer Extravaganza