Thursday August 16, 2007 - Guest Lunches - etc.

Hike: Sterling Range Hike – Starting at the top of the notch, up the stone steps to Snuffy’s, out to the Mt Mansfield Overview at Spruce Peak, back to the Elephant’s Head Trail extension (around the back side of Sterling Pond) to Sterling lodge, out the Long Trail to Drifter Trail, continue on the Long Trail to Drifter again and up Drifter to the top of Madonna. Eat lunch. Go down Chilcoot ski trail to the Long Trail, into the Hansel and Grettle woods, back to Chilcoot and down to Gary B’s Northwest Passage and Ruthie’s, down to Rum Runner’s Reservoir. Here we split and several went up Midway trail to the top of Morse Lift. We found some sun dew flowers. We took Bacon’s Run down through the woods to Wire Run and back to the Village.

Guests:
Rose Bonanno
Dan Carpenter
Bill Donovan
Lori Reardon-Roche
Mike Roche
Terri DeVincenzo
Raja Crowley
Paulo Demaots

Sandwiches today:
Humus, Mustard, Cucumber, Cheddar Cheese
Apple, PB, Cheddar Cheese
PB, Baloney
PB, Honey
PB, Plum
PB, Banana
Roast Beef, Mustard
PB, Soy imitation bacon bits
Ham & Cheese
PB, Jelly

One un-named person (whose initials are DC) told of making a tennis ball cannon with 4 Campbell soup cans. Use a nail to punch a small whole in the side of the bottom can. Half open the bottom of the next can and fold its cover so it is half open. Same for the next can. Open both ends of the forth can. Use duct tape to tap them together so the half open end are not lined up. Pour some gasoline into the bottom cans. Shake it up. Drop the tennis ball into the top two cans. Light a match and light the little whole in the bottom can. There are 3 possible out comes:
1) The tennis ball goes flying.
2) The tennis ball goes flying and you catch on fire.
3) You catch on fire.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (or any where else)!!!