Re: Re: new here

You'll probably have to go solo, Jade.  This isn't a bad thing.  At the
very least, you'll get an awesome confidence boost out of it.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Jade Castles <[email protected]>wrote:

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> Heh, I know the feeling, I've gotten many responses of "but it's so hot"
> or "enjoy the heat" The heat doesn't bother me too much, it's more of the
> bugs here that I disagree with. Unfortunately it'll be a few years before I
> can move (school) and believe me we're ready to get out of here.
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> I've found a few semi-local groups and have been on there, but for the
> most part they aren't too active.. all activities are ultimate Frisbee and
> paddling events (which look interesting but I haven't the first clue about)
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> Thanks everyone for all the input you've given.
> Jade
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> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Eric Green <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> --- In [email protected], Jade Castles <starryeyedsophia@...>
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>> > Thanks for the response. I live in southern Louisiana. I'm thinking of
>> > hitting up the Kisatchie National Forest in the near future as it's
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>> > 2 hours from me and one of only 2 in the state. I've never been there so
>> > I'm hoping its a nice place as i'll probably be spending alot of time
>> > there. I was looking at Hot Springs, AR and the AR parts of the Ozark as
>> > being relatively close (6-8 hours from me).
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>> Unfortunately Kisatchie is pretty much "it" for backpacking in Louisiana.
>> The best time to hike there is in the winter, the summers are ridiculously
>> hot and humid, it's not common for temperatures to be above 100F with 90%+
>> humidity (yes, it's hotter there than in South Louisiana!). Spring and fall
>> are rather too wet for enjoyable hiking, the rangers and game wardens are
>> clomping about in tilly boots and duck suits looking grumpy all spring and
>> fall. Personally I don't mind the spring and fall rains, you get wet but
>> it's not a *cold* wet if you know what I mean, but I was born there (shrug).
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>> The general response of Louisianians when I asked about hiking
>> opportunities was, "why would I want to walk when I have a perfectly good
>> car/pickup/quad?" There is a lot of forested land in North Louisiana but
>> virtually everything outside of Kisatchie is owned by timber companies and
>> controlled by hunting leases to good ole' boys who don't want anybody going
>> in there and disturbing the deer because they want the overgrown land rats
>> to get nice and big and fat and lots of pointy parts on their heads so they
>> can get a lot of meat for the freezer and a nice trophy to brag about.
>> (Yes, I'm not fond of deer at all, having had the front corner of my car
>> destroyed by one on US71 between Coushatta and Shreveport and caught a bad
>> case of Montezuma's Revenge from a relative's poorly-processed deer sausage
>> in Alexandria).
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>> My condolences on your internment in Louisiana. And I can say such things
>> because I was born and raised there. I still visit occasionally for the
>> food and music (as well as to visit relatives) but other than that, it's an
>> armpit, and I'm well glad to be away from there.
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