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PLANNING: TECORE IX - FUGAWI HUNTING - Sept. 20-22

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by NC_IslandRunner » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:38 pm

Been wanting to start this since we got back from the last one. Hopefully this isn't too soon.

let's get a date set. I'm partial to the first weekend in sept. or oct.

Let's get to planning! :camping: :flex dirty:
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by Opeth » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:48 pm

If its not Labor Day weekend I might be able to swing it. Have two fall weddings to make, have to double check the one in October, think its Columbus Day weekend. I can use personal time to cover the missed days :)
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by mikekey » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:54 pm

Sept.
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by dvanbramer88 » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:57 pm

Oh God. Pending my school schedule and finances, I'm in. I don't want to miss this thing for the world.
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by onelow1ton » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:57 pm

I would be down for those weekends but September would be great time
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by v7guy » Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:24 am

any holiday weekend would be bad for me. Any other days can work though. I'm a little more partial to Sept personally.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:54 am

well sucks for me... i'm not eligable to take vacation till i'm off my probationary period (feb 2014)
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by TBYODA » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:49 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:well sucks for me... i'm not eligable to take vacation till i'm off my probationary period (feb 2014)

I see you getting a really bad cold around then. LOL
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by v7guy » Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:08 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:well sucks for me... i'm not eligable to take vacation till i'm off my probationary period (feb 2014)


how friendly are you with your doctor?
Maybe a mutual with the other guys is possible, trade your days off for theirs.
It's also possible that you could get days off scheduled for TECORE.

When we left the last TECORE on sunday morning, I drove 8 hours home, and then worked a midnight. It was a long hard day, but entirely worth it. Had to make it fit my schedule.

How bad do you wanna go?
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by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:34 pm

So does sept 6th-8th sound good for everyone?
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by onelow1ton » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:47 pm

I'm good with the 6-8 , I'm cool with missing grandparents day !
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by TBYODA » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:02 pm

Are these events alway at George Washington National Forest, Harrisonburg, VA or am I way off? And yes i did search.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:17 pm

v7guy wrote:
DirtyBacon04 wrote:well sucks for me... i'm not eligable to take vacation till i'm off my probationary period (feb 2014)


how friendly are you with your doctor?
Maybe a mutual with the other guys is possible, trade your days off for theirs.
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When we left the last TECORE on sunday morning, I drove 8 hours home, and then worked a midnight. It was a long hard day, but entirely worth it. Had to make it fit my schedule.

How bad do you wanna go?



It'd be another story if I was only drivin 8 hours. My last calculation was appx 14 hours of driving one way.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:21 pm

TBYODA wrote:Are these events alway at George Washington National Forest, Harrisonburg, VA or am I way off? And yes i did search.


Yes.
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by Opeth » Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:15 pm

NC_IslandRunner wrote:So does sept 6th-8th sound good for everyone


Double checked my dates, first wedding is September 7th.... following weekend or perhaps last weekend in september so the leaves might even be changing?

October seems to be out of the question, but October 5th is the other weekend.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:36 pm

Or maybe sept. 20th-22nd
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by Trail X » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:06 pm

Early Oct, you have a little color... later Oct seems to be when you get good color up there.

But regardless I'm basically unavailable all of Oct.
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by onelow1ton » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:11 pm

NC_IslandRunner wrote:Or maybe sept. 20th-22nd


I'm good then also

JamesDowning wrote:Early Oct, you have a little color... later Oct seems to be when you get good color up there.

But regardless I'm basically unavailable all of Oct.


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by v7guy » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:28 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:
v7guy wrote:
DirtyBacon04 wrote:well sucks for me... i'm not eligable to take vacation till i'm off my probationary period (feb 2014)


how friendly are you with your doctor?
Maybe a mutual with the other guys is possible, trade your days off for theirs.
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When we left the last TECORE on sunday morning, I drove 8 hours home, and then worked a midnight. It was a long hard day, but entirely worth it. Had to make it fit my schedule.

How bad do you wanna go?



It'd be another story if I was only drivin 8 hours. My last calculation was appx 14 hours of driving one way.


I forgot you were in FL, yeah that's rough, you'd basically need 4-5 days
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by Trail X » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:17 am

The Keys didn't need 4-5 days...

Bacon, you need to evacuate yourself from FL with extreme prejudice.
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