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Moultrie's Coming Up
« on: September 11, 2010, 12:39:15 am »
It's time to get ready for the annual trek to Moultrie, Ga. folks! ;D  The show dates this year are October 19-21.  It is always held on Tuesday through Thursday.  It is the biggest agricultural show in the World, so there is a little bit of everything and a whole lot of some stuff there.  We always have a nice crowd of Forumites there and we have a great time.  A few of us always camp among the pines at least one night and enjoy good friends, good food and good music.  We have a blast, so y'all plan to join us there. :) :) :)
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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 03:15:15 pm »

   I'll be there.

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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 10:07:06 pm »

   I'll be there.

Well .... this time stick around so we can feed ya lima beans and BBQ ribs.  :D  DanG, are you bringing ribs again? I got the lima beans.  ::)
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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 11:03:01 pm »
Well heck, Olen, how should I know what I'm bringing?  It's a good 35-36 days before this becomes an emergency, and you know very well that I don't do ANYTHING until it reaches that point.  All I got on the definite/maybe list right now is ME! ;D  Now I can speckylate that I might stop off at Harvey's grocery store outside of gate 4 and pick up a little something, like I did them ribs.  It sorta depends on what they got on sale at the moment.  There's a chance that I might scout around the place and find something that can serve as some sort of cooking implement before I leave, but I ain't got no idea what it might be.  Could be a old Dodge wheel or the big Charbroil grill, or a couple of cement blocks and a pie plate.  A lot depends on what sort of ride I have running at the moment.  All I can say for sure is that if I ain't there, something real bad has happened!
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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2010, 11:33:28 pm »
I DanG sure wish nothing real bad happens.

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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 08:40:39 am »

  Which gate do ya'll use to reach the campground? 4? I haven't been in the camping area yet.

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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2010, 09:41:58 am »
Hmmm, now you're taxing my memory. ::)  Direct entry to the camping area is Gate 2, but it can be accessed from the parking areas at Gates 1 and 3.  1 is main parking lot for northbound traffic, and 3 is main parking lot for southbound.  4 is for exhibitors(there are approx. 10,000 people with exhibitor passes) and 5 is for livestock.


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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 12:13:34 pm »
If I make it at all , it will have to be on the 21st.  I will be on the road until then.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 02:54:04 pm »
Yer just gonna have to do better, Mike. ::) ;)  Here's a plan for ya:  Why not just come on the evening of the 20th and camp with us?  Then you'll already be there on the 21st and get a whole day of the show. ;D
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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2010, 08:40:09 pm »

  I'll be glad to bring some ribs or whatever ya'll want to cook. Food is one of my favorite sports.

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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2010, 12:18:47 pm »
OK, I'm ready to unwind. It's only about 2 1/2 weeks away.  :)
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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2010, 10:01:52 pm »

   We're down to a week.

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Re: Moultrie's Coming Up
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2010, 10:33:46 pm »
bd354,

Implore DanG to cook the ribs.  He usually just puts them on, forgets about them (rather than hovering over them), and a miracle happens to produce the tastiest ribs that you have ever knawed.
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« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2010, 10:38:55 pm »
Well, while we're implorin' and knawin', have you decided whether or not you can back out of backing out of comming this year? Don't forget to bring your bass fiddle.  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2010, 09:42:53 am »
George W and I will be there sometime Tuesday evening, so save us a liitle space in the circle for my tent.  George has supposedly cleared his calendar for all three days and my calendar is always open, so with the spouses otherwise busy we're really looking forward to a good stay.  See y'all there.

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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2010, 11:08:05 am »
So, I haven't seen any pictures, or heard any comments..... must mean it didn't happen.  ::)
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« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2010, 03:03:14 pm »
That's pretty much what it means. :-\  Tom and I had planned to camp on Wed. night as usual, but it turned out that nobody else was going to be there that night.  So, we just stayed here at my place and BD354 joined us here for the evening.  The ribs were still good. ;)
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« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2010, 04:20:45 pm »
That's disappointing to hear. Was wondering the same thing. Must be no one made it?
That means we all missed out this year.  :(
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« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2010, 08:27:13 pm »
I bet the ribs were good. 

An almost quote from the movie Jeremiah Johnson, "You cook good ribs, Pilgrim".  Instead, they were eating rabbit.  Rabbit ribs just aren't the same  :).
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« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2010, 08:33:24 pm »
That's disappointing to hear. Was wondering the same thing. Must be no one made it?
That means we all missed out this year.  :(

Actually, fishpharmer and me were there all day tuesday and wednesday. Two days of walking is not enough time to see everything, but it is enough time to get tuckered out, so we both headed for home wednesday evening. John Boylan and George W did make it. I was hoping that DanG, Tom and BD345 would come on. Oh well, maybe next year.
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« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2010, 08:37:50 pm »
movie Jeremiah Johnson, "You cook good ribs, Pilgrim".

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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2010, 07:43:10 pm »

  Yep, the ribs were outstanding. Got to meet Tom and shake his hand. We had a really enjoyable afternoon. About halfway to Dan's I realized I had left my camera at home so sorry no pics. Will try to do better.   George

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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2010, 08:03:40 pm »

  Woodbowl, sorry I missed ya. I thought everyone was going Wed. to camp Wed. night. I had already set up my time off from work for Wed. and Thurs. I didn't find out ya'll were going Tues. until Tues. afternoon. We had some good eatin' though. ( we decided not to cook the rattlesnake)

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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2010, 09:52:45 pm »
Terry,

DanG ain't got much hair.  He would have been relatively safe as a Mountain Man from the scalp hunters :).   He is mighty smart though.  He would have known to "put enough dirt down."
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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2010, 01:05:15 am »
Danny, he's probably smart enough to know "elk don't know how many feet a horse has" too. :D
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« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2010, 09:55:04 pm »
He would have known that they was Flatheads  ;D.
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« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2010, 10:00:06 pm »
Just so y'all know, I do NOT skin 'griz.' :D
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« Reply #27 on: November 10, 2010, 10:05:12 pm »
You might not skin them, but I bet that you can BBQ them  :D.
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« Reply #28 on: November 10, 2010, 10:29:04 pm »
Take a heck of a pit.
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« Reply #29 on: November 10, 2010, 11:01:35 pm »
Got it covered. ;D

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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2010, 11:27:02 pm »
 


Here is the infamous Dodge Wheel Y'all have heard so much about.  Not only does it keep your toes warm during a heated lying session, but it makes a fine pot of greens too.

 


Bd354, busily mixing up the batter for the Jalapeno cornbread

 


Bd354 and Dang solving the worlds problems.

In the distance you can see the dutch oven on the cooking table (bed of coals) cooking cornbread. The dodge wheel is burning in mid picture and to its left is the "greens" pot. we had an abundance of Mustard and Turnip greens with turnip root added for a bit of sweetening.

"Actually, fishpharmer and me were there all day tuesday and wednesday. Two days of walking is not enough time to see everything, but it is enough time to get tuckered out, so we both headed for home wednesday evening. John Boylan and George W did make it. I was hoping that DanG, Tom and BD345 would come on. Oh well, maybe next year."

We would have enjoyed the visit and were really looking forward to it, but age and infirmities can make you reconsider your goals.  Walking the fairgrounds was definitely out for me and iffy for Dang. One night of sleeping on the ground would have been my limit, but worth the visit. We were too pooped for Tuesday night and sitting in that parking lot alone on Wed. night, didn't sound like it would be much fun.  We just moved the campground to Dang's back yard and was sure pleased when bd354 showed up to treat us to the cornbread.  It was just like being a kid again, camping in the back yard.  :D

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« Reply #31 on: November 12, 2010, 12:28:05 am »
I sure am glad the last of the tire finally burned off of that old wheel!  It made the greens taste funny.
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« Reply #32 on: November 12, 2010, 09:57:11 pm »


   Next time I'll bring the tire. ;D

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« Reply #33 on: November 14, 2010, 10:35:37 am »
It was really good to see woodbowl and fishpharmer at Moultrie and get to exchange phone numbers and such.  Missed seeing everybody else, but there's always next year.

This trip did give me a chance to try out the used tent purchased 2 or 3 years ago from a newspaper ad.  Except for setting up in the dark Tuesday night, all was good and was as promised by the seller.  Can now highly recommend Cabela's Alaknak tent if you need a roomy base camp model.

Did not appear that there were as many mill exhibitors there this year, but that's understandable given the economy.  We did see a couple of impressive pieces of equipment at other exhibits though.  Fecon brought a massive $400K forestry-tired self-propelled chipper/grapple rig that they are promoting as the answer to either utility company needs to establish and maintain right-of-ways or for use in clean up of large projects.  Tom King of Supertrak out of Punta Gorda FL [www.supertrak.com] was there with their biomass mulcher/baler for forestry waste and thinnings, which he says he has been demonstrating to state and federal agencies around the country.  He states you can pull it with a 190hp and up farm tractor and have one-pass cleanup on up to 4-inch material (6-inch in a pinch, but with increased maintenance).  The demo round bale he had sitting on the ground definitely contained limbs around 3 inches in diameter and looked to be of a size that could be handled by common front-loader attachments.   Another potential income stream if you have a biomass user in your area. Show pricing, which I can't recall, seemed reasonable for what he was offering.

We also enjoyed the opportunity to test drive the Honda Big Red.  They put us on some dirt sidehills which--without their urging--we wouldn't otherwise have attempted.  No problem.  They were quiet, and the automatic transmission was nice, but it still doesn't offer much downhill braking assistance.  Guess I'll keep the Gator.

With three days, we had enough time to take the field demonstration ride--a dusty waste of time.  A combination of hurried commercial presentations, very brief (and heavily accented) technical presentations, idle field demos, and un-narrated drive by's of large mystery pieces of operating farm equipment.  Very little of value was learned.

Tickets are up to $10 a day now, the food inside was great, the ice cream was super, and the weather was gorgeous.  Hope to see you all next year.
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