Indiana Survival Jamboree??????

[crashdive123]

If anybody is interested, I'll bring some knapping tools along with a bucket of baked coral and assorted rocks. Not sure if anybody wants to experience the joy/frustration of breaking rocks.

[R.Spencer]

Are you bringing lots of bandaids as well? Guess its a good thing I am a paramedic and RN. I may actualy be of some use now.

[Rick]

Don't forget the safety glasses!!!!

(Knife and Axe throwing and sharp splinters of rock flyin'. This is gonna be soooo ugly).

[oldsoldier]

R.spencer..... Good I'll also bring my trauma box and jump kit. maybe we can get a chance to practice field surgery??

[Rick]

R_Spencer: The archery shoot is fine with me. I don't have any archery equipment but we will be 1/4 miles +/- from the archery range so if anyone wants to offer up any training, I'm game. Except for the apple on the head thing. Nope, not gonna do it.

The wife and I are heading down there on Saturday to scope things out and pick up some info packs for everyone. Here's my last post before we go as to who is on the list:

Hoosierarcher
Crashdive123
Nell67
Doug1980
Tennecedar
Kemporer
Pgvoutdoors
R.Spencer
Oldsoldier

Anyone/Everyone is welcome to attend. If you want me to pick up an information package for you and mail it to you then just let me know. Otherwise, be there or be square!!

[crashdive123]

The more the merrier. Who knows, if this takes hold it could be big....bigger than the Burning Man Festival even.

[Scoobywan]

I'm almost positive I'll be attending..... couple small things might interfere, but very unlikely.

[rebel]

I found out last night that I have training Aug 13-16. I wish I could've made it. Maybe next time. Someone take pics!

[oldsoldier]

rebel... i plan on taking my digital camera along plan on taking as many as I can then post them so everyone can copy them if everyone agrees

[crashdive123]

Oh, fear not.....there will be plenty of pictures taken. Now if I can just figure out how to keep from falling in the water with my camera around my neck.

[hoosierarcher]

I can provide traditional archery training, and I will bring extra bows for those who don't have one.

[Ken]

Oh, fear not.....there will be plenty of pictures taken. Now if I can just figure out how to keep from falling in the water with my camera around my neck.

How about one of these?

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[crashdive123]

Back in my diving days I had several dive cameras (Nikonos, Sea & Sea), but just could not bring myself to put my good SLR in an Ikelite housing.

[oldsoldier]

Crash don't worry if you fall in we'll toss you a rock..er.... I mean a rope

[crashdive123]

I'm not worried about me.....it's the camera. Don't want to trash another one!

[oldsoldier]

Has anyone heard from Rick?? Just want to be sure he didn't make a wrong turn at the camp ground at G-S park and end up in wyoming.

[crashdive123]

He should be back tonight or tomorrow. He had a side trip planned.

[oldsoldier]

Cool I was beginning to get worried you know how helpless rick is when he does'nt have us around to show or tell him what to do.

[jagjj]

i may be new but i wont be able to come this year
maybe when im 16 or if next year we can do it at the dunes national park its closer to me.........

[Rick]

Fear not! All is well. We spent Saturday and Sunday at Greene-Sullivan. I didn't realize it but the Forest Office closed at noon on Saturday and isn't open on Monday. As a result, I didn't get to talk to them in person. I have, however, requested an information packet for each of you.

The Reservoir 26 campground is the best of the three. I give it an 9 out of 10 for a primitive campground. It's a great deal like a city park. Not a lot of primitive to it. There was potable water nearby, each camp site has a fire ring and picnic table and there were a couple of nice pit toilets in the camp. Here are a bunch of pics of the area.

Here is the spot we stayed at looking out over the campground. Ours was the last spot in the northwest corner of the campground.

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Another shot looking a little bit south from the pic above.

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These next three will give you a panorama of the campground. The first is our camp on the left.

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Looking at the center of the campground.

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Looking at the right side of the campground.

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Here is a picture of the boat ramp at the lake. I've circled a wooden structure on the levee. The campground is immediately to the right of the levee. You can see a space in the trees in the photo.

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A shot of the lake looking at the boat ramp from the levee next to the wooden structure.

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A shot of the main body of the lake. Yes, those are islands in the lake. Probably 8 or 9 of them. Remember, the 120 or so lakes in the area were formed by strip mining many years ago.

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A picture from the campground looking at the path to the top of the levee. The wooden structure is to the right on top of the levee. Not in the picture.

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Here's a shot of the pavilion at the archery range. The archery club was meeting on Saturday. There are grill areas and a pit toilet at this site.

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A picture of the four spaced targets.

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There is also a walking archery area that simulates hunting. I've circled an elk target and another target in the picture.

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Finally, what car camping trip would be complete without roasting marshmallows?

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We sampled a few of the different lakes although it was very windy on Sunday. We did have a couple of widow makers drop from the trees. One in the camp next to ours and one in our camp but the other side of the tree. I had made certain our stuff was in the clear when we pulled in.

We saw quite a few wild turkeys (let the jokes begin) in the area. Mostly singles and a few pairs.

Firewood was $3 a box, which consisted of about 8 sticks about a foot long by 4 inches thick. All of it was split and I picked it out myself. As I said, Emerald Ash Borer is a real problem in Indiana so transporting firewood is not allowed. And the wood on the ground has to be left to maintain the natural flora. I did put the widow makers to use, however.

You can see the campground is pretty open and flat so if we want to do knife and axe throwing I don't think that will be a problem. We should have plenty of room to do so.

We had a great time. Hopefully, the Forest Office will send the info packets and I'll get them out to you. If I missed anything or you have any questions, just ask.