Let's Go Primitive Backpacking

[pianowolfi]

Well, Karli, Wolfi, and I had a wonderful Rainbow trout meal with wild onions and mushrooms with the wild berry Chutney sauce.  Mmmmmmmm.  

After dinner we conversed and sang improvisational folk songs around the campfire.  I remember the last stanza of a song Wolfi sang:

The forest calls beyond the rush
Of life's wayward wind,
Release your cares, and rest this night
That tomorrow come anew, with light.

Might fit to my "forest evening" But how do I get the piano into the forest?

[goldentone]

Might fit to my "forest evening" But how do I get the piano into the forest?

I think Bob brought one.

[thalbergmad]

This is all rather strange.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

This is all rather strange.

Thal

It might get even more strange

[m19834]

Well, yes.  I actually live here *with a smile, slowly whooshes arm towards the entire Valley* ... I mean, I really live here.

I have three pianos planted in very hidden places.  One is in a room at the bottom of the lake... 

Well, Karli, Wolfi, and I had a wonderful Rainbow trout meal with wild onions and mushrooms with the wild berry Chutney sauce.  Mmmmmmmm.  

After dinner we conversed and sang improvisational folk songs around the campfire.  I remember the last stanza of a song Wolfi sang:

The forest calls beyond the rush
Of life's wayward wind,
Release your cares, and rest this night
That tomorrow come anew, with light.

It was fun, thanks to all three of you (even Bob) for coming over .

[thalbergmad]

And i thought i was mental.

[Bob]

Oh, okay.  Maybe I will somehow get your Sherpas to do a skit while they are standing guard of your igloo.

(Bob looks out of igloo)  What?  No no no, Sherpas.  No skits!  Bad Sherpas.   All right, gather 'round Sherpas.  I have a job for you all.  Ok.  Ready?  Ok.  All right, Sherpas... Find gold!  That's your new job.  You need to find some gold so I can pay you and pay everyone for all this stuff.  Go on now.  And um... try to hurry up, will you? 

[Bob]

(Bob gets reports from the Sherpas about a giant hairy "man-like" creature out in the forest.)  Hmmmm.

[db05]

*wakes up and checks if everyone is safe*
*sheathes sword*
*goes fishing in the lake and catches fish and a piano bench*
*cooks and eats some fish and rice*
*sighs*

Why am I such a lonely samurai? 

[loonbohol]

*prepares luggage for plane trip*
*rides the plan to Xiamen*
*Plane crashes*
*survives the plane crash*
*sighs*

I miss Db_05

[thalbergmad]

(Bob gets reports from the Sherpas about a giant hairy "man-like" creature out in the forest.)  Hmmmm.

That was me taking a leak.

Thal

[Bob]

"Tonight's steak eeest almost r-r-r-r-ready," says someone from inside an igloo.
"That's fine André," says Bob, walking out the door.
"Oi, Monsieur.  Very good, sir," says the French gourmet chef.
*Bob quickly closes the door and looks around in case anyone saw that. 

*Bob clears his throat and speaks, stiltedly* "Oh boy!  Hot dogs again!  My favorite!"

Hmmm.  What's this?  *Bob notices that the leek plants all seem to have died overnight for some reason.*  What's that stench?  It's like someone poured ammonia over the leeks.  The leeks which just happen to growing out in the forest in the middle of nowhere, but conveniently by a camping site. 

[thalbergmad]

Sounds like you been eating the magic mushrooms Bob

[Bob]

Whoa.   Freaky.  (Bob is actually eating mushrooms right now.  Baby Bella.)  Whoa.

Pianowolfi said the thread might get even stranger.

"I believe those trees are looking at me.  And I thought I saw one move," says Bob.
"Sir, those are store bought mushrooms.  They have no hallucinogenic effects," says one of the Sherpas.
"Oh," says Bob.  "Who said that?" asks Bob, looking around, somehow getting a buzz from Baby Bella mushrooms purchased from the store.

[m19834]

*sees the perfect opportunities to pull pranks on Bob*

Hey, Sherpas ... pssst !  com'ere ... *whispers in Sherpas ears*

Go get some handfuls of dirt, put them in a pan, and go tell Bob you found a bunch of gold.  Then, tell him to look at what you found, and *believe* me, he will think the dirt is gold.  Tell him that if he isn't sure, to bite it in order to test it out (I've seen them do that in movies, don't worry, that's a real thing, Sherpas).

[m19834]

That was me taking a leak.

Thal

hee hee ... I had a feeling it was you, Thal 

Thal, I feel sad that you ate beans for breaky the other morning.  Do you want to come over to my place for breaky tomorrow ?  I will make you pancakes with fresh honey.

[goldentone]

hee hee ... I had a feeling it was you, Thal 

Thal, I feel sad that you ate beans for breaky the other morning.  Do you want to come over to my place for breaky tomorrow ?  I will make you pancakes with fresh honey.

*Disguises himself as Thal*

  I'll be there, Karli! 

*Goes over to Bob's to make sure the maple syrup is still there*

[thalbergmad]

Do you want to come over to my place for breaky tomorrow ?  I will make you pancakes with fresh honey.

Bit too healthy for me. I would prefer skunk fritters.

Reading this thread makes me want to watch an episode of Grizzly Adams.

Thal

[Bob]

*Disguises himself as Thal*

  I'll be there, Karli! 

*Goes over to Bob's to make sure the maple syrup is still there*

This is weird.  I am out of maple syrup.  (Bob chews thoughtfully on his gourmet steak, thinking it kind of tastes... like dirt?  But it's gourmet steak, so maybe it's supposed to taste like dirt.)

[Bob]

Hmmm.  (Bob begins consuming mass quantities of chicken soup and Vitamin C in order to ward off swine flu, despite being in an isolated location.)

[ahinton]

I have three pianos planted in very hidden places.  One is in a room at the bottom of the lake... 

I confess that I'd never contemplated what a conflated transcription of La Cathédrale Engloutie and Au lac du Wallenstadt might sound like, except that the pianistic equivalent of backpackers' paradise probably isn't it...

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

Would a piano still make a sound underwater?  A struck string underwater?  I must make some sound. 

[Bob]

Bob hands out freshly caught fish, salad, and bread baked over a campfire.  Mmmmm.....

[db05]

Okay, today I shall do something I haven't done before. A small step for mankind, a giant leap for me! Here we go! Geronimooooooooo!!!

*dives into the lake*

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*freezes in the cold and drowns*

[concerto_love]

*call cai via pigeon mail.

[Bob]

*Bob stands on a mountain top, overlooking a crystal clear glass lake, mist hangs over the water, all is quiet and calm.

*Bob unleashes a massive guttural belch (dark tone, rich round tone, quality timbre, a 10 on a scale of 10 for those who rate belches).

*Bob listens to the echoes and observes a startled flock of long-legged birds now flying away.

 


 

 

(No.  Bob's not going to do the other thing.  )

[m19834]

ha ha ... Bob !


*holds up a sign with a '10' on it and watches as the birdies fly away*


10

[Bob]

Hmmm....  I did not think anyone was interested in this thread anymore.

(Bob tells the Sherpas to dig the underground lair with concert hall more quietly.)  Shh.... mein Sherpas, shhh...

[pianowolfi]

*Wolfi discovers a cave.* Ohhhhh I love caves. They're my home. *Disappears in cave. Takes lots of flashlights and headlights with him. And loads of pasta. And three lighters. And a lot of firewood.*

[Bob]

(Bob grills steaks and prepares to watch the sun set, but is careful not to mention the exact time when he might be watching the sun set.  Maybe it's already about down.  Maybe it is setting.  Maybe it's still a few hours away.  Maybe it's the middle of the night.)

[pianowolfi]

*goes to watch the sun at midnight*

[m19834]

*eats all the steaks off the grill in one gulp*

[Bob]

Darnit... (Bob puts more steaks on, including a few decoy rubber steaks.)

[m19834]

Darnit... (Bob puts more steaks on, including a few decoy rubber steaks.)

*eats everything in one gulp, even the rubber decoy steaks* 
*feels stuffed*
*doesn't wait thirty minutes and goes swimming anyway*
*jumps off rock repeatedly*
*floats on back in lake, stares up at stars*
*falls asleep in the water for a moment*
*wakes up*
*listens to the lake underwater*
*hears crawdads*
*listens more, watches sky ... sees shooting stars*
*wishes upon a shooting star*
*sees more shooting stars*
*thinks of loved ones*
*feels deeply satisfied with life*
*hums secretly to self*

[pianowolfi]

...
...
*hums secretly to self*

*hears deep in the cave that K has found the frequency*

[m19834]

*fashions a little stand out of twigs, branches and bark*
*sets up a mind candy and mind beverage shop along the trail for passers by*
*gets a few customers ... a bear, a hawk, a crow, a mouse ... *

*falls asleep in chair*

*squirrel stops by while I am sleeping, snatches some mind candy and buries it in the ground*

[Bob]

Good job squirrels.

(Bob feeds his trained squirrels and eats candy.)

(Bob becomes bloated with enlightenment.)   

(Bob comtemplates the morality of having trained squirrels stealing.  Who is truly at fault?  The squirrels who actually did the stealing?  Or Bob, who instructed the squirrels and gave the order?  Bob continues to contemplate these ethics, not actually doing anything about the situation, just thinking about it.) 

(Bob thinks about returning the candy, but only continues thinking.  After all, it's the thought that counts.)

[m19834]

*peacefully sleeps through all of Bob's mind candy episode*

*wakes up, hands Bob a mind beverage*

It's on the house !

*trick or treats at my own mind candy shop*

[Bob]

(Bob accepts the drink but carefully inspects it to make sure it's still sealed.  If it was unopened, then he would still accept but wouldn't actually drink it.)

[goldentone]

*Returns to camp*

*Takes inventory of Karli's mind candy while K is away*

*Plays Crazy Eights with the squirrels over at Bob's*

*Eats a Moon mind pie by the light of the moon*

[Bob]

(Bob takes inventory of the candy too.) 

Uh oh... There's one less. 

Candy count minus another.

And another.

And one more less.

*Burp*

Negative one, once more.... and again.

[db05]

db05 is waiting by Karli's mind candy shop.

Who knew that K was Willy Wonka of mind candy? I want to taste them, but I want to obtain them legally, and NOT do like what SOME people are doing... 

[Bob]

Haha.

I believe in sharing. 

(Bob shares another piece of candy.)

[Bob]

(Bob plants some 'mind candy' in the ground like seeds and waits to see what happens.)  Tree of knowledge maybe?

[goldentone]

db05 is waiting by Karli's mind candy shop.

Who knew that K was Willy Wonka of mind candy? I want to taste them, but I want to obtain them legally, and NOT do like what SOME people are doing... 

Some people are allowed to.

[Bob]

(Bob offers db some mind candy.)  It's ok.  I give you permission.

[m19834]

*leaves all the mind candy for anybody to have*

*disassembles shelter, placing twigs, branches, mud, moss all around the forest*
*rewinds twine into a neat loop*
*breaks down tent and packs everything up*
*looks around camp site, spreads out coals from the fire ring*
*picks up little specks of trash*
*puts pack on*
*gets hiking shoes on*
*sets off*
*hikes for miles into the night with nothing for light but the light of the moon*

[db05]

(Bob offers db some mind candy.)  It's ok.  I give you permission.

*leaves all the mind candy for anybody to have*

hmmm... *eats some mind candy* Oh. Are you sure this okay?




Kkkkkkkarlyyyyyy? Doesss ddddthis havvve somesortof siiiiide effffffects?





*is high*

[goldentone]

*Invites some friends over to dinner*

*After dinner roasts marshmallows*

*Discusses Schumann with Thal and the squirrels*

*Says goodnight to everyone*

*Looks but sees no sign of Karli*

*Reads some of War and Peace before retiring*

[Bob]

(Bob's Sherpas pack up camp.  Bob sets up an outpost, sets up special technology so he can easily return later without much travel, steps through a techy door and teleports backs to civilization.)