“The Simulhike”
Robby visits:
🗺 Bloodroot Trail
📍 Bloodroot Trail at Salamonie Lake | 260-468-2125
9214 W. Lost Bridge West, Andrews, IN 46702
40.8203,-85.5979 🌐
Andrew and Thomas visit:
🗺 REI River Trail
📍 REI River Trail at Scioto Grove Metro Park | 614-539-3339
5172 Jackson Pike, Grove City, OH 43123
39.8555,-83.0279 🌐
Bryan returns to:
🗺 Vesuvius Lakeshore Trail
📍 Vesuvius Lakeshore Trail | 740-534-6500
Wayne National Forest, Lake Shore Trail, Pedro, OH 45659
38.6099,-82.6341 🌐
1m14s Day One (R: 61ºF, B: 67ºF, A&T: 63ºF)
2m45s A&T: Poison hemlock; aster flowers; goldenrod and dogbane; red clover flowers 6m22s R: You know the food choices are going to be very, very spartan.
— Robby 6m34s A&T: “This [REI River] trail is designed to get people who have never backpacked before into backpacking.” -
9m43s B: Bryan by the lake 11m29s R: Snack: cookies from Guam; cheese and tortilla
- Cookies from viewer Christian
Does it have all the food groups?
— Robby
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19m29s B: The prophecy has come to pass, and it is raining.
— Bryan 21m03s B: Northern cricket frogs 23m19s R: It was, indeed, corn.
— Andrew -
I’m not putting the rain fly on, because I’m going for the gamble.
— Robby
36m03s A&T: Snack: wild raspberries 39m02s R: Dinner: Robby’s “food crime”
- hot & spicy spam, mild cheddar & Monterey Jack cheese, tortilla
39m07s I’m sure it’s going to taste good, but good in the kind of more absolute sense.
— Robby 40m01s No, this is a great idea. This is the best idea. Not one of the best — this is the best idea.
— Robby 40m46s Not bad. It took a second for the flavor Stockholm syndrome to kick in, but, once it did, I was sitting pretty.
— Robby - Thanks again to Christian
41m01s B: Dinner: Bryan’s flank steak with green peppers
42m15s It tastes good, and, obviously, my standards are a bit lower right now.
— Bryan [speaking of steak]
42m38s A&T: Campfire with birch bark 43m55s A&T: Dinner: Andrew and Thomas’ deconstructed steak shish kabobs with roasted vegetables
45m21s Were those park provided skewers?
— Bryan (in chat)
49m47s I’m telling you man, like that’s all it is: you just need warmth, food, drinks, family and friends. You don’t need like, a marble statue, you just need marbled beef.
— Andrew
50m17s Day Two (R: 7.5 mi; B: 3.3 mi; A&T: 1.2 mi; 62ºF for all)
- Shoutouts: Metal Gear Solid V, Star Trek, Rogue One, Mortal Kombat
1h12m21s I’ll kick a coyote; we’ll be fine
— Andrew - See also: the first trip to Wayne National Forest
