Gonna come to Dan's defense on this one...
I'm sure some your warning and lessons ring true, but I think the reason you didn't get beer after that trip (I even got some cookies in the mail!) was the characteristic JP-style rant delivered riverside when we were just trying to have a chill trip down the river.

Sell out?  I blame Josh.  I was suppose to be on Robe that day and Josh bailed.  I think he went to cut down a Christmas tree with his girl.  Weak.

-Brad

I cut it down with an axe on the side of the highway.  I love the Christmas so much.

I don't think that goal is possible around here... considering this thread went from a gauge discussion to trip planning to trash talking, I am going to say were right on par!

Now to keep on track, I cut a christmas tree down this year in Hancock timber land up the N.Fork road and a fish and wildlife guy caught me red handed... He was cool though and said either throw it out or get a ticket. So I threw it out ... Then I asked where I can go to do it legally and he said anywhere around here was legal to harvest down trees but to cut a fresh one you have to drive another 5 miles up the road. When he left I went back out and picked up the tree I cut down, as I walked back up to my van with the tree the guy yells at me and asks me what I was thinking, as if I did not notice he was waiting just down the road. I responded I am picking up a down tree that some yahoo must have not wanted it. He told me he deals with these yahoos all the time and if I took the tree I would get a ticket, so I threw it back. We did this about 2 or 3 more times before he finally said just take the dang tree... by that time I wish I had driven further up the road because the tree was all beat ... But as ugly as this tree is it represents the meaning of Christmas in my house.

classic PP thread. thanks PP!!