Catskills

Bill:

Where in VA are you. I'm in Lynchburg, and used to know a Bill McDonald here
that moved away. Same guy?

Jim Ray
"Bill McDonald" wrote in message
om...
Just 3 days away from my bi-annual trek to the Beaverkill from
Virginia. I'm hoping the river is going to be back to somewhat normal
levels by friday a.m. Has anyone a stream report for the area?
Camping outside of Cooks Falls, fishing downstream about 3 miles.
Bill in Va.

Fished there this week end, staying at Roscoe campgrounds. Evacuated the camp
site at 3 AM. Lost my tent and much camping gear. Did manage to get the car
out. Bet Frank Reid can not top this for picking a "wet" camp site.

Lou T

"Lat705" wrote in message
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Fished there this week end, staying at Roscoe campgrounds. Evacuated the
camp
site at 3 AM. Lost my tent and much camping gear. Did manage to get the
car
out. Bet Frank Reid can not top this for picking a "wet" camp site.

Lou T

i just find this astonishing. did you not have access to tv or radio
weather reports?
not meant to flame you--just amazes me that you wouldn't consider the
fact that the entire eastern united states was going to be inundated,
beginning thursday, and lasting well into the weekend.

wayno

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Lat705" wrote in message
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Fished there this week end, staying at Roscoe campgrounds. Evacuated the

camp

site at 3 AM. Lost my tent and much camping gear. Did manage to get the

car

out. Bet Frank Reid can not top this for picking a "wet" camp site.

Lou T


i just find this astonishing. did you not have access to tv or radio
weather reports?
not meant to flame you--just amazes me that you wouldn't consider the
fact that the entire eastern united states was going to be inundated,
beginning thursday, and lasting well into the weekend.

It confirms my contention that fishing is the triumph of hope over
rationality. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

weather report said rain Friday night ending about 10 AM Saturday morning.
Only station I l;istened to was public radio.

Lou T

Lou offers:

weather report said rain Friday night ending about 10 AM Saturday morning.
Only station I l;istened to was public radio.

friggin' liberals!g
Tom

hell lou...i figured you just got caught up in one of your joke-telling
compulsions and became oblivious to such mundane matters as weather... g

jeff

Lat705 wrote:

weather report said rain Friday night ending about 10 AM Saturday morning.
Only station I l;istened to was public radio.

Lou T

hell lou...i figured you just got caught up in one of your joke-telling
compulsions and became oblivious to such mundane matters as weather... g

jeff

Lat705 wrote:

weather report said rain Friday night ending about 10 AM Saturday morning.
Only station I l;istened to was public radio.

Lou T

Lou offers:

weather report said rain Friday night ending about 10 AM Saturday morning.
Only station I l;istened to was public radio.

friggin' liberals!g
Tom

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in
news

"Lat705" wrote in message
...
Fished there this week end, staying at Roscoe campgrounds. Evacuated
the
camp
site at 3 AM. Lost my tent and much camping gear. Did manage to get
the
car
out. Bet Frank Reid can not top this for picking a "wet" camp site.

Lou T

i just find this astonishing. did you not have access to tv or
radio
weather reports?
not meant to flame you--just amazes me that you wouldn't consider
the
fact that the entire eastern united states was going to be inundated,
beginning thursday, and lasting well into the weekend.

wayno



I stayed at Roscoe Campsites last year, but avoided the place this year.
I think it might be the case of a new owner needing to learn the ropes.
The campsite was OK, but a tad messier than I thought it should be, and
the owner gave me problems about an arrangement that I had with the
previous owner, where they would allow more than one tent on a site. He
did end up letting me put two tents on two sites, push comes to shove, so
I can't really complain about that all that hard. Others that I knew
stayed there at the same time got stuck with a two-day minimum that they
didn't know existed, even though they were staying only one night.

Let's just say that if I owned a campsite, and it were in danger of
flooding, I would do my level best to warn my customers in time to get
out. I know at Twin Islands, where you actually drive through the river
to get to your cabin, the owners swear they keep a close eye on things
and warn people if they need to get their cars off the island.

Way I see it, either the owner doesn't care, or this was his first big
flood. Giving the guy the benefit of the doubt, I'll be listening to any
reports, but I'll wait till I hear good ones before I book there.

Scott