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Author Message   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:17 pm:    Hey, I want to hear from some of the Rover owners out there in the Southeast. I feel quite lonely hearing about Moab and the rest of the West. What about some Tellico, or Coppenger Cove? Drop a line and we will all get together for some great Southern-style off-highway sometime.   Will Bobbitt (Rkores) Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:31 pm:    Adam, Where do you live? Will   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:35 pm:    Hey Will, I live in the Cookeville, TN area. Like midways between Knoxville and Nashville. What about you?   Bob Foster (Coppertop) Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 09:52 pm:    I live in Chickamauga, GA (A suburb of Chattanooga). Oddly enough, we are building a building in Cookeville. The new Cookeville Bike Shop on Jackson Street!! Great city!! I do quite a bit of wheeling all around the TN GA area. Been to Coppingers Cove a BUNCH. Actually I heard a rumor that the group out of Nashville "Tennessee Rovers" I believe, is doing a ride on Saturday. They are meeting at the Wal-Mart in Jasper, TN (just west of Chatt off of I-24) They are going up Monteagle (the hard way). Good to hear someone from close to home.   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 11:50 pm:    That's quite a coincidence. And yes you're right about that rumor. I'm a member of Tennessee Rovers in fact, but I'm not going to be able to make the ride because I'm putting some mods on my Disco, and it won't be ready. But yeah, I've ridden a lot of trails (probably all of them) in the Monteagle area. LRN does Pocket Road a lot, which is cool. I went with LRC once to Prentice Cooper SF. Big convoy, long trail, and we got to show up some homemade rockcrawler trucks, so it was a great time. Email me and we'll ride sometime. You know--you get your people, I get mine...we'll make a day of it.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:43 am:    Cookeville, eh? I lived there for 5 years as an undergrad... I'm up just outside Kingsport, on the VA line now... Go out to Windowcliffs much? -L   Brad Bradford (Brad) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 09:21 am:    There is a place called Shit Creek that is right outside of Cookeville. I rode there a few times, blewout two tires on some sharp rocks, and almost got shot by some crazies, but I think a lot of guys from Cookeville go there to ride some rocks. Brad   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:44 am:    Leslie, yeah I've been out to the Windowcliffs once. I might be going to college in your area; ever hear of Emory & Henry in Abingdon, VA? It's probably my top choice as of now. And Brad, Shit Creek is a great place. Did you ride the trail parallel to it, or did you actually go upstream in the middle of the creek? Either way, you come to a gorgeous waterfall; IMO, well worth the ride.   Brad Bradford (Brad) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 12:40 pm:    I have been on both trails. I rode them at night though. I busted my tires about 100yds past the waterfall. Brad   brbevil@ftgrp.com Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 03:56 pm:    Charleston, SC Anyone nearby   Will Bobbitt (Rkores) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 04:00 pm:    Adam, I am in Winston Salem NC. How old are you? Will   Bill M. (Circekat) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 04:05 pm:    Orangeburg, SC. Anybody else?   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 05:45 pm:    I'm 18, still in high school in fact. I guess part of my feeling of ostracision from this board could be due to that. There aren't many teen Rover owners out there, and most of the ones I know won't take theirs off-road because their parents would kill them. That's why I'm glad I bought mine myself. I scratch it, I dent it, I run it off a cliff, I have to deal with it.   Will Bobbitt (Rkores) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 06:05 pm:    Adam, I am senior in High school too. There are a few of us teens on here, about 5 or 6. What is your instant messenger? Mine is Trekboyy5 Will   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:00 pm:    Jacksonville, NC.   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:22 pm:    It's leuphal17, Will. Anyone else out there?   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:31 pm:    I'm another young one, going to school in Conway, Arkansas. AIM: CMSimcoe, I finally got it working again so I can talk to you guys now but I am still notorious for not using away messages or seeing the things when they pop up underneath the IE windows.   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:41 pm:    Carter, I recognize your screen name. If my memory serves correctly, aren't you the one who was tied up in that bitch of an oral debate with John Lee about "posers" and "poseurs"? Just to let you know, I was on your side. That guy was just ornery. Something must have rubbed him the the wrong way for him to be so pissy.   Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:21 pm:    Well I am another youngin, I'm a senior in high school and 18. I live in Indiana now, however I am moving to Atlanta in the early summer with my family. My IM and AOL screen name is gumarcel... Chris   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:58 pm:    Emory and Henry is supposedly a nice little school... I've been on campus before, it's really small, but charming.... don't know a lot about it, though.... if you're not big into a wild night life, it'd probably be perfect... Brad, I used to do a lot of caving when I lived in Cookeville, did some mapping, etc. There's plenty of caves inside the city limits; one of the karst features there is a very small hollow that has some sewage issues, that was dubbed the Anal Canal... yick.... -L   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 12:32 am:    Leslie, that's cool that you did a lot of spelunking around here, as this area is loaded with caves. I myself do an extensive amount, but not much in Cookeville. I'm a member of our local NSS chapter, and we go several times a month in Sparta and Spencer, to the south of Cookeville. There is a true gem of a cavern located in Spencer. It's called Camp's Gulf Cave; you might have heard of it, though I doubt it because of its limited access and fragile ecological integrity. Definitely worth checking out though; if you're ever in the area and want to check it out, drop me a line at my email and I'll take you to parts begging to be mapped. P.S. There are no coquettish connotations in that last sentence, in case you were wondering.   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 12:36 am:    Chris, I have cousins in Indianapolis. More specifically, they live in Greenfield (I think?). Small world.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 12:43 am:    One that I did a lot of mapping in is Lockwood cave; go down to Sparta, then head back up the plateau towards Crossville.... Lost Creek Cave is one of my favorites still... Been to Hubbards, and Cumberland Cavern's wild bits, and helped map Tires-2-Spare (it's the one that opened up, kinda behind the (at the time) new Wal-Mart; Blue Spring was just being pushed at the time I was down there. Also did Grassy Cove Saltpeter cave, and various other ones around there, too... Who all is in the grotto there still? Is Anthony and Mary still there? I'm sure Walt is, but don't know if he's still mapping any... Ric Finch was the structural geology professor when I was there, but he's retired since... he Walt and I did a good bit of mapping of Lockwood, he's the one who was in charge of it.... It's been years, though, since I was west of Knoxville, 'cept flying off to an OSM course or something.... I need to get down there sometime and say high to some folks... -L   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 12:49 am:    PS: People that don't know any better call it caving. Neophytes and parttimers start calling it spleunking instead. When you get to the point that you have black boogers every weekend, are used to wading through cold streams with your head tilted up to catch a breath, you belly crawl back into holes no bigger than your shoulders just so you can be the first to scoop some virgin territory, you can dissassemble and reassemble every one of the half-dozen light you have on you in the dark while eating your smooshed sandwich at the time, that you find yourself looking for carbide lamps just because you like the smell from them when surveying.... when you get to that point, then you're a caver. -L   Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 01:09 am:    i'm in auburn, al really down south i'm always up for a run   Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 07:37 am:    Adam, Do you by chance drive a white Disco? I was stopped in Cookeville for lunch and gas a few months back and can distinctly remember a white Disco with like 3/4 guys in it. And you waved at me while I was pulling out of/into Jack in the Box. If you want to come this way sometime from Cookeville, we could go to Windrock, I've only been as a passenger once, but there was some fun stuff. Later.. Robert   Alex Cabrera (Alexcabrera) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 08:27 am:    Chris, On the move later this year, welcome to Atlanta,GA. Alex   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:02 am:    You go wheeling down there w/ Blake and you get to find out how accurate Deliverance really was (insert banjo music here) -Guess I can't make fun of you to much though, I've found a meth lab while wheeling up here in Arkansas once.   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 01:31 pm:    Charlotte, North Cackie Lackie.   Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 01:50 pm:    Robert, it probably was me. I live in Sparta officially, but Cookeville is like a second home to us. And yes, I drive a white Disco, and I wave at every other Rover owner I see. But yeah I'd love to go hit the trails sometime; I'll email you and let you know when I'll be in your area.   Greg French (Gregfrench) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:18 pm:    Myrtle Beach, SC   Steve Sherman (Ssherman) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 02:27 pm:    Fayetteville, NC   ken knebusch (Charlotterover) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 03:06 pm:    charlotte, nc   Matt (Doc175) Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 04:15 pm:    Savannah, GA. I am flying solo down here. I did have the chance to go out with Steve from Fayetteville and Larry and the guys from RCH this past weekend and it was great. If any of you SC guys know a good place that is more than just a flat mud who and not a 7 hr. drive, I'm game.   rob mayes Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 12:06 am:    huntsville, al   Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 02:34 pm:    Rob i used to live in scottsboro, al next time i'm home we should go riding yeah its like deliverence here, not really its worse closer to north alabama in the mountains. down here its a bunch of college kids and a bunch of beer. no coon dogs or anything now if you go over to ole miss or miss st. thats another story.   JC Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 04:29 pm:    Charlotte/Raleigh, NC. It differs weekend to weekend. If anyone ever wants to get up, kick some tires, wheel, just drop me a line, I'm usually around. Greg Davis, your Disco is looking monsterous, it was nice seeing it again the other week on 51! Jon roverboyfda@hotmail.com   bertofcsa Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 07:39 pm:    Blake, yea, just let me know if you ever want to take some trails. i've got some friends who go to auburn, sometime i may go down there and we can go riding, let me know if you are ever in the area. bertofcsa@hotmail.com   Hunter Louis (Hglouis) Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 08:57 pm:    Louisville, KY Hunter   Aaron Richardet (Draaronr) Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 09:30 pm:    Wilmington NC