Ditching the Car for Camping

glatt · 03-31-2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Government land is often used for very government activities, sadly.

Holy shit! And you hiked there?!

Kitsune · 03-31-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Holy shit! And you hiked there?!

The bombing range is fenced off and is monitored to prevent anyone from being injured. The bombs they drop aren't "fully loaded", either -- they're just enough to make a visible impact. Why there is a bombing range in the middle of a national forest, I have no idea. You can see the range from the air, here. I don't know how much noise the range really creates, as I did catch the rumble of two jets and the orange glow of their engines one night while enjoying dinner at a Juniper Springs site, but have never heard the "thud" of targets being hit.

Serial killers and crazy bears make more of a camping issue than navy bombers. The bombing range has been hotly debated and many groups want it removed, but that is highly unlikely under the current administration. Hell, almost 1,000 acres of ONF have been earmarked for sale by our wonderful president.

Elspode · 03-31-2006, 02:47 PM

Like Mari, I fear my backpacking days are behind me, but my favorite hiking site in Missouri borders on Ft Leonard Wood. When hiking there, one can hear the roar of 155mm guns and helicopters whoosh overhead on attack runs from time to time. The more remote a place is in this country, the more likely that the government is doing something nasty there, it seems.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2006, 02:32 AM

A lot of the bombing ranges use lasers and computers to simulate the trajectory, instead of actually dropping bombs.

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Water was pulled from a clean stream,

My god....you drank water that was un-fluoridated!

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