What: Frosty Butt Hang
Why: Why not...plus a chance to test out your cold weather gear. I do recommend you bring gear rated to at least 20 degrees or lower just in case. If you have a DIY TQ and or UQ, please try to test them before you come and or bring additional gear. We had one person at the Hunger Hang end up sleeping in their car when they found out the hard way that their DIY UQ did not keep them warm at 41 degrees. You do not have to have a hammock to join us. Bear Fortune Cookies ( tents ) users are welcomed. Also folks who just want to learn more about hammock camping are welcome to visit.
Where: Merchants Mill Pond State Park NC Group Site #1 ( and site # 2 if enough people sign up )
How:Signup sheet is here.....https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
Same location as the Fat Butt and Hunger Hang. Click to see planning thread for the Hunger hang:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/92267-THE-HUNGER-HANG-!!!-Merchants-Mill-Pond-State-Park-NC-24-26-Oct-2014
When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday ( 29, 30, 31 January and 01 February 2015 )
Donations to help pay for the site and pay for firewood can be made via PayPal to [email protected] ( I am paying for the site up front ). Please provide your HF user name and note this for the Frosty Butt Hang and select donations. $20 a person should be enough to pay for the site and fire wood unless someone can bring a pickup truck load or two of wood.
Temperatures: While it can get cold, it should not get too cold but be prepared
Avg Low in Jan is 20............Avg High in Jan is 50
Record Low is -5....................Record High is 80
Chance of Snow....who knows...one can only hope
Park Info: Merchants Mill Pond State Park
176 Millpond Road, Gatesville, NC 27938-9440
GPS: 36.437105,-76.701585 ( this will put you at the road that leads to the park office )
The group site is about 1/4 mile south and on the right.
http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/memi/main.php
This park is located in the North East Corner of eastern North Carolina.This is very convenient to hangers living in Eastern NC and South East VA
Merchants Millpond is located in Gates County near the community of Gatesville. The park may be reached from U.S. 158, N.C. 32 and N.C. 37. It is approximately 30 miles from the cities of Ahoskie, Elizabeth City and Edenton, North Carolina and Suffolk, Virginia.
Note..This is a family friendly event. No alcohol is allowed per Park rules. If you do bring any, please be discrete.
Link to Google parkmap..https://www.google.com/maps/preview#...51!3d36.433127
At the drive in Group Camp Grounds
Site# 1 is reserved for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. I will be arriving about noon on Thursday.
Site # 1 can handle apporx 30+ hangers
Site # 2 can handle aprrox 20+hangers and will be reserved only if we have enough hangers sign up
Each site is allowed 50 campers
Each site has 2 fire rings and 3 picnic tables
Water is available at Site # 1 and the Bathhouse
Parking is available next to Site # 1
There are rest rooms ( hot and cold water ) and a shower ( the shower stall is huge, larger than most home showers)
Fire Wood....we will need fire wood so if you can bring some, please let us know. I have the name and phone number of a local who will deliver a pick up truck of split hardwood for $65. I estimate we would need 2 loads ( $130 ). There was a large oak tree that the Park had cut down at Group Site # 3 that might still be there but we can not count on it. We would need wedges and a sledge hammer to split it into manageable sections to be able to carry it to group site 1.
Food: Hotlips has said we are on our own for this one so we will have to suffer and cook our own food this hang. Please let us know what you can bring on the sign up sheet.While I am sure we have some Dutch Oven cooking going on, Coleman gas and or propane stoves will be needed.
Gear: if you have any extra gear you can share, please enter it on the sign up sheet.
Getting there, check with Google maps using Park Address
We will be staying at the drive in Group Campgrounds. They are located in the South West corner of the park. I will post a large yellow sign at the turn off to the group site as it is easy to miss even if you know where it is.
GPS for gate to groups sites... N 3625.542 W 07641.928
Drive down the dirt road about 500 ft.... Group Site # 1 be on your Right and parking to the Left.
When you get to the big sign you are there. Once you unload, please move your vehicle to the parking area.
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