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Dam Guide
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The Narrows are permit only now also?
Top down is a permit, it’s 16 miles one way. Most people camp in there too when doing top down.
Bottom up is not a permit, but you have to stop at Big Springs which is about 5 miles in.
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re: Rental Family - Brendan Fraser (contains some spoilers)
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/15/26 at 5:05 pm to sportsaddit68
I see I wasn't the only one to snag the torrent as soon as it came out, :lol:
It was an interesting movie. Pretty different of a story and enjoyable. Fraser did an awesome job, and the other cast really did a great job too.
It was an interesting movie. Pretty different of a story and enjoyable. Fraser did an awesome job, and the other cast really did a great job too.
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Coming back it was crowded and not fun! LOL
Just got to go farther if there is a lot of people. There was barely anyone at Big Springs, seems like a majority of the crowd stops at the early deep section and then thins out even more when you get into the Wall Street area. I started around 10:30am.
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Stay on site if you can, they have a lodge and cabins in the park. We did that in 2020.
You can easily walk to the grotto and start Angels Landing from there and be at the summit for sunrise if you get an early permit before the shuttles start bringing the masses too.
Other option for that is renting e bikes in Springdale.
This is going to be bad, she can't act for shite.
re: Zion National Park
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/15/26 at 8:11 am to TigerBait0129
Summit of Angels
Some trail friends at the skinniest point of Angels
Narrows
Some trail friends at the skinniest point of Angels
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re: Zion National Park
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/15/26 at 7:55 am to Paul Allen
I just went there in June. Can't help with where to stay, we stayed in a RV at Watchman, the campground in the park. Springdale has a ton of places to stay.
If you don't have an account on Rec.gov, make one now and find out when or if the seasonal lotteries have already happened for when you want to go.
The lotteries will get you top down narrows, the subway, and angel's landing. The only one I won was Angel's Landing. I didn't win seasonal; they do day before permits for it and we got one of those.
I was able to do Emerald Pools, Angels Landing, Canyon Overlook, and bottom up Narrows on the days I was there.
Narrows was my favorite, I ended up doing 10 miles that day. It's about 1.25 miles on sidewalk til you get into the river and about another ~3 miles to the really tight section of the Narrows. I went as far as you could on a bottom up to Big Springs. I recommend renting at least a stick, the river isn't kind to hiking poles, I brought my fly fishing shoes with neoprene socks and those were a heck of a lot better than the water boots you can rent. I was just flying past all the other tourists not use to river rock traversing because of my fly fishing experience and shoes made for that specific application.
I am not a huge fan of heights, so Angels Landing was absolutely terrifying. It gorgeous and a relatively easy hike, but the exposure on both sides of the trail is very very real. It's a workout for a 5 mile round trip trail. The wiggles are no joke. Highly recommend. Even if you don't win a permit, still do the hike up to Scout's Lookout and go up higher on the non permit portion continuing on West Rim Trail.
It was the first day Emerald pools had been open for a couple of years and that was a very very pretty hike. I preferred Narrows though if you have to choose.
Canyon Overlook is absolutely amazing and a better view than Angels Landing without the level of exposure, so better for families that want a view without the risk or a long hike. Its a very short hike, but a very small parking lot, so its hard to find parking.
I wish I had time to do Observation Point, maybe next time. Subway is still very big on my list.
Be prepared for parking issues at the visitors center and make use of the free Springdale shuttle if you stay in Springdale.
If you get a permit for Angels. Be on the first shuttle to get there at 6AM at the visitors center if you get a before 9AM permit. If you get a later permit, later in the day is better. Most people want to hike it first thing in the morning, so getting there early to beat the rush up or getting there later to be there after the rush helps avoid the crowds. I got a before 9 and was one of the first to summit. It got super crowded as I was coming down. That made the trail down ever so much fun.
If you don't have an account on Rec.gov, make one now and find out when or if the seasonal lotteries have already happened for when you want to go.
The lotteries will get you top down narrows, the subway, and angel's landing. The only one I won was Angel's Landing. I didn't win seasonal; they do day before permits for it and we got one of those.
I was able to do Emerald Pools, Angels Landing, Canyon Overlook, and bottom up Narrows on the days I was there.
Narrows was my favorite, I ended up doing 10 miles that day. It's about 1.25 miles on sidewalk til you get into the river and about another ~3 miles to the really tight section of the Narrows. I went as far as you could on a bottom up to Big Springs. I recommend renting at least a stick, the river isn't kind to hiking poles, I brought my fly fishing shoes with neoprene socks and those were a heck of a lot better than the water boots you can rent. I was just flying past all the other tourists not use to river rock traversing because of my fly fishing experience and shoes made for that specific application.
I am not a huge fan of heights, so Angels Landing was absolutely terrifying. It gorgeous and a relatively easy hike, but the exposure on both sides of the trail is very very real. It's a workout for a 5 mile round trip trail. The wiggles are no joke. Highly recommend. Even if you don't win a permit, still do the hike up to Scout's Lookout and go up higher on the non permit portion continuing on West Rim Trail.
It was the first day Emerald pools had been open for a couple of years and that was a very very pretty hike. I preferred Narrows though if you have to choose.
Canyon Overlook is absolutely amazing and a better view than Angels Landing without the level of exposure, so better for families that want a view without the risk or a long hike. Its a very short hike, but a very small parking lot, so its hard to find parking.
I wish I had time to do Observation Point, maybe next time. Subway is still very big on my list.
Be prepared for parking issues at the visitors center and make use of the free Springdale shuttle if you stay in Springdale.
If you get a permit for Angels. Be on the first shuttle to get there at 6AM at the visitors center if you get a before 9AM permit. If you get a later permit, later in the day is better. Most people want to hike it first thing in the morning, so getting there early to beat the rush up or getting there later to be there after the rush helps avoid the crowds. I got a before 9 and was one of the first to summit. It got super crowded as I was coming down. That made the trail down ever so much fun.
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I show no bars, but a text comes through from time to time. Like a data brown out.
If you have RCS or iMessage, they can be delivered by WiFi data, don’t require cellular data.
re: Verizon Outage
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/14/26 at 12:30 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Must be a local outage. Both of my verizon phones are fine.
It is not a local outage. Chattanooga and Knoxville both having issues.
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yeah it's definitely a lot ha, more than I'd ever consider spending on any other hotel. I'm trying to stomach the thought that if we just do the 1 night it's not that bad. We're like 2.5 hours from Nashville so it's not really a huge deal if we just go up and back over the weekend
Yeah I haven't looked at the cost in a few years. I use to travel for work a bunch with Marriott and stayed there on gov rate and they upgraded me to a balcony and my wife and kid hauled butt to stay with me :lol:.
I think you can book packages that include entry to the waterpark:
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I think there is a restaurant in that American Girl store too. Reserve lunch and also reserve a birthday girl appointment at the store itself. They get some birthday stuff and I think a hair do for the doll when you do that.
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My wife desperately wants to take our 2 year old girl to the closest American Girl Doll store which happens to be just south of Nashville. I don't really get the whole scene but that's a topic for another board i suppose
Want to score some points with the wife? There is a hotel right next to it that does American Girl Doll stays, they will give you some goodies and things. Book this without your wife and kid knowing about it and you will score some points. Girl dad hookup for you :lol:
Link to the Marriott
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Try to get a balcony in the main atrium at the Gaylord. Its a lot, but a ton of fun for the kids. They have an indoor waterpark that is a lot of fun too.
re: Science YT Channel claims to have perfectly replicated Coca-Cola recipe
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/12/26 at 8:45 am to Zap Rowsdower
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I was making a joke about Pemberton’s original creation/recipe of Coke when he was selling it at his drug store for medicinal purposes and was using cocaine as an ingredient so he could market it as a cure for headaches, fatigue, nausea, etc.
I was surprised they do still use coca leaves for flavoring though, dude found the source where they get decocainized.
re: Science YT Channel claims to have perfectly replicated Coca-Cola recipe
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/12/26 at 8:32 am to Zap Rowsdower
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Did they use cocaine? Because if they didn’t put cocaine in it it’s not perfectly replicated.
He tried to get decocainized coca leaves from the same source Coca Cola uses and they wouldn't sell it. He tried to get it from a sketchy source too, but border patrol seized it. So he turned to chemistry to replicate the base compounds found in Coca Cola and apparently did a very good job of it.
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I would be shocked if this guy hid his treasure in a national park after the troubles with Finn’s treasure possibly being in a national park. It’s illegal to remove anything from a national park which is why most people think the guy who found Fenn’s treasure won’t disclose the location he found it.
If you look into the FOIA requests that came from the lawsuit, Fenn and Jack had a lot of talks with NPS. They know the location. NPS setup cameras at the assumed location and did a lot of studies of impact in the area if a lot of tourists started showing up in the location. I personally visited the location in June. I really liked the home of Brown area and get why Fenn enjoyed fishing there. As for where the treasure was maybe buried at, the only thought I have for it being back there is so he wouldn't be visible hiding it from the major highway that runs nearby. No blaze has been found and even Jack said he never properly figured out the blaze. He claimed he grid searched, but from the photos he put out of the treasure, I think it was buried and he was illegally using a metal detector in a national park.
You can see he wiped away the debris and dirt that was covering it.
Treasure he found in it for people that haven't seen it properly.
I haven’t gotten into Justin’s. I was really into Fenn’s and had a list of places to search in Yellowstone when it was found. I had the wrong home of Brown though, but the right idea. My home of Brown was based off a trout book that had wrong information. They said they originally introduced Loch Levin trout (brown trout) into Shoshone and Lewis Lakes. So my search area was Lewis River canyon. That was wrong, they were originally introduced not far from the actual location of the treasure.
You guys might want to look into There’s Treasure Inside. JCB’s hunt existed prior to Justin’s hunt and he has a few hidden treasures. One of them may be a lot closer to home than Justin’s too.
You guys might want to look into There’s Treasure Inside. JCB’s hunt existed prior to Justin’s hunt and he has a few hidden treasures. One of them may be a lot closer to home than Justin’s too.
re: They did not want Fernando Mendozato give glory to God.
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/9/26 at 11:20 pm to BoomerandSooner
He’s going to need to pray a lot if he gets stuck as a Raider, lol.
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If the group needed a beanstalk to get to the Abyss, how did Vecna and all the Demo’s get back and forth from the abyss?
Bats could fly back, demos were always shown the ability to open gates at will. So they might could do the same in the upside down to get back to X.
re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/1/26 at 8:38 am to Uncommon Idea
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The Abyss monsters probably because the physical Mind Flayer. It does help explain the lack of monsters since volume 1.
Lots of Demos were around when he had the physical room to add kids to it. It just felt more like plot convenience to exclude them. Physical mind flayer didn’t have that meat goo exterior he had when he was physical on Earth, but more traditional spider. No meat goo tentacles on the exterior, just his spider legs.
The meat goo mind flayer seemed much more dangerous than the abyss one.
re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted by Dam Guide on 1/1/26 at 12:19 am to dawgfan24348
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Maybe she was far enough way to not be affected also how did Kahli know when to use her powers and can she even use them that far away assuming she was even alive. I just feel like this was Mike trying to cope
Judging by Reddit, El living or dying is the new did Dottie drop the ball on purpose. It’s a war zone on there right now about this subject.
re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted by Dam Guide on 12/31/25 at 11:31 pm to WareagleTD
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I took him being in the cave as he was exploring with his troop, hence the outfit, and heard screams coming from it. Like any young boy, he went to investigate and upon being shot he was filled with rage and decided to strike with a rock.
They totally set up for a prequel show about how the mind flayer stone came to be there.
re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted by Dam Guide on 12/31/25 at 10:46 pm to Uncommon Idea
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That's probably part of it. You all STFU and we won't imprison you for the rest of your lives. The military had other things to worry and deal with and a quick closure makes everything easier. Granted, they probably are under surveillance for the rest of their lives in addition (which works either way really).
No way Hop walks though, his arse would have disappeared. Nancy probably would as well. Both straight up murdered soldiers.
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