Most of my free time this week has been spent getting ready for our backpacking trip this weekend. It can be quite involved if you haven’t done it in awhile and you’re anal-retentive like me. I have a large order of goodies coming from REI tomorrow.
Luke and I went for a hike in the Bailey Woods near Rowan Oak yesterday. I haven’t used my hiking boots in quite a while, so I wanted to take them for a spin. For eleven year-old boots they are holding up quite well. We arrived at Rowan Oak less than thirty minutes before sunset. It was already getting dark, and Luke was initially a little concerned about going into the woods. Once I got him in there he did fine though. We’ll definitely have to go back soon.
The forecast currently calls for a low of 39 degrees Saturday night. My sleeping bag is rated for 30 degrees, but it’s about 12 years-old, and I haven’t always taken care of it. So, last night, I gave it a little test run in the backyard. Initially I was quite toasty, but around 4:30am I woke up and was a little on the cool side. I have another sleeping bag that’s rated for zero degrees, but I use it so little it’s at my parents’ house, an hour and a half away. Luckily, someone was already headed this way, so it’ll be arriving tomorrow.
I bought a 2GB micro SD card for my Garmin eTrex Vista HCx GPS. Saving my position every second, the card will fill up after approximately 197 days on continuous use. Overkill? Absolutely, but any computer scientist worth his salt loves a large data set.
More tomorrow…probably. There’s lots left to do.
