Counting down the days to our mini excursion to The Appalachian Trail – very exciting for city dwellers like us to get away. Foliage is reason enough to spend entire weekends in the “country” (meaning Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania).
In addition to K’s Pinnacle Loop, I’ve decided to formally request a pit stop at Bushkill Falls for a quick, touristy walk through. Their longest loop is about 2.5 miles and takes you though 8 water falls! This should be a fun, refreshing quickie on our way back home. The two planned walks will be on different days, back to back and will be very different from each other. Looking forward to seeing the changing colors and also some water falls. Niagara is a bit too far, but this will do for now 🙂
As K mentioned before, I purchased a pack and have been putting it to use. Unconventional use. I travel between Philadelphia and New York weekly for work, and instead of packing my usual mini suitcase – I’ve started to load my Aura up, just to get used to the weight on my back.
Pros: It’s great to be able to just get up and go, because your luggage is tied to your body, literally. Like a mule 🙂
Comfort. The bag is sturdy, well padded in the right places, all the straps are where they should be and move great.
Cons: This pack is built to be efficient, so there are pockets and hidden (at least to me) zippers and compartments… took me a full minute to find my socks!
The waist buckle is 75% of the magic with one of these, without it, my shoulders would be very negative plains.
Will keep stomping around with it to become friends, as of now, we are but acquaintances.
This is K looking for books on Yosemite, wearing the Aether 70 for fit. With about 35lbs simulated. He is sad because I denied approval on his choice of camp stove. What a baby! He has started a “Foods” doc with necessary prep work, required tools/utensils/etc, and comments. I am also adding to the comments portion with adamant “NO” and more adamant “DUH” (oatmeal and spam, respectively). A glimpse below, I hope the text is too small for anyone to actually read, that would be slightly embarrassing!
Hope lots of people are getting out there as the weather cools down! I hear we may be in for a bad winter so now’s the time to go!
Happy almost-Friday everyone,
M
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