The Vacation Begins

Greetings,

Well today is the big day and it is starting out well. I will be privy to JJ's antics tonight and tomorrow.

Next week I will be traveling to Colorado and New Mexico for some long overdue time with my brother. Plans call for skiing, ice climbing, and hiking (got to break in the new boots before my trip). They have received 31" of new snow in the last three days so the spring skiing should be epic!

I am also trying to figure out how to pack for 21 days in a backpack and a day pack to cover temperature ranges from 0-90 degrees F. I think I may have to pull the old Navy trick of rotating the underwear so one pair can last four days. If you have any tips, tricks, don't forget to packs, etc PLEASE POST THEM...I am not kidding. This is going to be a tricky endeavour to say the least. I could just pack speedo's to save room.

If anyone is thinking about a gift REI.com gift card would be handy right about now.

Sparky