Just booked my flight for a July trip to the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. We will be doing one of the classic mountain hikes–the North Lake to South Lake loop which includes one of the best sections of the John Muir trail. Looks like we will be spending 7 to 9 days in the wilderness with a possible overnight stopover in Death Valley National Park.
My preparation has started as I try to get back into reasonable shape….which hopefully means dropping about 20 lbs by early July.
I am quite certain that the Quest Outdoors store is very appreciative of my month-long spending spree in all three of their Louisville stores. I thought this was going to be a reasonably inexpensive trip until I started reading outdoor gear magazines and online equipment reviews. Of course I needed the latest and greatest gear and now the expense for the trip rivals some European luxury vacations.
I will try not to think about it too much…just glad that the planning and spending are (mostly) behind me.
