I spent the weekend out at the coast with friends at their parents beach house. It was a wonderfully relaxing, I'm going back in a week to join in on "Girls' Weekend". I learned a bit about clamming and crabbing, I think I will give them a try this spring and summer.
On the drive out to the coast along HWY 6, I intended to look in on 4 walk-in sites. Unfortunately, it's still a bit early in the year and the gates are still up and locked. At least I found that there are nice big signs alerting folks to the location of the sites.
I've started reading articles at Backpacker Magazine's Website. Quite the wealth of information. I figure if I stick with this new hobby and end up enjoying backpacking I'll get a subscription. I know I'm still very much in the learning stages of going backpacking. The nice thing is everything I purchase that falls into the 'backpacking ultralight, etc." realm can easily be used for car camping.
This Sunday is the REI Used Gear Sale at the Clackamas Store. I'm sure I won't find everything on this list but I'm looking for:
Shoes (I'm always looking for shoes)
Big Agnes Sleeping Pad
Backpacking Mini-Stove
Lug-a-loo
New Compass
Water Purifier
Backpacking Cookware
Eventually I'm going to need to upgrade my pack, but I think that's going to be a process of finding something that fits on my body and paying the good money to be sure I have the right one.
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