Ouachitas

Backpack is loaded, and unless the weather forecast changes drastically in the next 24 hours (it happens), I'm off to Oklahoma after work Friday for 3 days of backpacking in the Ouachitas.

I realized just how far I've fallen out of shape during the last couple of years of dissertation work (and virtually zero backpacking) as I was loading stuff up earlier, not to mention the extra 15 pounds I've gained since I stopped backpacking much. *sigh* The good thing is, the dissertation bastard is done (that's Doctor Backpacker now, damnit!), the mountains are still there, and a few good trips will remove those extra pounds.

If the first trip in a while doesn't kill me. :)

See ya'll on the other side.

[Posted at 23:43 CST on 04/03/03] [Link]