[at-l] my exciting new adventure

[Amy Forinash]

I have managed to weasel two weeks of vacation out of my work.  And so  
I am, of course, leaving my brand new husband home and going out in  
the woods for two weeks of stinkiness and foot and back pain!  Because  
I am a hiker, dammit.

Delee and I are leaving in a what I hope is less than two weeks.   
We're going to start in Maryland where Delee's hamburger-resembling  
feet made us get off a couple of years ago.  And then we're hiking as  
far north as we can get in two weeks.  Which, being that we're two  
middle aged women with desk jobs and bad backs, isn't very far.  But  
still, despite the stinkiness and the pain, it sounds idyllic.  And  
you know why?  No alarm clock.  I can eat whatever I'm willing to  
carry.  And I don't have to give any kind of shots to anybody,  
quadrupedal or otherwise, the whole time!  (Some people would say you  
could do this at a resort with massages and pool boys, but what they  
don't realize is how pervasive the internet is.  If I can sniff  
ethernet, I can work.  It's awful.)

We're in the "where the heck did I put that stuff sack after the last  
time" and "what kind of replacement filter cartridge does this thing  
take" stage of packing.  Oh, I can hardly wait.  I already bought  
various food items with long shelf lives to put in my food bag.

-amy