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Monday, March 08, 2010Summer vacation What does a northern gal do when all her snow starts to melt? Okay, she puts the skis away and grabs her mountain bike or her canoe or kayak and just keeps moving. It’s mind of a bitter sweet situation, since I love using skis, snowshoes, bicycles, canoes and kayaks, but, hey, it’s my job to adapt; it is not Earth Mother’s job to tailor the climate to my likes. Adapt I do, ever so humbly. Had one of my best ever seasons on the cross-country skis, but time to start planning for the warmer months headed my way. For instance, my thoughts are turning ever more to our summer road trip, out west. Bill and I will be traveling out west for about three weeks and I am planning to keep a daily log, complete with pics, all the way. I will be using digital cameras and film cameras, and we will also be taking a canoe and at least one of my mountain bikes. (I’d no sooner leave my mountain bike, behind, as my digital cameras, tripods or other photo equipment.) I will also be using my Garmin Nuvi GPS to get us where we need to go in the car, but I may also add a handheld GPS, such as the Garmin GPSMAP 76 and back it up with a good compass, such as the Brunton Clinomaster to get me back to camp when need be. For a gal that has spent a very full life, outdoors, my sense of direction continues to be an embarrassment. Better to swallow my pride and resort to technology, than to become another tourist that got lost in the backcountry. Okay, back to planning my route. How much of the west can we see in only three weeks? Comments: |
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