10 days and counting...

We're hiking every other day now wearing our packs (mine currently weighs 22lbs, not quite the desired 15lbs...hmmm!) We're cutting bars of soap in half, our main guidebook in half, using little plastic bags instead of regular containers, etc. Most importantly though we're tweaking the fit on our hiking boots...figuring out how to post photos remotely onto our blog without a computer...and I'm helping my son Cole, plan out his summer...basically organizing  anything that appears to happen by remote control, but really happens because of me! The boys will be busy with a trip to rock climb in Yosemite, New Orleans to build houses for Habitat for Humanity (Cole), and play time in Tahoe...Cole will have his first "real" job on a construction site in the city this summer and Rich is doing a 9 mile "Bay to Breakers" open water swim starting from the Bay Bridge, to the Golden Gate, then to Ocean beach (whoaa!!). So, as you can see...It's all good! Nobody is getting left behind! We are all happy for eachother.  BTW...my pack actually only weighs between 15 and 16 lbs...a glitch with the bathroom scale...whew!!