I’m cleaning out a bunch of stuff from my gear closet, so I’ve got several things for sale, prices are in US dollars. Buyer pays shipping and I will ship pretty much anywhere. A portion of the sales price will go to support BackpackGearTest.org and The Wildebeat. If you are interested, email me using the…
A few weeks ago I was in Cincinnati at an outfitter and picked up a book by local author, Jeff Alt. I’m almost done with A Hike for Mike, which is good because tomorrow (Dec. 3, 2007) Jeff is doing a talk at the Miami Group Sierra Club monthly meeting. He’ll be talking about the…
I fat fingered my URL the other day when I was coming here to post how Beau did in Canada. I instead got a Google search for my website. Nothing major, right? WRONG. I found this book–Outdoors Online: An Internet Guide to Everything Wild & Green by Erika Dillman (The Mountaineers, 2007). On page 141…
Beau and I got back from a weekend trip to Brampton, Ontario today. While there Beau won Best of Breed twice (giving him 9 Top Ten points for the weekend, and a total of 19 so far for the year) and a Group 2 under Judge Laurie Soutar on Friday, and a Group 4 in…
I’m settling in well in my new place. There is a TON of dayhiking literally in my back yard. There’s also a good deal of great overnight to weeklong trips just hours away, which will be awesome for weekend jaunts.
Hey folks, I’m just dropping a quick line to let you all know that I’m moving. The site is migrating servers some time this weekend. You shouldn’t notice much of a change, but things might be slow or unavailable at times. Also, I’m changing jobs and as such am moving to a different area of…
I have for sale one Osprey Ariel Women’s backpack, size small torso, medium hip belt. Color: light blue and black. The hip belt has been molded to me, but, according to the manufacturer, it can be re-molded (or, if you don’t like the size of the hip belt, many retailers carry replacements). This is the…
Today my Lucydog passed away in her sleep. She was a great dog– the first one that was mine and not the whole family’s. She was rescued in 1996 at about 4 years old. I’ll never know how old she was for sure, but if she wasn’t already 15, she was close.
We made the trip up to Canada again for a UKC dog show hosted by the Maple Leaf Kennel Club. This time it was in Georgetown, ON. Right out of the gate on Saturday morning Beau won the Champions class for the final win needed for his Grand Champion title. He went on to win…
Beau had his cleanup surgery today. The incision on his side had to be redone to clean up the edges of the wound since he pulled the stitches out with his teeth. He now has 4 stitches in his side instead of the original 3. We’re also going to try padding the stitches on his neck…
