Wilderness Revived

     Six Months of dreaming and planning. We have everything on every list we made 150lbs of gear-food-clothes. I Love you Barbara, Thank you very much for jumping on my Dream Vacation with the enthusiasm that you have. It’s like it was your idea or something. Your smile has been the brightest I have seen in a while. You sure are pretty sitting next to me making me look good.

     Today is Friday July 14, 2006. I repacked my drybag Wednesday to try and save some weight. Dropped the extra water filter and a short sleeve shirt. Just could not leave the fleece jacket behind. Don’t think I’ll need fleece jacket or pants but too chicken to be without.

      Glad I took today off work entirely. Remember that! Easy morning and relaxed arrival at airport- did valet parking at offsite garage. Lots of time for the luggage/gear we checked to make the plane. Carry on packs only weigh about 15lbs each, the checked packs weight 35 each and the duffle with raft gear weighs another 35lbs. PFD’s, White Gas and toilet paper are the only things to pick up before we head to the river. I hope our checked packs make the plane – just saw someone’s bag fall off the luggage cart on the tarmac, sitting in the middle of nowhere with no place to go. Bought Al Gores “An Inconvenient Truth” at the airport. Seems like last week I was surfing the Net, thinking of what to do for vacation. Now it seems unreal – it’s actually happening. Took picture of lost bag. It has missed it’s flight.