Crossing the Line of Departure

     There must be something about laying out your thoughts in a blog that puts things in motion.  I bought plane tickets today.  The hike is still over a month away, but its the next step and needed doing.

     So there.  It's done.

     I'm kind of relieved.  This is happening.  No chicken shitting out of this one, dude.

     In the mean time, there are some loose ends to tie off before I start sectioning this thing off.

• Step One : Finish the thesis.  Oh god.... please let me finish this paper.

• Step Two : Food.  So far my planning on food is to seek donations from visiting bears.  I hear they like to share food.  Anyway, that might not be the most cogent plan of action.  Outside of some Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) and dehydrated meals from REI, I haven't broken the code on trail food. Any ideas would be grand.

• Step Three : There is no step three.  I'm going to read trail journals instead.  They all should be starting up right now.  It's springtime and the hiking season is just getting into full swing.  Here are my favorites so far:
• White Blaze, of course, has the most trail journals.  If you are thinking about starting this thing, here is the place to go to get information.
• And then there is Dirigo Bound, a blog of two kids walking north.  I guess they aren't kids, but humor me, I'm almost into my forties.

     I do love me some trail journals.  Anyway.  Time for Step One.

Happy Trails to everyone out there putting one foot in front of the other.