"rb608" wrote

The fall trip to Altmar is pretty well carved in stone,



It looks like my annual pilgrimage to Montahoming will continue this summer.

I always think about new ( to me ) places to go and ponder exploring far
less known destinations than I mention on ROFF. But, old loves are hard
to beat, if the love is real, and I suspect I'll mainly visit them. I
notice that every post in this thread ( thus far ) about planned trips
centers around the poster's old love destination, and that is as it should
be IMHO.

On the subject of loves, my wife will be joining me some of this season.
My trailer is really too big for just me, but not really big enough for two
.... long term. We don't want to buy a bigger one until we're sure she'll
enjoy the lifestyle. It will be interesting to see how she likes it.

She used to be very much an outdoorsy girl, but that has changed a lot with
raising our son and other, at home, obligations. My job and my hunting/
fishing passions have kept me on the road and out in Nature, something she
has always supported completely.

I often mention ( aka bitch about ) my bad ankle and knee, they started
with a serious rock climbing accident that left me on crutches for months
way back when. My lovely bride ( to be at the time ) was my belayer,
caught the fall, patched me best she could and helped me down off the rock
to safety. Another, even earlier, time on a climbing/ hiking trip I fell
asleep in the afternoon sun, as did Neil a climbing partner. When we woke
up my sweetie calmly told us about chasing off a bear by banging on pots and
how she had tried to not make too much noise and wake us !!! Understand
why I got married? I'm looking forward to spending more time walking and
enjoying Nature together than we've been able to mutually schedule the last
couple decades.


Larry L ( who always wonders how personal to get here ... not 'personal'
attacks, roff tradition has set that bar very high g ... another kind of
'inner thought' personal )