I’ve been a bad blogger. It’s been a week since I’ve had a meaningful
post. I apologize for that. I’ve been hard at work on a project for
my ASP.Net class. It is finished now so I get some of my time back,
for now anyway. There will be two more projects in this class, but i
will do my best to manage my time better.

I’ve been looking forward to doing some backpacking this month. Then,
as I may have mentioned, my hiking buddy (and dad) had a little
health issue. Good news: He’ fine. Bad News: He’s not hiking. But
it all seem to be working out anyhow. My brother-in-law was still
willing to go. We switched weekends to accommodate my sister. I
bought food, packed my bag and was prepared to get everything ready
for my brother-in-law; he doesn’t have any backpacking gear, but I’m
happy to gather up what’s available from my buddies that are not using
their gear right now for him.

He called me today. He’d been watching the weather. He said he was
concerned that it would be muddy. I assured him it would be very
muddy. He said he’d be happy to walk, but he couldn’t bring himself
to slog 25 miles in the mud. I told him that I understand, and I do.
He’s a city person and backpacking is a stretch for him on a good day.
On a muddy day, it is simply too much.

Now I am left with a decision. Do I go it alone or do I postpone the
trip till I can find a companion or two? I’ll have stew on it for a
bit before I decide.