In case anyone was wondering, the picture at the top of my blog is of Ben (who loves backpacking and keeps trying to get me to go on more and more hikes - part of the whole "I'm trying to be more adventurous" part of my profile!) on our hike in Hell's Canyon State Park in Idaho this summer. As you can see, it was beautiful! Except for the part where we woke up in the middle of the night (it was raining) and SOMETHING was moving outside our tent! We're pretty sure it was a skunk (although there are wolves in that area and to be honest I'm not sure if I would prefer a skunk over a wolf!), but all we had to defend ourselves with were our matching hatchets (sadly, not engraved yet). I think at one point it was almost pressing up against the side of our little 2-person tent. We just lay there until we couldn't hear it anymore and then Ben went out to look. Sure enough, something had chewed through my pack (we should have hung them up but had put them under the rain fly to protect them from the weather) to get at our trail mix. So my (up til then) nice new pack now has a small hole in it to remind us how fortunate we were and how stupid not to hang our packs up high where nothing could reach them - and just cover them with trash bags or something. Oh, and we've also bought a small (sub-compact) handgun for such trips as a little added protection.
So there's a little story about something that happened a while ago...but I really liked the picture and thought it fit the quote right below it!
Here are a couple other pictures from that trip:
More Scenery
Scene of the attack
Ben enjoying his hiking hammock
Camp Coffee (or as I like to think of it, Delicious Caffeinated Sludge)
2 comments:
Your pictures are gorgeous! I love hiking and visiting the national parks! And also - Hi! I'm so glad you have a blog to make it easier to stay in touch!
That coffee looks disgusting. You should bring a little coffee press next time ;-) But your pictures are great.
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