jay, john, dan and yours very truly set off saturday evening for some stealth camping.  upon arrival, i noticed with some chagrin that my chosen stop was kinda close to the road, a fact that went unnoted last time, cause there were leaves on the trees.  this caused mild paranoia, but we set up shop, [...]

because it means i havent been riding. anyway, lets rectify!  on friday evening.  s24o, leaving from the casbah johnson.  you me and the bottle makes 3…  anyway. details?  oh those!  meet @ 6.30, outta here by 7ish.  bring a headlamp, so we can gather forthly fire sticks and cook hot dogs to a carbon-y finish.  [...]

so mel and i used to be big into ultralight backpacking.  well not really big.  but we had all the kit.  and we made alot of our own: packs, compression sacks, a tent, jackets, hats, gloves, stoves, etc.  anyway. we learned how to pack light and small, and what you needed and didnt need.  hint: [...]