Hello and Welcome

We will be officially hitting the trails on June 1, or more accurately hitting the water, as our plan is to float three days into the wilderness on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, where we will be dropped off to begin hiking.

    

   This is something we have decided to try kind of last minute.  It will be fun for us to write, and hopefully it will give all our supporters and anyone else out there who might be interested in following our journey something a little more concrete than “we’re going to be wandering around in th Te wilderness for the next thirteen months...”.  We aren’t lying when we say we don’t know where we’re going to be, and we hope to be flexible enough to follow our senses and search out interesting things that will be going on, where ever they may lead us.  With this blog we will be able to write a somewhat “live” journal of our progress.

    First off, I want to say that we will not be able to update the blog all that regularly.  We will be in the wilderness and obviously will not have web access.  However, during the summer, fall and following spring months, we will pop out into the outside world every so often in order to re-supply food and deal with any camera/logistical things that are bound to come up once in a while (notice my abundant use of very vague, non-specific time related words).  I have no idea how often that will be, but will update the blog whenever we have access.  So expect to see long periods of time with no additions, and then a flush of new entries.  This way we can give updates on where we are (for those wanting to check out a map), and where we plan to be as things unfold, and what we’re finding, what isn’t working, how hungry the mosquitoes are, and how we’re holding up.  Maybe even a few pictures if I can figure out that part of the inner blog workings...

    Anyway, enough introductions, expectations, and excuses!  We are very excited to be finally hitting the trails in a few short weeks.  And though the list of things to do before we head out seems to be getting longer and longer, somehow we are still making progress.