It's been a long time since big time hikers got in any hiking whatsoever. This is going to be remedied soon I hope. Most of the things we got in excess of as wedding gifts went back to Target in exchange for camping items. Camping items that can be carried on our backs to camp somwhere! I've never been backpacking camping, it's always been California camping in a car with many comforts in a designated spot surrounded by other people in a small campground with bathrooms right there. I'm excited to be doing the hiking now, and I'm curious to see if i can really do real camping and still love it :) I don't think we'll get to go until next month, so I'm hoping the summer weather holds on a little while longer. I'm going to start looking up places to go, David has said the Kern River is a good spot, and I think the San Gabriel Mountains are supposed to be a good place too. I miss our hikes a lot, and can't wait to get back out there.