TIME TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT :-D

Paul and I went shopping for new backpacks. The reason?...our current packs are pretty old, ~15 years and we felt for sure newer packs might serve us better...PLUS...we weighed our old backpacks--North Face--his weighed 6 pounds and mine weighed a whopping 7 pounds!! 

CERTAINLY the newer ones weigh less...right?  RIGHT!! Here is a pic of our new packs. Mine (left) weighs a freakin' 2 pounds!!! JUST 2 POUNDS!!! Nothing like dropping 5 pounds in just a couple of minutes ;-)   Paul's (right) weighs almost 3 pounds. With the tent dropping from 9 pounds (old one) to just two pounds (new one)--we've already dropped about 15 pounds total!!! YAY US!!!

Next focus for our weight-loss goal??--gotta weigh that cooking gear...

Map of today's hike using our new pedometer app.

Summer plans...

I am so excited to report that Paul and I are preparing to hike portions of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) this summer.

In preparation, we have purchased a new tent--our current backpacking tent that we purchased about 15 years ago--weighs about 9 pounds! Although we have camped in our beautiful sweet tent in mulitple countries (including USA, Europe, Iceland, New Zealand, etc.)--it's time for a new lighter tent (please don't tell our older tent--it holds great sentamental value :-)

We found a great tent that weighs ONLY 2 pounds...TWO POUNDS!!! Wow--technology has come a long way!!

We are also starting to do some long-distance hikes...not too easy in Florida and we certainly don't have much of a challenge when it comes to elevation changes. But--we will do what we can.

I'll be reporting our preparation progress--as well as ideas of gear, etc.