Welcome to a backpackers Blog in there 50's

 So, lets get this out for everyone to understand. Backpacking when you are 50'is not the same as in your 40's. Well to correct that, the physical "put one foot down then another foot" is the same, but the way I approach it is quite different ( or getting more different as time goes on ).

AM I A PRO BACKPACKER?

"Not a chance. I am in scouts and currently a scout master for my daughters BSA troop 2722, and I do spend around 10 to 15  days a year on the trail, but I am not a thru hiker, no do I have all the answers".

I do read a lot of blogs and I love following the AT and the PT people, but in the end, so far thats just to much time, and to be really honest, I am not sure that I would like it. 

What i can say, and hope to say in a few of these blogs is about what I have learned from the recent 7 of so years I been doing backpacking and how it has brought me closer to my kids and to the love of nature.

So sit back, grab a diet coke, and enjoy the ride. 




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