Getting Ready

Well, I think its safe to say that the countdown is on. We start our hike Sunday, April 4th. I'll have an itinerary posted some time tonight or tomorrow along with information about mailing packages and what towns we'll be updating this blog and whatnot.

We finally have all our gear (actually, we're still waiting a two packages in the mail but should be here in the next two days). We were struggling to find everything and it was looking like we were going to have to buy some gear online and other stuff here and other stuff there... it was getting overwhelming. A friend of ours told us to stop by The Backpacker, which is a locally owned business in Columbia. It turned out to be our gear heaven! Rieppe helped us rummage through the store, and with the one stop we were able to get pretty much everything (minus the two boxes of stuff already in route in the mail). Check them out at www.backpackerqualitygear.com

So, needless to say, we owe a HUGE thank you to The Backpacker for having everything we needed and to Rieppe for all of his help!