fHere I am - all alone. I'm glad no perverts are reading this!! : ) I'm not sure that I'd be cut out for the single life. I need company even if it's only someone snoring on the couch while the TV is blaring. Guess I'm a social chimpanzee!! Yeah, did you realize that all this blather is really being authored by a talking chimp!!
Daughter was going to go camping but they couldn't find any campground in the Jemez that wasn't all filled up. Son in law wanted them to camp at a non-designated spot but daughter hadn't brought along any toilet paper so they came back home after much frustrating hunting for a spot. Grandson was disappointed so son in law was setting up a small tent in grandson's bedroom. That's sweet!!
Today I fruitlessly trolled the internet on such topics as chi running (Google Danny Dryer Blog) and an article"How to Keep Your Feet Happy" that I heard on NPR the other day. One page led to another and another.
Oh, yes, I spent way too much time waiting for pages to load on REI's newly revamped website. I finally called REI and after I whined (gave helpful input) regarding the slowness of their website, I ordered some of the Nalgene BPA free water bottles in slate blue. The store in Albuquerque sold them in Koolaid Red but I'm happier to get blue ones so I can pretend I'm drinking melted blue popsicles - remember those? The whole point of making an order was that DealCatcher.com sent me a link to a deal at REI where if I order anything Kelty I get free shipping on my whole order. It took probably more than an hour waiting for pages to load in Firefox while I read health articles in Safari before I finally decided on a Kelty day pack and the Nalgene bottles. I need a new backpack because my old one leaks - I have to line it with a plastic trash bag - and it also litters my Nalgene water bottles all over the forest. I will never, ever wash my new water bottles in the dishwasher as I lazily did with my milky white, number 2 plastic Nalgene bottles. I read that even the safe plastic ones can leach if they are washed in the dishwasher or get too nicked up.
Since everyone knows that REI stands for Return Every Item, I know that if the backpack arrives and is unsatisfactory, I'll be no worse off than I was but maybe, just maybe, it might be just right for me. I ordered it in chile green and black. The other choices were all black and electric blue and black. I thought that perhaps the green will blend in better when I trespass in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Thinking about it now, I bet I should have ordered the all black. The green didn't look electric on the website but it may turn out to be very bright. I also think it's prettier and very few of my hikes are trespassing anyway. Can't wait until REI opens up August 15 in Santa Fe! It's much better to pick out a backpack in person and returns will be so much easier than driving to Albuquerque.
BTW, I heard some thunder today but no rain happened. Would have been a perfect day to go to Las Conchas. At least I know I'll go one day when Dorothy and I go.
Will go out to walk my four miles and listen to Prairie Home Companion now.