Greetings from a former member who has found his way home
Dec 1, 2016 6:18:25 GMT -8
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Post by climbmda on Dec 1, 2016 6:18:25 GMT -8
Hi all-
I'm Mike, and I live in Duluth, MN with my wife and son. In my previous life here, I lived in Minneapolis.
I was a fairly frequent participant here up until about 7 years ago, when life got in the way of backpacking. Long stories, but a young child, some budgetary constraints regarding travel, and some family health issues all made us lose our prioritization of backpacking.
Rest assured, we still camped and did a couple of canoe camping trips every year.
Now, everyone is healthy, and our son is old enough to start doing some more significant hiking. We have taken him to the BWCA several times, and he is good in the woods, happy, and does his part in camp. He also hikes with us on the numerous trails here in Duluth. (SHT as well as the park trails in town). He can do rugged 5 milers quite comfortably now, as long as we give him a couple of breaks.
So we are planning a train trip to GNP this coming summer. Mostly basecamping, but we are going to look for a good 2 night BP trip, ideally a 5-8 mile hike, then a campsite on water with fishing for 2 nights with a side hike. I will post in another thread about ideas for that. We went back and forth betwen YNP and GNP for his first mountain trip (2nd, technically, as he went to Glacier when he was 10 months old). The idea of the train, the views, and the option to meet up with a forum and Facebook friend made Glacier win out.
Anyway. Cheers, everyone. Looking forward to getting back into this life, and back into this wonderful community!
I'm Mike, and I live in Duluth, MN with my wife and son. In my previous life here, I lived in Minneapolis.
I was a fairly frequent participant here up until about 7 years ago, when life got in the way of backpacking. Long stories, but a young child, some budgetary constraints regarding travel, and some family health issues all made us lose our prioritization of backpacking.
Rest assured, we still camped and did a couple of canoe camping trips every year.
Now, everyone is healthy, and our son is old enough to start doing some more significant hiking. We have taken him to the BWCA several times, and he is good in the woods, happy, and does his part in camp. He also hikes with us on the numerous trails here in Duluth. (SHT as well as the park trails in town). He can do rugged 5 milers quite comfortably now, as long as we give him a couple of breaks.
So we are planning a train trip to GNP this coming summer. Mostly basecamping, but we are going to look for a good 2 night BP trip, ideally a 5-8 mile hike, then a campsite on water with fishing for 2 nights with a side hike. I will post in another thread about ideas for that. We went back and forth betwen YNP and GNP for his first mountain trip (2nd, technically, as he went to Glacier when he was 10 months old). The idea of the train, the views, and the option to meet up with a forum and Facebook friend made Glacier win out.
Anyway. Cheers, everyone. Looking forward to getting back into this life, and back into this wonderful community!
