Backpacking for geezers - 2d best that it gets

[Rock Chuck]

I say 2d best because my wife was out of town and couldn't go with me. That would have been the best.

Now that I'm pushing 62 and am an official card carrying geezer, I can do it the easy way and quit shaving grams by cutting off my toothbrush handles. These are 2 of my kids on their 1st overnighter. They're a couple youngsters that I'm training. If Elaine had been along, I'd have taken a couple more, but 2 is enough beginners for 1 person to deal with.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/thekidsLR.jpg

belly deep in llama heaven. They love grass, sagebrush, and rabbit brush.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/bellydeepingrassLR.jpg

to heck with wiggling into a tiny tent. I also like my folding chair and a creek-cooled long neck.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/camp1LR.jpg

the scenery behind camp
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/camp2Lr.jpg

early morning visitor. I didn't have a tripod and it was still fairly dark so it came out a bit fuzzy.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/morningvisitorLR.jpg

[Altjaeger]

:biggrin:That is a great post and I love the pictures of both the livestock/camp and the scenery!

[Rock Chuck]

Beats the heck out of arguing politics any day. Nice thing about this place is that I can pull out of the driveway and be saddling up in under an hour. Where I camped is at 5500' and it's all public land. It's only a couple miles off the road so it's close enough for an easy 1 nighter if I don't have time for a longer trip.
This pic is from an earlier training hike with 4 of them. The appaloosa I'm leading is the gray one in my original post.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/trialrun2LR.jpg

[jls456]

How is it to handle your "kids: ?

[Twanger]

That looks like a blast! Beautiful country too.

[Bushman]

You know we have not heard from Rock Chuck in a long time. Here's hoping that he is just lurking.