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Goat Rocks Trip

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Here is a sample of the 32 pictures I took this weekend. I took them all with my w810i cellphone. I’ll edit this post with more pics and info soonish.

Hiking this weekend

I’ll be going hiking this weekend to the Goat Rocks wilderness area north of Mt. Adams.  I’m going with the Boy Scout troop and we’re leaving this afternoon.  It should be a fun trip.

One thing I’m a little nervous about is driving down a long a dusty gravel road with the new high flow filter (high flow tends to let more air in and therefore more dust).  I think it should be okay but, it still makes me a tad nervous.

I’m pretty ready for the hike, I think.  It always ends up that we’re 25 miles out of town and I’m like “Oh shit, I forgot my bowl” or some other random thing.  I think for the most part I’m pretty set though.  I’m leaving HP around 2:40 to get to Frank’s house at 3:00.  We plan on leaving from there at about 3:30.  It’s a long trip (I think about 150 miles) so I’ll be driving for quite a while.

I’ll report back afterwards with any cools stories.

House update, new bank account and backpacking

I am still watching at least a couple of episodes of house per day.  I just finished S02E17.  Still liking the show, character development hasn’t failed to amaze.  Any bets on when I finish the series thus far?  Any recommendations for what to watch next?

On the money front, I opened an Electric Orange checking account through ING direct.  4% APY is much better than the 0% I get from my wamu checking.  I set my direct deposits from UW and from HP to go in to that account too.  Maybe I’ll make a couple of bucks while I’ve got money sitting around waiting to be spent on tuition and rent.

Finally, I’m going backpacking this weekend to Goat Rocks (super fun trip).  I’ll be going to Danner Boots and the leatherman factory this evening to buy a pair of boots and to get my leatherman belt  clip repaired.  Hopefully traffic isn’t too bad crossing 205 to get to airport way :)