6 Weeks...but who's counting...??

OK, so obviously I'm counting thanks to the little counter widgety thing on the right of your screen.

Wow, the time is really flying by. All of the travel stuff is ready and in place for the trip as in, plane ticket, rail pass, hotel for first couple of nights all booked and paid for. All of the equipment is in place as well, except for one item that a friend is actually making for me (thanks Mary). So, nothing left to do except sit back and wait. Oh ya, and train of course. I have introduced the cycling and working out at the gym to the training regiment. I think the hardest part about the training is trying to decide what to do which day. Sometimes the weather dictates the schedule for that one. No sense getting wet before I have to.

Minor equipment failure a couple of weeks ago. I went to put on the hiking boots (that I just got in March) and discovered they were coming apart. They were a name brand boot and were relatively expensive. Luckily I had bought them at Mountain Equipment Coop here in Toronto so when I went back to the store with them, I was given 3 options...refund/repair/exchange. Since I didn't want to start looking for different kind of boot and the repair was going to take 1-3 weeks, I opted to exchange the boots for a new pair. I went with the same boot (yup, could be a mistake) because they were really comfortable. The breakin period is pretty much non existent so it's now like I have been wearing them forever. Other than that, things are going pretty smooth.

More later as the departure date screams towards me!