Well, I'm off.

After spending 2 weeks here with the family in Fayetteville, I'm leaving this morning for my trip west. I'm a little sunburned from Saturday's canoe trip down the Elk River in Noel, MO, but I guess I'll survive.

Today I'm headed to Colorado - I'm planning on spending the night camping at the John Martin Reservoir State Park in SE Colorado. It's about 600 miles I think. Tomorrow I'll drive from there to Fort Collins to spend the night with Chris & Mandy Parton. From there I'll head to Portland, stopping at Dinosaur Nat'l Monument on Wednesday, Bruneau Dunes State Park (Idaho) on Thursday, The Cove Palisades State Park (Oregon) on Friday, and a short drive into Portland on Saturday.

Of course, all this is subject to change. Who knows what I'll find along the way.

B