Diana and I just wanted to publicly thank Kate Lasier for her incredible work on our blogger, for sending us a bunch of great pictures of her European adventure, and for allowing all of us to follow her progress with the SPOT device. Kate, we are very proud of you! We also wanted to let everyone know that we are flying out to Denver tomorrow morning and will be backpacking in the Maroon Bells/Snowmass wilderness area for 4 days. Many of you know that Jonathan (and a few close friends) went out there 4 or 5 years ago around Labor Day and got POUNDED with snow and colder-than-expected temperatures. Diana expressed much interest doing the same hike, but politely requested that we hike in milder weather! You may follow our little trip via this blog, or you may track us live through our website (as we will be carrying the SPOT device for our trip). Finally, we wanted to make all of you aware of the DOG DAYS OF SUMMER sale going on now through July, 15th at both Appalachian Outfitters' locations. ALL SUMMER CLOTHING is 20% OFF GREAT DEALS ON TEVA & KEEN SANDALS SEVERAL SELECTED HIKING SHOES AND BOOTS ON SALE TOO! (We figure, while the cat's away. . . ) We look forward to seeing you soon.