  Chris's shindig was wonderful. The Sopranos was fantastic, and so were the meatballs. Nuff said :) Chris.. you and Barbara ROCK!
---- I got a note from Dee, a old friend from school, this past weekend. My first reunion thanks to this blog :) Dee is a peach of a woman who all but completely runs the day to day operations of the urlLink Student Senate of the University of Rhode Island , a body I served on for two years.
Dee had spread the rumor that she would finally retire from her position after my senior year at school, but apparently she is a glutton for punishment, and has remained to keep another student government from shooting itself in the ass. *good luck* ;p Seriously though, it was great to hear from her and hear how some other x-senators are faring in life after college. ---- Christina (my lovely fiance) and I have made plans to head to the White Mountains this weekend. I have been wanting to go camping all summer, and now that fall is here, we finally found the time to scrape together. The plan is to stay at a campground in Glen, NH, and on Saturday morning, drive to the base of Mt.
WAshington, and see how far we get hiking up it. I plan on limiting us based on ability (we may get too tired.. it is said to be a moderate to strenuous hike), time, and weather. If any of those conditions get too tough, we will turn around.. drive back to our happy family campground, and call it a day. I look forward to a challenging hike, and some time away from tvs and computers. Oh.. and I want to poke a fire with a stick.
Yes.. its the simple things :) My link for you today (not that i will always have one mind you) is urlLink http://www.gorp.com . This site is pretty nice for all your outdoor needs. You can shop (i hear prices are very good *even used stuff! *), plan trips, or just find general information. If you sign up (free) they even print you topographical hiking maps.. VERY nice feature. Here is the trail we plan to hike: urlLink http://gorptools.gorp.com/gorpApps/trails/trails_template.asp?trailid=3478 And info on the White Mountains in general: urlLink http://gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/nh_white.htm 
