backpacking

i got a new backpack for christmas (and a pack for the dog) and am totally looking forward to going backpacking with hubbie now.  not sure yet where we will go yet (needs to be dog friendly, which outs most CA parks... but maybe forests instead :) unfortunatly, i will want to wait for weather to get nicer before we go... sleeping on frozen mud not my idea of fun. 

My husband and I were given a new tent for Christmas this year.  Which is great!  He and I live in the foothills of the appalachians and we don't use the available trails to us as much as we should, but all that is about to change!  I'm super excited to get started, but I'm trying to stay away from the stars in my eyes look that I can get when starting something new then it fizzles out all to soon.  So have fun on your journey, as I will mine.