We are nearly off for our first Mt St Helens climb this year. I have been readying the RV with provisions and precooking anything that makes sense.
Our plan is for a potluck on Saturday - Climb Eve- with pasta and fixings. For that I made a huge pot of tomato sauce with some chicken Italian sausage. There was too much sauce for the container so we had some for dinner last night and it was good.
The other dinners will be mainly on our own so I made up some adzuki beans for "black bean" style tacos. That way I just heat them up and they are ready to go. I figure I will saute some onions to go on top and serve them with a salad.
The packs are checked and packed and ready to go and all of my clothes are in the RV. Pam promises to have hers ready this evening. She works from home tomorrow and we leave the minute she logs off. I have a small list of stuff to finish today and other than that I am short timing hard.
Athena isn't sure whether she is going or not but she notices the activity and knows that at least I am going somewhere soon. Tomorrow I will make sure she sees me pack some of her stuff so she can get properly excited by the whole thing. If I did it today she would drive me nuts until we go.
I hope our weather window allows for some pictures on the mountain. It can be super spectacular in the snow. Here is a link to pictures from last July when we climbed in the snow. http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8848467381802551039#editor/target=post;postID=3150680872274527362
As we always do, we will have fun down there hanging out with friends even if the weather turns us around on the mountain. In the past the party has been a little crazier when we don't make the summit.
Be well and more soon....
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