http://cindigo.com Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:38:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're in San Diego spending Thanksgiving with Celine. We're as sick as mildly sick dogs. I'm just now getting my voice back and Andy is looking a little less bedraggled than this morning even. We spent last week in Green Bay visiting Andy's parents. I'm sure I could tease some stories ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/28/ive-fallen-behind-and-i-cant-catch-up/ We hiked fifteen somewhat flat although rocky miles at Red Rock Canyon yesterday. I could have used another day of recuperation, but I don't think I was any worse for it. Although the last three miles, thankfully the flattest and easiest, my legs just didn't want to go anymore. I was ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/16/typing-and-sleeping-at-the-same-time/ It feels like someone drove a six inch prison shiv into both of my quadriceps. Or, maybe it feels like yesterday the baby hikers got their asses kicked by some big bad rocks. The prison shiv sounds so much more spicy in writing. We woke up at eight this morning ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/14/highly-dramatized-for-reader-interest/ Before I start my rant, please take a moment to think about this important meme and post your answer in the comments section. If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I got arrested for? Written yesterday: We're four hours outside of Vegas, back on the ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/13/meteor-crater-took-away-a-piece-of-his-childhood-and-thirty-bucks/ We're going (coming?) back to Vegas. In a perfect synchronicity of events, at the same time we decided that it's the right time to go back to the land of sports betting and free buffets, our friend Amanda is closing on her new house and needs some fine upstanding hobos like ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/10/oh-possum-my-possum/ Three days and a little under 60 miles of hiking to the cadence of peanut butter jelly time. We are slightly nauseous but a feeling like rockstars. We learned alot about endurance, found that our feet are much tougher than we gave them credit for and, when you burn about ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/06/peanut-butter-jelly-time-with-a-baseball-bat/ Things are serious now. We have a PCT gear spreadsheet. From all the things we've been reading, it seems like one of the biggest things you can do to help your success in any long distance hike is to manage your pack weight. This means ultra light gear. On the ... http://cindigo.com/2008/11/02/oklahomaok/ 15 miles, originally uploaded by cindigodotcom. Our first serious days of training. We loaded our twenty pound packs (Andy says more like 35), hiked 15 miles to Thunderbird State Park, camped the night and hiked the 15 miles back. We're a little sore right now. The tortured feet pic is much ... http://cindigo.com/2008/10/29/15-miles/ We are still alive and still in Oklahoma. "Project X" ended up well for the week with Andy not getting kicked out of any casinos, refining his strategies and ending up in the black for the week. I went to Talihina for the weekend with a bunch of couchsurfers to "see ... http://cindigo.com/2008/10/27/and-now-for-something-completely-different/ We made it to Oklahoma. It's nice here. Norman OK is a college town and not what you would think of Oklahoma at all (think Austin compared to the whole of Texas). We're staying at a weekly hotel that embarrassingly, we are in love with. It's brand new, $200 a ... http://cindigo.com/2008/10/18/bad-sci-fi-saturday-night/