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Tomorrow's my Birthday.  I'll be 51 years old and some may say that I'm going through the whole "mid-life crisis" phase.  I say that with my children in college, I think it's time that I set some goals for myself.

For quite some time, I've been intrigued with backpacking.  I went to school in the hills of Virginia and found a love for hiking and the outdoors.   Ever since I first hiked on the Appalachian Trail, I've always wondered what it would be like to spend a long period of time wandering through the woods, carrying what I needed.

After many years in the Midwest, I found myself in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, where the love of the outdoors was rekindled. A couple of years ago, I started thinking about hiking the Wonderland Trail.  After a couple of years of procrastination, I decided it's time to hold myself accountable to someone or I'll never discover if this is something I like or not.

That's where this blog comes in.  As a birthday present to myself, I'm going to make the commitment to hike the Wonderland Trail.  If nothing else, this will give my family insight into my particularly interesting way of rationalizing things, and give them an opportunity to inspire (bug) me when I need a push.

I entitled this "Working toward Wonderland" for the largest part of this journey will not be inside the boundaries of Mt. Rainier National Park, but preparing for the trip.