Yup. That’s me. Keeping busy. I haven’t got much into the exploring thing this year. I toured around the marsh a little bit, but for the most part that’s about all I’ve done. I was planning to go out today because the weather is relatively cooperative, but I decided that it was a better day to sit around at home catching up on some things I’ve been neglecting.
I finally decided to stop worrying about my potential inability to measure myself properly for a new fun suit. I took some measurements and had a suit custom-made. I am expecting to receive it early this week. I decided to just get another simple black spandex suit, because it is the cheapest option (still over $100 tho, after taxes and import fees and all that shit). I’m not expecting it to be a perfect fit, but once I try it on, I will be able to tweak the measurements before buying the nice camo one that costs 50% more.
As for my current suit… It’s taken a beating over the last couple years, and I haven’t exactly gotten smaller, so it’s a bit too tight around the mid-section. I have also cut off the ends of the feet, since I got knee-high socks now. It’s a bit easier to get the suit on and off at the site because I can just pull it up over the socks.
I’ve also decided to ditch my GPS/mapping app and get something a little simpler and more stable to use. So this year we use ViewRanger. So far it’s working OK. I’m not completely satisfied with the satellite overlay options, but given that I’m too cheap to buy better maps, it’s actually doing the trick very well.
The last thing on my mind today, is working out a less intensive hike to the marsh. Right now it’s approximately 1 km from my front door, which is perfect except for having to fight dead trees and raspberry bushes the entire way. So with the help of the new GPS mapping app and Google Earth, I think I’ve figured out how to get most of the way there through nice easy-going fields.
And so, I think in the next couple days I’m going to take a hike through my newly planned route. It will most likely be the last trip with my previous fun suit, since the new one is expected to arrive this week.
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