Outdoor Adventure at Oklahoma State has a backpacking trip coming up in a few weeks. They're going to spend a weekend in the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. I'd really like to go but it falls on Valentine's Day and I'd have to miss the Stillwater Parks & Rec Dancing with Daddy so I don't know if I can make it.

I keep thinking that I can't go without some piece of gear that I haven't seen in years, then I'll find it in a few minutes. I have found all my regular backpacking gear - pack, tent, stoves, etc, I have my cold weather gear - head to toe wool, insulated boots, etc, various survival items, I think I'm ready. My sleeping bag is a North Face Cat's Meow. I got it in about 1988 or 89 and I think the Polar Guard insulation is rated pretty optimistically at 20 degrees F (-6C). That wouldn't cut it now, with the temp getting close to single digits (-12C) so I'll need a good set of sleeping clothes, a good liner, a good pad, and maybe a blanket besides. That will be heavy and bulky!

If I do go I'll document it all.

Links:
OSU Outdoor Adventure http://campusrec.okstate.edu/outdooradventure/
Stillwater Parks & Rec http://stillwater.org/parksandrec.php
Much newer North Face Cat's Meow http://www.trailspace.com/gear/the-north-face/cats-meow/
Ozark National Forest http://www.fs.fed.us/oonf/ozark/