Everyone has a place or two that they want to keep secret. This is definitely one of ours. Paul and I went back to an old stomping grounds for a week long backpacking trip to celebrate his 50th birthday. Our original route was cancelled due to a fire in the area, but Plan B turned out great. We caught some cutthroats, saw 5 black bear, 5 rattlesnakes, osprey, eagles, big Chinook salmon and the Perseid meteor showers. The weather was warm for carrying heavy packs, but at least a couple rain storms drenched us. There was a microburst that came through the area one afternoon, like a freight train, that had us watching multiple trees busting over. Luckily the tall cedars, douglas firs and ponderosa pines at our camp bent, but did not break. An awesome trip in an amazing place with a great friend.

pretty awesome mountain with a stupid name

We added a little flair to my daughter's backpack for school this year with the Silhouette SD. We used flocked heat transfer material and then monogrammed it with her initial in rhinestones.

The "Women Backpacking Together" Meetup met at the Caribou Lake Trailhead in the Caribou Wilderness in the middle of the night... around midnight. Lorrie and I were there around 7:30pm so after we put up our tent and built a fire, we warded off the bears by making a lot of noise. Four plus hours! We were up around 9am and out on the trail around 11am. Got to our camp at North Divide Lake around 3:30pm and set in for a cold night. Snow all around but we found a nice meadow to camp in.

We picked up some new recruits and took a backpacking trip to Hidden Pond.

Backpacking trip to North Fork Big Pine Creek in the Eastern Sierras (between Lone Pine and Bishop, CA. Bryan, Doug, Kelly and Jeremy spent two nights at over 10,000 feet!

Overnight on the Twin Valley Trail

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Lake Sabrina to Dusy Basin, via Echo Col and Le Conte Canyon

North Cascades National Park, Washington

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Lake Sabrina to Dusy Basin, via Echo Col and Le Conte Canyon

Overnight on the Twin Valley Trail

Lake Sabrina to Dusy Basin, via Echo Col and Le Conte Canyon

Overnight on the Twin Valley Trail

Over 130 students came to the Career Services Backpack to Briefcase event participating in speed networking, real part time job interviews, and enjoying the Theater groups presentation of Interviews Gone Wild.

Kids drawstring backpack

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We picked up some new recruits and took a backpacking trip to Hidden Pond.

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Over 130 students came to the Career Services Backpack to Briefcase event participating in speed networking, real part time job interviews, and enjoying the Theater groups presentation of Interviews Gone Wild.

Popo Agie Wilderness - Wind River Range, Wyoming

Over 130 students came to the Career Services Backpack to Briefcase event participating in speed networking, real part time job interviews, and enjoying the Theater groups presentation of Interviews Gone Wild.

Backpacking trip in the Trinity Alps, Northern California, June 1992

Deer Lake

Jacki & Robbie

Sheila Cooley '03 M'11 presents at Backpack to Briefcase, a free career conference for SUNY Oswego juniors and seniors, was presented March 25 in Park Hall by the Future Alumni Network (FANs) and the Oswego Alumni Association with support from The Fund for Oswego, and Career Services.