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Looking Back on Backpacking Trips CJ and I have Done: Shower Lake

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CJ and I are going backpacking this summer. "Big deal," you say. "You do that every summer." This year's trip is a bigger deal. Here's why: We're going to try to do 300+ miles and stay out for 21 days... Stink Factor: Extreme.  Unlike past years, where I had hiked some or all of the route before CJ was born, I've never hiked nor even seen any of this year's trail.  This may be our last hurrah. CJ will be a senior in the fall. In fact, he proudly announced when I got home tonight, that as of 3 P.M. this afternoon, he IS A SENIOR! Haha... He'll be graduating high school before next summer. I figure all bets are off for him going backpacking with me after this one. Anything I get together after this is a bonus.  B efore CJ was born, I had plans to make him a backpacker. As a toddler, he happily rode for hours in a kid-carrier backpack, soaking in all the sights and sounds of the forest while kicking me in the back and playing with my e