The Ek’s Files

Gang,

Well, QRP Afield 2007 has come and gone. As is customary, our merry little band assembled on Friday afternoon to begin the journey to our campsite for this year’s event. Dave NK0E, John N0HJ, and Steve N0MHQ made up our group this year. Steve N0TU, a regular for these events, was enjoying retired life by hitting the trail for a five-day venture with his goats and his brother-in-law and couldn’t join us this year. Our destination was once again along the Ute Creek Trail in the Lost Creek Wilderness west of Colorado Springs. This area is absolutely perfect for such adventures. It’s easily accessible, not far from water, but yet secluded and sparsely traveled. We can reach the trailhead in an hour and a half from Colorado Springs, the roads to the trailhead are good, and we can reach our campsite in less than an hour’s hike from the trailhead. Yet, we have *never* seen another hiker near our campsite (and I’ve camped in this area at least eight times over the years).

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I just uploaded a new version of my eksfiles.net web site. The content is all still pretty-much the same right now, but I rewrote the thing using XHTML and CSS so it’d be easier to maintain. Next I’ll be working on my Digital Setting Circles and GOLog web sites. The Digital Setting Circles web site will include some new content, too, so stay tuned…

BTW, I used the book Head First HTML, by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman, to learn all about HTML, XHTML, and CSS. I highly recommend it.