Gear Testing, Big Bend National Monument 2007

Gossamer Gear R & D Trip to Big Bend spring 2007

	OK, I'm not a plant guy but this is a great big beautiful flower in full bloom		Desert Hiking at its best, good light, not too hot yet, grand vistas.
	The Homer Wilson Ranch, a good place to cache water and part of the outer mountain loop.		"Big Daddy Dave" on the rim. Part of the rim is closed for Peregrine nesting but the view from here is pretty good too.
	Dave is field testing the new Plus and some hip belt pockets along with a bunch of other Gossamer Gear goodies.		The new Plus looking good as the sun sets. Also of note is a new pole design here seeing its first action.
	The Plus again, just before we cooked dinner on the White Box for the first time.		A nice postprandial sunset, Mexico is off there somewhere in the distance.