Research Day

Doing the research

(this I where I conduct some of my research before I plan any trip.) 

I find it to be good Idea before going on planning any trip and/or adventures to do a little research. Today I spent most of my day in the public library. The library is such a great and so vastly under utilized resource. When researching I always start there to start for a number of reasons:

it's free, it's easy, and there is one in every town. What I find myself doing is gathering my laptop  maps, and other things from home and getting to the library early. Once there raiding the shelves for guild books, maps, out door survival, wifi, and anything useful I can think of (things that would cost a fortune anywhere else). As soon as I have all my treasures in hand, I rush to the quiet station to lay out my work space before anyone else can stake a claim. this time I managed to commandeer a table to myself near the windows. as you can see today was a light day of searching. I went through one magazine publisher at a time and used the guild books as reference. I recommend bringing a pen and some paper or you'll be ending up writing on you phone a lot, waiting valuable time. The most helpful magazine I read today was "back packer magazine". There were reference to hikes in my area, that I never heard of, that I could then look up, recipes, and gear guilds. "outdoor" magazine was good too.... just not my cup of tea or maybe it was just not what I was in the mood for today. I managed to get all of this research done in peace. It was dark by the time I left and I had hardly noticed until it was upon me. Time passes as your having fun.