Boring sweater: Take 2

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I've been working ever so slowly on the boring sweater, except it's getting a little less boring. Still not sure what my problem is, but I only managed to do two rows all weekend:

You may be wondering what part of the sweater that is. Well, I'm going to keep that a surprise for now, but let's just say it'll fit in somewhere. At the rate I'm going, it'll take a good two weeks before I finish this sucker.

While I wasn't knitting, I had my first ever camping experience at Lassen Volcanic National Park. This week's wilderness sightings include deer and a chipmunk. Note that we did not feed the chipmunk, and we made the little kid who did feel really really bad about it. We also didn't get too close to the critters which is good because there was a warning about chipmunks and bubonic plague at the trailhead that we didn't notice until our way back to the car. Bubonic plague!

Lassen was a lot of fun and included a hike through Bumpass Hell (is that not the best trail name ever?), frolicking in snow, and watching a bunch of Corvettes driving through the hills. The rest of the pictures are here in case you want to see pics of our friends sharing a special moment in the lake.

And, as promised, there will be another blog contest soon. I'll post details on that by the end of the week. I gotta get together some prize yarn.