I love winter, I really do. Though for the last few years I've not really taken advantage of it. We had a great snow year here in Oregon this winter and I did manage to get up to the slopes once for a day of skiing. Unfortunately the trip home was not so good for my body. A bad combination of cough and cramps caused my back to really flip out. The result was a couple of days lying on the floor of my den unable to move. Plus couple weeks trying to pull off my best impression of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame". I'm back on my feet and dearly looking to getting back out and doing some hiking.

Good News! The new Serenity NetTent is just about ready and should be shipping by early next week. 

With Spring just around the corner, we've been working to get ready for the travel season. In April and May we travel to two major hiking events around the country. These include the ADZPCTKO (Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kickoff) in Southern California in late April and Trail Days in Damascus, VA in May. Some of you have stopped in and visited us at these events. They are the one place where you can see our entire lineup of gear at one time.

Many of you have also seen our Six Moon Designs Sprinter Van we use to travel around the country. After 4 years and over 100,000 miles our Sprinter is still going great. Mainly because it's made by Mercedes and is a diesel. This year we decided to do some upgrades to make our long drives even more pleasant. So between filling orders, assembling new gear, keeping production humming and doing the dreaded taxes, we've been reworking the van. The upgrades have keep me pretty busy and away from the blog.

Here are a few photos of the newly renovated van.

Six Moon Design's Sprinter on the road in Nevada headed out hiking in New Mexico!

Looking at the back of the Van. We added a new ceiling, overhead cabinets, lights and secondary electrical system. This way we can stay up at night after dark without draining the main battery. We've got power to run the lights, fridge and computer for a week off grid.

Looking toward the front of the van. We've added a nice large refigerator to keep thing cold and no more trips for ice and soggy food.