I finally lost control and bought a bladder. A hydration bladder that is. One for hiking. Since I’m going to ascend to the height of Mt. Everest divided by two and subtract a whole bunch on Saturday I thought I should bring plenty of water. For me plenty of water means about five or six gallons, but they didn’t make any personal hydration units that held that much water (I can’t imagine why not). So I bought this back pack and I’m ready to hike with a little over two liters of water strapped to my back.

What is even funnier than me playing with a bladder is that I could play with the bladder with Abby. I filled it up (cleaned it) and then slowly but surely got her pretty wet by spraying water into her mouth and missing most of the time. She thought it was good fun and so she kept coming back for more in-your-face water squirting. The down side is that this bladder needs to be held up in the air while you just let it go, however, if you’re sucking on the water, it matters very little what you’re doing with the bladder.

Fun has been had and it’s almost worth the $30.00+ dollars it cost me just in the fun with Abby.