tylermoney
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- Jan 16, 2024
So I love riding motorcycles, camping and backpacking. Nature in general.
This coming May, I'll be going on a backpacking trip in Colorado with my best friend. We went last year, and we're returning this year to improve upon our backpacking skills. Anywho, earlier that year I had begun writing down some of my stories—I had been doing journaling prior to that, but this was my first foray into actual stories, essays, etc. Since then, I have been trying to keep a weekly, if not daily, writing practice going.
In preparation for my trip, I have been contemplating how to keep up my daily writing. I'll most certainly have a book with me, but relaxing in the middle of mountains, next to a creek, with coffee while in a tent seem like a perfect time to also do some writing. Here is the trick. I don't think a notepad/paper/pen will work for me. My handwriting is quite horrifically terrible... Yes, I might be able to get some writing done, and though it might satisfy a subconscious urge, I don't think I'll be able to read much of it. Maybe that's fine?
Additionally, all my current projects are in digital format. A laptop would be too large/heavy to bring on a backpacking trip, and it's fragile. I could bring a little ipad mini with a keypad maybe? I'm not sure. Mine is old.
Does anyone have any recommendations on a light, affordable system to write digitally on the move? Specifically while on the Lost Creek Wilderness Trail in Colorado?
Much obliged.
This coming May, I'll be going on a backpacking trip in Colorado with my best friend. We went last year, and we're returning this year to improve upon our backpacking skills. Anywho, earlier that year I had begun writing down some of my stories—I had been doing journaling prior to that, but this was my first foray into actual stories, essays, etc. Since then, I have been trying to keep a weekly, if not daily, writing practice going.
In preparation for my trip, I have been contemplating how to keep up my daily writing. I'll most certainly have a book with me, but relaxing in the middle of mountains, next to a creek, with coffee while in a tent seem like a perfect time to also do some writing. Here is the trick. I don't think a notepad/paper/pen will work for me. My handwriting is quite horrifically terrible... Yes, I might be able to get some writing done, and though it might satisfy a subconscious urge, I don't think I'll be able to read much of it. Maybe that's fine?
Additionally, all my current projects are in digital format. A laptop would be too large/heavy to bring on a backpacking trip, and it's fragile. I could bring a little ipad mini with a keypad maybe? I'm not sure. Mine is old.
Does anyone have any recommendations on a light, affordable system to write digitally on the move? Specifically while on the Lost Creek Wilderness Trail in Colorado?
Much obliged.
