Tango61:

I, too, have a Coleman Peak 1 pack, covered in patches and all scuffed up. I could NEVER part with that, I don't care what it weighs (and it really isn't that bad.) I still get the lowest visitor on the totem pole to wear it when they visit and want to go hike, just so I can stroll behind them and look at those patches.

On an aside, those sound like some good times in the Palo Duro Canyon and Colorado -- those are the times to remember from your youth.