Look for something with good weather/dust sealing. I'm a Nikon guy so can't help with the Canon choices, but in the Nikon line the D7000 is the best choice. Weather/dust sealed and lighter/more compact than the more expensive bodies. If you don't mind going used, a D200 would probably be a great choice at this point. The D200 was my first DSLR and it's a great bang-for-the-buck if you get a lightly used one at this point.
One of the smaller 4/3 cameras might be a better overall choice these days for carrying ease, but I don't know much about them or which ones might have good water/dust resistance.
Yeah, a DSLR is kind of a chunk to carry around, but I don't mind mine most of the time. I carry with a chest harness and unless I'm heading out into crappy weather (where you're not going to see anything but fog/clouds) or just going to ride the chairs somewhere I've been a million times before, I pretty much don't leave home without it.
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