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Archive for May, 2009

For part of Memorial Weekend the three of us went to The Sasquatch Festival, held in Eastern Washington for 3 days. We camped and I tested out some ideas I had brewing for 3 person meals. One that worked well as Peanut Butter Nanner Pancakes. I did though realize I needed some tweaking of my [...]

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See you all next week – heading out early in the morning Spent my day today packing gear and airing out tents – it was sunny, warm and breezy, perfect for checking on part of the tent collection. From left to right: Double Rainbow TarpTent, REI Half Dome 4, REI Sierra Dome 2 man, REI [...]

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Look what showed up yesterday afternoon: A lot of great items from Packit Gourmet. From salad dressing packets to many olive oil packets, to freeze dried ground beef for Ford, veggies, cheese, powdered yogurt, new meals to try out….just what I needed for the start of summer hiking season! ~Sarah

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Need a last minute UL long handled spoon? Weighing in at 0.2 of an ounce this orange puppy from Jamba Juice is not likely to get lost. While sturdy enough, only expect a weekend’s use out of it – and don’t use it in boiling water in your pot. Or you could just spend the [...]

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Minimus has been around for a number of years and is still one of my favorite resources for single serving packets. It is one of the places where I can get packets of lower sodium soy sauce and the near elusive 3-ounce pouches of chicken breast. I bought quite a few of the chicken pouches [...]

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Out running errands I noticed that Valley Fresh has completed the change in their packaging: The new packaging is on the left, old on the right. Still the same great product, they are now using sea salt and the packagages are labeled “Gluten Free” as well. They have a great chart, that shows what is [...]

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On my way home yesterday I stopped in for a latte at one of my favorite gear shops, Wapiti Woolies, which is in the tiny village of Greenwater on Hwy 410 here in Washington. Besides rally good espresso the shop is all about gear. They focus on skiing/snowboarding in winter but come spring the hiking [...]

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This morning I woke up to clear blue skies…that promptly clouded over. Yet I had an inkling that the clouds were low lying this morning. As I headed out of town into the foothills the clouds floated behind me. The drive to sit on Rainier’s edge was a pretty one. It was one of those [...]

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