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 [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Peanut Butter Nanner Pancakes
Posted in One Pot Meals, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking recipes, breakfast, Food Finds, hiker food, One Pot Meals, pancakes, Trail Cooking, trail food, trail meals, trail recipes, wilderness cooking on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have A Safe and Happy Weekend!
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged backpacking, hiking, tents on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
More Trail Nummies
Posted in Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking, dayhiking, FBC, FBC meals, Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiker food, One Pot Meals, Packit Gourmet, PackitGourmet.com, Trail Cooking, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, trail snacks, Vegetarian, vegetarian trail meals, wilderness cooking on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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
Frugal Gear Find – UL Spoon
Posted in Gear, hiking, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backpacking, dayhiking, FBC, Gear, Trail Cooking, Trail Cooking Gear on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Minimus Order – Lots Of Fun Items
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backpacking, dayhiking, FBC, FBC meals, Food Finds, Freezer Bag Cooking, hiker food, Minimus, Trail Cooking, trail desserts, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, trail snacks, wilderness cooking on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Update On Valley Fresh Chicken
Posted in Food Finds, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, backpacking, Food Finds, gluten free, gluten free trail food, hiker food, hiking, no cook meals, pouched chicken, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, trail recipes, wilderness cooking on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Womens Gear Review: OR’s Sonnet Cap
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged backpacking, clothes, clothing, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, OR Sonnet cap, Outdoor Research, womens hiking gear on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
I Could Smell Summer
Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged Cayuse Pass, Chinook Pass, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Rainier NP, Tahoma on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]





