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A Day On The River

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Walker is now well into his 11th week and every hike or stroll with him is a learning curve. I am finding my groove, as he is. We walk most days, be it in our housing development (around 20 miles of roads so we lots of options) to the local trails. This morning was the [...]

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Two New Recipes Up

Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Head over to Trail Cooking for the two newest recipes, both featured in the May/June 2010 issue of Washington Trails Magazine. Pina Colada Mini Pies Last Minute Meat and Olive Pizzas Both photos by Kirk Kirkconnell. ~Sarah

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Updates On The Trail Library

Posted in Book Reviews, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A smattering of vintage trail and outdoor cookbooks showed up today and have been added to our ever expanding Trail Library. You just don’t see covers like this anymore! Love the Beefcake pose in jeans I also updated our list we have on what we are looking for here. ~Sarah

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Food Find: Single Serving Cheese Packs

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I recently had a coupon for a free pack of Kraft 100 Calorie Cheese Bites show up: Is it shelf stable? No, but it is durable and easy to pack for a long day hike or first 24 hours of a trip. Being individually sealed and pre cubed it keeps dirty hands off of it, [...]

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First Take: MSR Quick 2 System Review

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A couple weeks ago when REI was having its last sale I noticed the MSR® Quick™ 2 System was on sale for around $70. While I really didn’t need the two plates and mugs it was the same price as just the MSR® Quick™ 2 Pot Set (minus the goodies). Last year I picked up [...]

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Food Find: Kashi Pumpkin Pecan Bars

Posted in Food Finds, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I came across the Kashi TLC Pumpkin Pecan Bars at Target this past week and had picked them up for Kirk, figuring he might like them. But on squeezing one of the bars I noticed they were softer than I had figured they would be, so they were brace safe. An interesting granola bar! The [...]

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A Morning on the Iron Horse Trail

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Kirk and I were hoping to get out today with the family so we chose a section of the Iron Horse Trail. After the last two weeks of dumpy, blah rain filled days this morning was blinding blue skies and balmy temps. No way were we staying home! We drove up I-90 to Exit #38 [...]

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Mary Janes Farm’s New Line

Posted in Food Finds, hiking, Trail Cooking, tagged , on June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Mary Jane Farm’s line of dehydrated instant meals has long been known for being vegetarian and sourcing organic when it can. Finding 3 new meals with organic beef? Wow! The only thing better would be if they had used Bison instead Check out IEATMEAT for more info on the who, what and where.And an ode [...]

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