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Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear on Feb 7th, 2012
Tiny, functional and lightweight – the TerraLUX LightStar80 flashlight is that. 5 hours run time on 2 AAA batteries, it produces a focused 80 Lumens of brightness. The light comes packaged with batteries, just add and use. It features a rubber end that can be used to bite on, with an easy tap button on [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking on Nov 4th, 2011
A great way to find hiking books (and many other books!) on the cheap is to find out if your local library has book sales. Many libraries have a “Friends of the Library” program that goes to pay for special activities/programs. Where we live our library is in the massive King County Library System (busiest [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Aug 18th, 2011
The new line of FBC Cozies are here finally and now for sale – 5 new prints. We will be adding a couple more prints to the line in the coming months, but for now welcome these awesome designs! Trail Map: Mud: Flames: Mod Butterfly: Compass: Find the new cozies for sale at TrailCooking! ~Sarah
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Aug 8th, 2011
Some of you (OK, way too many of you!) have noticed the dwindling FBC Cozy selection in our store. There was a reason behind it though – I have been letting the current stock sell out. I am working on a new line of the cozies, coming very, very soon – well even faster than [...]
Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Aug 8th, 2011
Over the years I have tried a number of utensil kits – namely spatulas – in trail cooking. And found that overall most of the tools are not well thought out.There are a number of things that can go wrong with camping tools – often they are made of substandard plastic and can easily melt [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear on Jul 10th, 2011
Kirk and I came across the line of Febreze Sport Spray recently at Target (look in the laundry cleaning product aisles) and it is carried by other big retailers including grocery stores and drug stores. Designed to be used on items you can’t launder such as shoes, gear, backpacks and more it cuts the stench [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear on Jun 29th, 2011
A few weeks ago I had the chance to finally meet author Craig Romano in person – I was lucky enough to attend one of his presentations and as it turned out it was his first one for his latest book: Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multi-Day Routes To put it lightly it has been far [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 27th, 2011
This past weekend I came across a line of reusable fabric bags sewn here in Washington State. They come in two sizes, snack bag and sandwich bag size. The bags are made by Mama Luvs. They have two options, Velcro closure and drawstring. Both work great but I found that the Velcro one would be [...]
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