Kirk and I have been toying around with a iMainGoX speaker system of late. It has a couple features that will make it excellent for hiking and travel (even though it isn’t the lightest). While aimed at the iPod crowd (of which I have been happily carrying one while hiking for many years now), the [...]
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For Those Who Like Music When Traveling
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged Gear, imaingox on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gear Find: Before You Laugh, Consider It
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged Gear, Sippy Pal on February 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What is up with the blog title? Well when I came across the PBnJ Sippy Pal strap system I was thinking about Walker. Walker has quite the right hook. And left hook. He has become a pro at breaking glass bottles and losing toys while we are out (heck he loves breaking bottles at home [...]
In The News and New Recipes
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, One Pot Meals, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, Vegetarian, tagged backcountry cooking, backcountry food, Backpacker Magazine, backpacking recipes, cookware, Gear, gear testing, hiker food, One Pot Meals, Sarah Kirkconnell, Trail Cooking, Trail Cooking Gear, trail food, trail lunches, trail meals, trail recipes, Vegetarian, vegetarian trail meals, Wa Trails Magazine, Washington Trails, wilderness cooking, WTA, www.trailcooking.com, www.wta.org on January 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The current issue of Washington Trails has been out for awhile now and we have 3 new recipes in the January/February 2011 issue in our ‘Trail Eats‘ column. One Pot Chickpea Pasta is a delicious vegetarian friendly one pot dish: Carrot Cake In A Bowl, a twist on oatmeal for breakfast: The third recipe is [...]
New Footwear For The New Year
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, tagged boots, dayhiking, Gear, hiking, hiking shoes, Keen, New Balance, Road Runner Sports, running, running shoes, shoes on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Over the Christmas break I had noticed my gym shoes were pretty much close to flat n’ dead, worse they were starting to cause pain when on the treadmill, so I knew shoe shopping was in my future. We usually go down the local (OK, OK…2 towns over) Road Runner Sports as they have good [...]
New Gear Being Played With This Winter
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, tagged backpacking, backpacks, dayhiking, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Microspikes, Nalgene bottles, REI on December 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Over the holidays I got Kirk, Ford and Baby Walker (well me really I suppose) new gear for the upcoming year. Nothing too far in detail but new fun toys include: Ford got a new REI Trail 25 pack. It was picked to replace his REI Jet UL pack which we were never fully happy [...]
Getting Baby Out: The Sammy Sack
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged babies, baby gear, Bob jogger strollers, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, jogger strollers, rail to trails, Sammy Sack, walking on December 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the past 9 months I have written a lot about my never-ending love affair with the BOB Revolution jogger stroller. For good reason, it is what gets me outside with Baby Walker and it is such a solid piece of gear. I am happy with spending my winter putzing on our vast system of [...]
New Wonderland Trail Map Out
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged backpacking, Green Trail Maps, hiking, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Rainier NP, Pacific Crest Trail, Wonderland Trail on December 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A little while ago I was excited to hear the news about the newest Mt. Rainier map that was being debuted by Green Trails. Green Trails is the king of hiking maps out here in Washington and Oregon, offering highly detailed topo maps that are overall accurate and most of all…show mileage! (nothing worse than [...]
2010 Shopping List For The Trail Cook
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, tagged backpacking, cooking pots, dayhiking, Gear, hiking, Trail Cooking, Trail Cooking Gear, utensils, www.freezerbagcooking.com, www.trailcooking.com on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Consider this a random list of things that Sarah likes – the items have been in either her, Ford’s or Kirk’s packs. They are not matched items and vary from UL to heavy weight packing styles. One thing about them all is that they work and or taste good. If you are looking for fun [...]





