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New Gear For The Fall – First Review

Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , , , , , on November 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Kirk gave me first Leatherman multi-tool back in 2003. That tiny purple multi-tool came with me on every hike and backpacking trip I went on for years. It made meals, it cut a lot of duct tape, fixed fingernails, even took out splinters. After 9 or so years, it was retired. It wasn’t dead, far from [...]

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Thanksgiving In The Wilds 2011

Posted in Dehydrating, Freezer Bag Cooking, Insulated mug method, No Cook Recipes, One Pot Meals, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t view Thanksgiving as a meal, rather a weekend of fun – be it at home or out camping. Short days, long nights and cold weather and lots of good eats! Need some inspiration for meals, from easy to gourmet? Thanksgiving On The Trail is a section on Trailcooking that I have worked on [...]

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Book Review: Backpacking Washington

Posted in Book Reviews, Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, tagged , , , , , , on June 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Gear Find: Mama Luvs’s Reusable Sandwich Bags

Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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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It’s Friday? An FBC Friendly Menu For A Quick Trip!

Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, hiking, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Need some inspiration for meals? All FBC friendly for easy prep on the trail (FBC=Freezer Bag Cooking) Quick Breakfast? Try our customizable instant oatmeal packets – no reason to buy those already stale ones at the store! Instant Oatmeal Packets A trail snack to keep you powered up passes? Peanut Butter Granola Cups Need a [...]

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Before I Blogged – Vintage Trips Along The Columbia River

Posted in hiking, One Pot Meals, photos, Trail Cooking, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I love going through old hiking photos – especially the ones from before the concept of blogging was there. Back a long time ago I had a small website (or was it really a web page?) where I kept tiny photos and thin logs of trips that we took. That site is long gone now [...]

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Summer Dreaming

Posted in hiking, photos, Trip Reports, tagged , , , , , , on March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Spring is here and that puts me in a happy mood (well until I looked at Washington DOT’s set of photos up on Hwy 20 in the North Cascades!). My mind is drifting to where I want to hike when the snow melts (er, maybe I better plan out to August with dump-o-rama of snow [...]

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MSR Skillet – Craving Pancakes?

Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Over the past couple months we have tested out the MSR Quick Skillet. I know, I know…a skillet is something that when going lightweight one would be shamed for even dreaming about it. But let me put it this way: this is the BEST backpacking skillet/frypan I have ever used. It is almost worth getting [...]

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