Trail Cooking & The Outdoors

I have long been a fan of Luna Tea Cakes, a small soft and easily chewed energy bar that was quite friendly to braces. They have never been easy to find though, only a handful of places carried them. So this afternoon, I was in Whole Foods scoping out new items and my eyes spied [...]

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We were at Costco yesterday looking at jackets when Kirk noted that that they had Mountain Hardwear Verglas soft shell jackets for ladies. They were priced at $69.99 while on Mountain Hardwear’s website the suggested retail price is $160. They had a couple colors and I liked the Espresso color the best. Nice smooth fabric, [...]

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Last weekend we had gone to REI so I could pick up a second pair of Berry Superfeet (now I have a pair in my hiking boots and in my trail runners). Back in the shoe department Kirk spied a pair of these: One pair only….and in my size! And even better? They ended in [...]

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I was out running errands when somehow I ended up in REI. Not sure how that happened I was puttering around, looking at the January clearance items. It is pretty obvious that people are not spending money like last year – the sale has been going on for a week nearly and most of the [...]

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REI’s winter sale started today and I happened to be near one (OK, OK, I purposely went there….). I was in the footwear department getting a new pair of light hikers (more on that purchase later) when I decided to try the Berry Superfeet that are for women. I have had Superfeet in the past [...]

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This past week as I watched the weather reports I got that sinking feeling of knowing your gear is not quite what you need. The prediction of a very cold weekend was looming and I knew that back on Labor Day Weekend I had been cold in my then current sleeping bag, an REI ladies [...]

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