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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :) That was late June - there was a lot of wet and cold. The photos are of base camp of course - you can see that I don't really rough it at the end of a trip. I hadn't travelled the trails for...

My sense is looking at some of the clientele wondering around the $1000.00 coats and $750.00 boots in an outdoor stores suggests that some have more money than brains. Can you imagine being in a situation like that - where you could purchase any kind of camp/outdoor equipment and the sales...

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :( I did...I woke up one morning feeling like a weenie in a hot dog. Good bye pad...and take that small pump for inflation with ya - you are both fired! . I won't do that again.

Sharp thinking @CherylTorrie - multiple usage is always encouraged especially for tripping. If you are purchasing a self inflating sleeping pad it is important to follow the manufacturer's instructions to the letter. The product should be on the high end of quality. I recently purchased and...

@CherylTorrie - I sort of think that way too...and then again I've regretted that kind of thinking because I find that embarrass myself. Like the sales guy who wanted me to purchase some expensive *"foot" lights so I could see where I was going at night on the trail. "I'll take the...

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :) I have regular fold up chairs for base camp. A few years back I picked up one that had a back support - it's great. When I'm tripping I use my fold up Helinox - well built, strong, durable and...

For me what is most important when purchasing camping equipment (when I'm really serious)? :thumbsup: Durability :thumbsup: Functionality :thumbsup: Practicable I never had a pop up tent - I though them as weekend toys. I did have a pop up wash/toilet/shower stand. When I was taking it down...

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Ya...I'm okay. Thursday was tough but I'm moving on. Thanks.

"...they look worldly"? I say ugly. But @happyflower lady makes a strong point about power failures and being out on the road. I put in a lot of camping days this year and I have to tell you...never saw any of these. Aw yes...camper people will buy just about anything. :banghead:

Using the gallon size bags brought back some memories. We use them at our summer camp. I remember one year that I managed to break a bag when it was boiling in the pot. If I recall I was a greenhorn in the kitchen that year. The little baggies we use enable us to throw in a dash of pepper and...

Thank you everyone - somehow I thought it fitting to post his passing on Camping Babble as a tribute and a memorial. Our dogs (and other pets) really do become an integral part of our lives.

All base camps are stationary - I don't move anything once established. It is from the base camp that I go tripping, hiking, snowshoeing - whatever, and then return to the organized base camp. Yep...I have a van, otherwise there just wouldn't be enough room to carry my equipment. I work with...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appreciate that. Reese was on every canoe trip, backpacking hikes, camp outs and just about everywhere else was at my side. His disposition was marvellous and he was better behaved than...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :) The Alaknaks are used for base camp - I've been out as long as five weeks at a time and they actually become my cabins. Often, during the winter, I make simple colonial looking tent...

Mann....where are you located...I can smell the aroma of fabulous food but can't find the camp site.:) Yep...those cast irons thingamajigs are heavy but what excellent meals and baking can be made. I learned how to bake "bread bread" a few years back using a dutch oven over an open fire...

__________________________________________ Reese Tuesday 22 August 2000 to Thursday 26 November 2015 I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own arms fifteen years ago...