every day's just like starting over
and that's not always a good thing
I set up the tent again today to do some other modifications that I hope will make things more convenient. I ordered some tiny rare earth magnets from eBay and plan to attach them to the tent with Dyneema tape to hold the doors open. The Dyneema tape will stick to the fabric of the… Continue reading Tent Mods
When we left in March to go to Campo on our thru-hike attempt of the PCT, we sent a couple of resupply boxes out to be waiting at places when we got there. I picked up my box in Warner Springs, but the one we sent to Paradise Valley Cafe near Idyllwild was languishing there… Continue reading I Got My Box!
Since I have some Velcro left over from the tent door project I had planned to attach some to my inflatable pillow and inflatable sleeping pad, to keep my pillow attached to my sleeping pad instead of disappearing into my tent in the night. My sleeping pad is the Thermarest NeoAir XLite Women's pad (12.5… Continue reading Oh, Wherrrre is my Pillow?
I was going to wait until a sunny day to set up the new tent again, but my weather app changed yesterday and now it tells me it will rain tomorrow night through Wednesday and I don't want to set the tent up on wet ground, so I'm setting it up today. I have watched… Continue reading Tent Update
I didn't make a video of the "unboxing" or setting up my new ZPacks Duplex tent, but here is the finished product: ZPacks Duplex tent with vestibules not staked out. Tent with vestibules staked out. End of tent. The tent wasn't hard to set up when I followed the instructions on the ZPacks video and… Continue reading The Tent
Hey, remember how I was talking here about how much food I have and how I need to organize it before I go hiking? Well, looky here at the food that was in the resupply boxes in my office. Each box contained at least 5 days of food, and various other supplies. Here is a… Continue reading So. Much. Food.
In light of our hiking trip next month, I have set up a file in OneDrive (and on a thumb drive for the Hubs who doesn't want to deal with OneDrive) with any information needed in case something happens to us. In this file I have included: Instructions on what is in the file and… Continue reading In Case of Emergency
I recently ordered the book Adventure Ready, A Hiker's Guide to Planning, Training, and Resiliency, by Katie Gerber and Heather Anderson, and I wanted to say that it's a big win in my opinion! I just received it a couple of days ago and haven't had the chance to read the whole thing, but the… Continue reading Book Recommendation – Adventure Ready
Since we leave for the Oregon/California border of the Pacific Crest Trail in a few short weeks, I have started to prepare for various aspects of the hike. This means ordering assorted gear and attempting to organize food for the trip. The most recent order that arrived for the hike is this "vet" tape, or… Continue reading Hike Prep
Here is the post I promised about some little things I have now for backpacking. I call them "little", because they will probably seem tiny and unimportant to many, but it makes me happy to have them 😀 First, before we left to start the PCT in California I decided it would be nice to… Continue reading It’s The Little Things…
every day's just like starting over 