Back from my vacation. Getting settled back in at home, catching up on sleep, et cetera. Have work to do this Saturday, so whether I go to my buddy’s hunting spot this weekend or next is yet to be determined. In the meantime, I figured I’d hit the points in the OP.
Last time I went camping was when I took the wife, kid, and the dogs to a local campground. I have a large six person tent so that we can set up our sleeping area and have plenty of room for our folding table and camp chairs with space left over for our gear and moving around. Also brought a metal pen for the dogs which formed a nice “porch” in front of the tent. I wanted to set up a tarp overhead to provide some shade and cover for said “porch” but the layout of the campground didn’t lend itself very well to doing so. We did do some light hiking as well, just a small pack for my kid’s food, snacks and water for the rest of us.
Back in ‘12 my brother and I did an overnighter the day after Christmas in 17F weather. That sucked something awesome.
I used to use my Kelty MAP3500 before a rat destroyed it trying to get to a Clif Bar. Nowadays I use either my Kelty Peregrine daypack or my Eberlestock Halftrack for longer durations. Clothing wise, I usually go with Carharrt, BDU, Vertx, or 5.11 pants, a polypro undershirt, Exo Ficcio boxer briefs, and Under Armour socks (Wolverine or Darn Tough Vermont merino wool anytime the temp drops.) Tops depend on the weather. Sometimes I’ll add a Magellan or Wrangler lightweight shirt to cover my arms from sun, or a warmer shirt jacket with a Columbia rain jacket over that for shittier weather. I’ve worn and still wear a Wolverine work jacket, Condor Summit, or North Face softshell in cold weather. Cotton kills, but I don’t worry about that in my South Texas summers. Winter time rolls around, and it starts raining every other day, I change my mind on that. I’m looking to get a set of nice merino wool long underwear for when things get really fucking cold.
I’ve been to Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma Arkansas, Missouri, and England.
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