Archive for January, 2009
Backpacking Recipes - The Simplest
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009I need simple backpacking recipes because there is never a stove in my backpack, even on week-long trips in the wilderness. I often backpack with less than fifteen pounds total pack weight, and total means all food, water - everything. It’s often in a daypack, so I don’t have much room for a stove and […]
Travel Secret - Why Slow Is Better
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Our top travel secret isn’t really a secret at all, but it takes a while for some of us to learn and apply it. Here it is: Slow down. Slowing down and spending more time in each location is not only a secret of cheap travel, but in our experience, it means more fun.
Slowing Down […]
Scrambling - Hiking Safely In Rocky Terrain
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009After scrambling to the the summit of Mount Bushnell, I sat on a boulder that was cracked down the middle. Five seconds after my usual summit photo of my bare feet hanging over the edge, the left half of my rock fell loose. I watched as it bounced down the mountainside. I took out my […]
Why A Down Sleeping Bag?
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009A down sleeping bag has its problems. They are usually more delicate than bags with synthetic fill, for example. They also lose almost all of their insulating ability when they are wet. Of course, you could just treat them gently. My own down bag is over ten years old now, and has no tears and […]
Our Top Cheap Travel Destination: Anaconda, Montana
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Looking for cheap travel destinations is a habit we developed during leaner times. Necessary or not, it still means being able to do more for the money. We also continually discover that the cheaper places can be just as much fun. Anaconda, Montana is a great example of this.
When we first drove into Anaconda in […]
The History of Binoculars
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Japanese Binocular Soccer
Binoculars were, not surprisingly, developed from the telescope. There are written references to telescopic optical instruments in documents originating before Galileo but the exact origin of the telescope is not really known.
One thing that is known with certainty is that the first patent application took place in 1608. A Dutch eyeglass maker […]
