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Category: Travel Gear
Spending our REI Dividend
Rainy day, a good day to spend our 2015 dividend at REI Co-op.
Travel Gear: UK Electrical Adapter
Next month we’ll be taking our nephews and their parents to the UK. Today the mother of the nephews asked me about adapters for UK electrical outlets. I had anticipated the question and had stocked up on this necessary item. Ax-Man, a local surplus store had a supply of UK adapters at 75 cents apiece.…… Continue reading Travel Gear: UK Electrical Adapter
Travel Gear: UK Electrical Adapter
Posted Travel Gear: UK Electrical Adapter.
Stuffed Boots
Unpacked my boots.
Travel Gear: Hiking Pants
As I was stretching, clambering, grappling over rocks in Kirishima National Park, I replayed in my head the most recent encounter with a fellow hiker. The woman had made the usual greeting, then a look of dissonance flashed across her face. I’d seen that look before when I’ve thoughtlessly put a shoe on tatami, or…… Continue reading Travel Gear: Hiking Pants
Avoiding Arrest
Posted Travel Gear: Hiking Pants. My efforts not to get arrested.
Loading the GPS
Organized maps and waypoints, then loaded them into my GPS.
Travel Gear: Mesh Stuff Sack
On a train or plane, it’s good to have stuff immediately to hand. My solution is a mesh stuff sack that closes with a drawstring and toggle. It’s light and durable, it keeps things together, and I don’t leave random possessions behind when I disembark. My partner and I have been traveling with the same…… Continue reading Travel Gear: Mesh Stuff Sack
Mesh Stuffsack
Posted Travel Gear: Mesh Stuff Sack.