After a 10 miles hike the first day, through hills and wetland we arrived at a good spot to make camp. We had a good water supply and a good wind buffer. The fire kept shooting huge sparks all over burning holes in my bedroll, clothing, and skin. Somehow even the smallest fire would shoot burning chunks of wood all over.
That night it dropped down to 25 degrees and I was overly warm with a wool sweater, 2 wool blankets, and an oil cloth. If I used my wool cloak instead of my canvas one I could have only used one wool cloak.
Though my bedroll looks big in the following pictures, it only weighs 20 lbs including food.
TIPS Learned:
Tea: If you forget tea boiling white pine needles is a good and healthy tea that is packed full of vitamin c.
Cloaks: Always wear wool. I used my heavyweight canvas cloak to protect me from the wind, however wool would have kept me warmer and would have been a better blanker at night.
- My buddy hiking
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- Lone tree, just thought it looked cool
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- Me hiking
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