What did you accomplish today?

[farmingfisherman]

MRE's are pretty good. When we first went to the desert there weren't any chow halls set up so we had MRE's for our meals. Some people were breaking into the boxes and taking the most palatable ones prior to the commander putting a stop to it. There was a motor generator in the hangar we used to heat the meals because someone decided we couldn't be trusted with the heaters in the kits. If you put a piece of the heater block into a water bottle and close the lid it sounds like a bomb going off when the pressure exceeds the bottle's strength, from what I have been told.

Been there done that. Wide mouth 1 litter soda bottles may of been discontinued because they worked so well for homemade bang devises when combined with a little dry ice.

 

[DCcan]

Nice photos. Guessing real camera and not just a cell phone? Seems you have a great eye.

Just a cell phone, hard to get a bad shot at some of these places.
My battery ran out in a few places, going to rip from my wife's camera later.

Camden is a bizarre place, it's all about sailing, yachting, money.
Russian oligarchs kids with dads super yacht, folks who can't fly to Europe this summer, and double the cars from NY this year everywhere.

I got 4 points done in 2 days, just a couple more to go besides the 8-10 already seen.
Got 2 big islands also, going to take ferries to some offshore islands next.

 

[lokie]

Just a cell phone, hard to get a bad shot at some of these places.
My battery ran out in a few places, going to rip from my wife's camera later.

Camden is a bizarre place, it's all about sailing, yachting, money.
Russian oligarchs kids with dads super yacht, folks who can't fly to Europe this summer, and double the cars from NY this year everywhere.

I got 4 points done in 2 days, just a couple more to go besides the 8-10 already seen.
Got 2 big islands also, going to take ferries to some offshore islands next.

I got 4 points done in 2 days

It may be I have missed something. What points? What is the prize for collecting them?

 

[DCcan]

Every peninsula has a point or several points full of rocks, and usually a lighthouse with a vista

Looked again, got at least 12 more major peninsula drives, 2 walk-on islands, 5-8 coastal ferry islands, 8 offshore islands on the shorter list....
Got 2 more to do for work in the next 2 weeks, so I'll get paid to drive there this time.

 

[DCcan]

It takes all day to drive a peninsula because you have to stop at all the little coves, watch birds, eat seafood at pit stops, buy delectable apple tarts, take a beach walk at a nature reserve, stop at a lighthouse, get a lobster roll , then finally get to the goddamn point...more people takes 2x longer.

 

[lokie]

Every peninsula has a point or several points full of rocks, and usually a lighthouse with a vista

Looked again, got at least 12 more major peninsula drives, 2 walk-on islands, 5-8 coastal ferry islands, 8 offshore islands on the shorter list....
Got 2 more to do for work in the next 2 weeks, so I'll get paid to drive there this time.

So the Points ARE the prize.

 

[lokie]

It takes all day to drive a peninsula because you have to stop at all the little coves, watch birds, eat seafood at pit stops, buy delectable apple tarts, take a beach walk at a nature reserve, stop at a lighthouse, get a lobster roll , then finally get to the goddamn point...more people takes 2x longer.

You make it sound like a chore.

I always enjoyed the back country and beach drives and all of the sights in between.

The +people is a bummer.

 

[DCcan]

To some, my wife has the photo bug, I'm a chauffeur with a cheap iPhone. Some times it's a chore to shuffle the relatives from away.

I just decided instead of keep going to the same places, like Acadia and White Mts, we would try to see more coastal areas in the summer and Northern Maine around Katahdin and Amish country to the east of that in the fall.

 

[DCcan]

I keep eating lobster rolls and smokin Js and falling asleep on grassy blueberry fields till the seagulls or the fog comes for me. That's always fun.

".... from away"

From away means everyone else on the planet. You can move away, moving to Maine doesn't change your status except legally.

 

[SSGrower]

Mine has a insert with a blower I put in back 18 years ago, with a 6" stainless steel liner up the chimney. It works a lot better than an open fireplace but they still are not very efficient. It is nice sitting in front of a fire, but propane is dirt cheap around here now. I could always put the wood burner back in when the world ends!! if things change. The wood is soooo dusty/dirty!!

We "had" a wood fireplace & it was horribly inefficent. Then we tore off all the siding on the house, sealed all openings, new tyvek, doors, windows & siding plus an additional 18" of blown in insulation in the attic. The damn fireplace wouldn't draft worth a hoot even with the internal draft wide open so we dry walled the thing up & called it good.

External draft, sealed combustion chamber. Thermostat controlled blower fan. I have one at our old place, we moved but now a tenant enjoys it. I need one or more for the new place. I think it was like 4K or something.

 

[DCcan]

What about wood pellet stoves?

 

[SSGrower]

Great backpacking food as well.

Last year I took some egg based meals hiking, I couldn't eat them I left 4 in a trail angel box, I should go back see if they are still there.

 

[SSGrower]

or carbs


Pemmican

Pemmican is a mixture of tallow, dried meat and dried berries used as a nutritious food. Historically, it was an important part of indigenous cuisine in certain parts of North America, and is still prepared today. The word comes from the Cree word pimîhkân, which itself is derived from the word pimî, "fat, grease". Wikipedia
Calories: 700-800 calories denverpost.com

Thanks c2g

 

[farmingfisherman]

Last year I took some egg based meals hiking, I couldn't eat them I left 4 in a trail angel box, I should go back see if they are still there.

We are headed up to a lake where the PCT goes threw. We normally take a few things with us to leave for the hikers, anything you'd be especially stoked to find in a AB?

 

[curious2garden]

Pemmican is a mixture of tallow, dried meat and dried berries used as a nutritious food. Historically, it was an important part of indigenous cuisine in certain parts of North America, and is still prepared today. The word comes from the Cree word pimîhkân, which itself is derived from the word pimî, "fat, grease". Wikipedia
Calories: 700-800 calories denverpost.com

Thanks c2g

If everyone ate more Pemmican there would be less type II diabetes and thank you for sharing the information.

 

[lokie]

We are headed up to a lake where the PCT goes threw. We normally take a few things with us to leave for the hikers, anything you'd be especially stoked to find in a AB?

Something like this.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Something like this.

Was planning on leaving a assortment of my homegrown from the winter.

 

[DCcan]

We are headed up to a lake where the PCT goes threw. We normally take a few things with us to leave for the hikers, anything you'd be especially stoked to find in a AB?

I couldn't find any AT trail thru hikers both times this year, had a whole handful of joints.

Last year I had 3 doz cookies for hikers at the final miles of the AT

 

[SSGrower]

We are headed up to a lake where the PCT goes threw. We normally take a few things with us to leave for the hikers, anything you'd be especially stoked to find in a AB?

Right now I am doing an elimination diet, and all the things I would be stoked to fin I can't have lol. Also, though PCT was closed? Jerky, M&M's, prerolls and a cold beer.

 

[SSGrower]

I couldn't find any AT trail thru hikers both times this year, had a whole handful of joints.

Last year I had 3 doz cookies for hikers at the final miles of the AT

It's closed too I think.