Leprechaun Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Dutch Oven.... The adults(and beegging leadership) love hot apple crisp on a cold night. Never leave home without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbroganjr Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 i'm surprised no one has mentioned their valet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR540Beaver Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 The valet is a given, I mean who else is going to carry the big screen TV and satelite dish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraT7 Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 you mean you rough it without a DVD player? seriously - I always have a spare set of clothes and shoes left in the car or bus or trailer - just in case. We once did a family camping week where it rained - HARD - for 6 straight days. We were up near Watersmeet, on a canoeing trip. no shelter except tents - and they were the old fashioned canvas kind. everything was wet - my tennis shoes were singed on the inside & had "US FOREST SERVICE" melted into the bottom of them from standing on the rim of the firebowls trying to warm up my wet feet. After 5 days of downpour, we gave up, paddled out, and checked into a motel. Also - i really, really like a sheet liner in my sleeping bag. it feels cooler than the hot flannel lining on a hot night,and not as sticky as nylon, it can be a light cover to keep off mosquitoes, i can drape it over my head to keep the bugs off, wad it up for an extra pillow, it keeps my sleeping bag cleaner, use it to be a ghost in a skit, or a 'curtain', loan it to a boy whose sleeping bag got wet, in winter it keeps the drafts out and absorbs moisture, i can drape it over my face for warmth without moisture accumulating and it dries faster the next day than the sleeping bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SagerScout Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 1. Cornstarch. Hot and humid climate here. 2. I read on these boards a suggestion for a fleece sleeping bag and have traded the threepound "three season" bag- four down here - for a teeny, cuddly Coleman fleece bag. Fantastically comfortable from too-warm-to-sleep till early-am brrrr, will add it to the regular one as a liner in the cold. Bonus is that it, with my camping pillow, will actually fit IN my backpack with a couple of days worth of clothes. Easier to wash too. Wonderful, wonderful. Thanks a million to whomever said it. I'm hoping they go on sale soon so I can hook up the rest of the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt01 Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 a sence of humor and adventure. BT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrow Posted July 9, 2003 Author Share Posted July 9, 2003 Tylenol PM, smaller to pack than an air mattress and works like a charm. Otherwise the next day I have a hitch in my gitalong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozemu Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 A hitch in your gitalong! I have a crick in my gettyup. Cant stand taking pain killers though. Use a walking stick instead. Actually a walking didgereedo! Keeps me entertained during rest stops. Note - me entertained. I think everyone else cringes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Care to translate "a walking didgereedo" into American, Eh mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Old Guy Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Lightweight tarp and firestarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 GTSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagledad Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 My daughters pillow. We worked out a deal a few years ago where I would take something of hers so she could feel included on troop on campouts. It started as a Snow White pillow. Now its just little flowers. I love this scouting stuff. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozemu Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Sorry OGE. I used ski poles for a couple of years but bent them both badly. Before that I used a Scout Staff made from gum tree. Now I use a bamboo didgereedo which doubles as a musical instrument when Im not walking. It is about 6 foot long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. All of the segments have been bashed through with a peice of steel reo. Actually I need a new one as a PL dropped it on a rock and it split. Gaffer tape has not stopped the split going further. Only problem with the didge as a walking stick is that the end fills with mud sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Thanks for clearing that up for me Oz, now I understand ....Steel reo.... Gaffer tape........ didg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsned Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Let me help translate for my Australian brother A didgeridoo is a long wooden trumpet-like instrument used by the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. Gaffer tape = Duct Tape Steel reo = Steel Rebar I speak a little "stralian" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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