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Dehydrator 1, Debbie 3

Posted on June 16, 2013 by debbie

Fortunately, I do have success with the dehydrator to offset the chicken disaster. Success #1 – Dahl (or Daal) – Murray and I really like Dahl, something we learned to eat while in India. On rice or with naan (Murray) … Continue reading →

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Dehydrator 1, Debbie 0

Posted on June 14, 2013 by debbie

I have learned over the years that my body functions best on meat protein, fruits, veggies and a limited amount of starches. I notice that many recipes for backpacking draw proteins from lentils and beans combined with rice, noodles, milk … Continue reading →

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Backpacking Food, The Learning Curve

Posted on June 12, 2013 by debbie

Now that my hiking boot issue is mostly solved (just dealing with a slight sock issue), I move on to learning about eating while on a long backpack trip. All I can say is that it is complicated and there … Continue reading →

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Hiking Boots – More Problems

Posted on June 5, 2013 by debbie

Hiking boots seem to be my “bug bear” right now. My old boots disintegrated. I had to buy new boots. My new boots felt great for 2 weeks. When I increased my backpack weight to 18 lbs my new boots … Continue reading →

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Practice Hiking

Posted on May 23, 2013 by debbie

Our twice a week walks, preparing to backpack the West Coast Trail, take a new twist. We dig out our backpacks from the cupboard, dust them off, figure out whose pack is whose, try them on and begin to walk … Continue reading →

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Hiking Boots

Posted on May 21, 2013 by debbie

Murray and I both have 30 year old Hanwag hiking boots. Unfortunately they have been sitting in the camping gear cupboard for about 8 years unused. Here is what what they look like. Murray and I slowly increase our mileage … Continue reading →

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“You’re going to do WHAT???”

Posted on May 18, 2013 by debbie

Our friends, J&R,  invite Murray and me to backpack the West Coast Trail with them and their daughter and son-in-law. We debate this invitation alot since we haven’t been backpacking in, maybe, 10 years. We decide to go for it … Continue reading →

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