bought my new mountiansmith day pack, 2 Nalgene bottles and a new survival blanket the one with the hood. purchased 4 Millennium bars Made some wateproof matches and some vasoline cotton balls. and the week isn't over yet.

Eugene:
Condolence on the passing of your Grandmaother, Thank God we still have memorys.

Been working out, added sunglasses & water filtration to the BOB ( Extreme bottle and pump filter) tossed out some expired meds in my FAK and distributed some knives to kits, rather than keeping in my 'collection box.'

Now off to add to the "winter survival kit' in the car.

Teacher

I'm getting ready for a bear hunting trip so I'm going through all my stuff and replacing what has worn out or expired. Wierd thing is that my map compass dried out. Picked up another one and some other things that I wanted to try out.

I found a good deal on 54 yard elastice bandage.
Purchased a princetonn tec blast to replace my mag lite solitare.-last week
Replaced a few batteries,checked a few kits, cleaned a few knives, thats about it.

Did it still point North?

Gear:
Updated more meds ( threw out the outdated ibuprofin), got a new flashlight, building my winter car kit (where is that sleeping bag?)

Personal
Found a knot card and practiced the bowline.
daily workouts

Planning
Researching local area maps ( including bus routes)
Learning about frs/grms radios

Went camping and played with some gear. I am in the process of cleaning and reorganizing.

Sorry to hear about your Grandmother. Mine passed away years ago. Anyway, I made the mistake of driving on the beltway in Washington D.C. After going 2 miles in 28 minutes, I determined to give it a wide berth next time.

Bought the Sawer in-line filter from Sportsman's Warehouse for $39.99 and the Platypus adapter from REI for $3.95.

It fits nicely in my CamelBak, Blowfish, PSK. The water flows by gravity. The filter has a very long shelf life and it is good for 500 gallons. It filters out all the bad bacteria. I wish Doug would review this filter. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />




Learned that a pine dowel and a cedar board work together to make a coal using fire by friction (fire bow) .