The dehydrated eggs showed up today. Of thirty 6 oz. packages, one was damaged in transit and will be used for experimental purposes. (i.e. seeing how it works when used in baked goods, etc, etc.) I put them into bundles of 6, put each bundle in its own handy ziploc baggie, put them all into a sealed mylar bag and then dropped the whole mess into a new 6-gallon bucket with Gamma Seal lid. Should be juuuuuuuuuuuuuust fine.
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I continue to be pleased with the AK’s reliability. 320 rounds through it with no cleaning and no malfunctions whatsoever except for round #1, which I attribute to a rough bit of machining on the internals which has by now been worn smooth. Accuracy testing is in the future, but it reliably hits the steel plates at 50 and 100 yards.
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Gas prices have levelled off a bit here, our local CostCo has gas for $1.86 which seems cheap now but three months ago would have been considered spendy. Thus, a forty mile trip to buy ammo winds up costing a little less. I do , however, need to keep a bit of gasoline on hand ‘just in case’. A couple 5-gallon cans of stabilized gas would be nice. If/when the power goes out for whatever reason the local stations probably wont have generators to power the pumps so, even though theres a thousand gallons of gas right there under the concrete, it aint goin’ anywhere.
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Trip to Glacier last weekend was a nice opportunity to try out some gear. Camelbaks are easily worth whatever you pay for them. Esp. the wide mouth versions that allow you to dop regular-shaped ice cubes into them. (I have a much older CB that I just upgraded with a better bite valve and an on/off flow switch..a necessity to keep water from shooting out the mouthpice if your pack gets compressed by some weight [i.e. taking a fall]).
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Had a Zero Moment in Glacier…we were hiking along Avalanche Creek and a mother and her young (10-14 y.o.) son were leaning up against a rock catching their breath. I overheard her say “..first aid kit in the car”. I asked if I could be of service. her sone had stumbled through some blown down trees and brush and had cut his knee. Not badly..a thin cut that bled some, about 2″ long. Trouble was, they had no first aid kit. Zero to the rescue. Gave the kid a bactine wipe to clean it out with, slapped a 2×2 on it and a couple strips of tape. Gave him another foil packet of Bactine wipes and a few band aids and told him to be careful and to next time carry some type of first aid gear with him.
Of course, if the bombs were falling and there were radioactive cannibal zombies on our tail he would have been on his own.
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The Tactical Tailor pack worked fine…carried plenty of gear and was fairly comfortable. Im tellin’ ya, folks….spend a lousy $110 and get a pack that you’ll never want to part with.
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Experimental cooking with dehydrated eggs over the next few days. Should be interesting.
Most, if not all, of the gas stations around here have generators, as do the grocery stores. I’d check around, if I were you, just so you know which to go to and which to avoid if it comes to that.
Ice cubes
Why not try these ice cube trays? We saw them at Bed Bath and Beyond last weekend.
NEED ZOMBIES?
got plenty of them about my territory, the worst ones are in public office! and still amazed at what people will not carry on camping trips ibcluding first aid kits, to can openors, flashlights, or even maps! be always prepared for the worst so you can laugh at your fellow idiots whom would never until its too damn late. Wildflower
Gas Stations and Generators
During the Northeast’s “Blackout of 2003”, only one of the ten gas stations in the town I was working in was equipped with a generator. They had a line that was easily a half-mile long, and emptied their storage tanks in short order. Batteries, bottled water, and ice also sold out in short order.
Don’t assume that the local gas station will have a generator, and that they will have gas for very long if they do.