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I started my daughter car camping when she was about 2 yrs. State Parks were very disappointing. When she was able to endure the treks, it was such a relief to backpack with her. She's now 25, and yesterday sent me a text msg. with attached photo of the BP tent which she'd spent the weekend...

Have enjoyed birding for some time now (don't get competitive or nutsy about a life-list). At 62, I've been sleeping outdoors for a few years. Don't think it's an Olde Pharte musing about the good old days, but I perceive a significant decline in the volume of Dawn Chorus. Have read that the...

I always carry a backpack, mesh hammock. Great for soothing a strained carcass.

Yup...bow-fishing in the brackish water for mullet is done. Most hereabouts are taken by cast-net. Always see fried and broiled mullet at local 'festivals' and at some roadside cafes, and local seafood stores. We just returned after almost 3 weeks in Jacksonville, FL. at the Mayo Clinic...

Sorry for the lag time in response. had to go to Mayo Clinic with my wife, who's having some post-transplant complications. I've usually been to Woolrich after spending time in the vicinity of White Deer Creek, a tributary of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. It is in the Central...

Hear y'all 5 by 5 about the socks. I also take 1-2 large plastic garbage bags. Can improvise a pack cover or rain poncho. One will come in handy for stowing away any trash.

Do they still make backpacks that incorporate a detachable day-pack in their design? I had a friend who used one and it seemed very versatile.

Lived in NY's Southern Tier and in Carlisle, PA. The Commonwealth has some very spectacular opportunities. Always worth heading out across the border to the Endless Mountains. I did find the Southernmost section of the Appalachian Trail to have fewer springs than I wanted. But those...

I take a liter or so, available for the walk. Anymore, always carry some kind of filter, usually the Coleman model. Have two ancient canvass water bags that still work..."cools by evaporation". Fill them and replenish as needed at camp. No longer confident to just dip a cup in some stream...

I've spent lotsa time outdoors by myself. Used to travel a bit for work and hiked, packed, and car camped by myself in some great places. In mountains, or very remote back-country, I recognize that it's safer to backpack with companions if possible. It's too embarrassing to need a search...

I live with a canal along the back of our property (Florida). Turtle paradise. It's those Alligator Snapping Turtles I don't want to encounter. They're scarier to me than a gator.

Refrigerator, thank you for that link to katadyn.

Have enjoyed ramps when in Upstate NY. Spring trout and ramps...yup, good stuff. Very fortunate if fiddleheads are out also.

Good suggestions posted here. I also like those instant oatmeal packages. Just a little boiled water and there's a quick breakfast. Also like to forage...put in whatever berries are available per season (carry dried fruit in case of hunter/gatherer fail).

I carry a filter when packing. On day hikes i've used a straw-like filter that was issued to some NATO troops (getting hard to find). There are water bottles with fitted filters these-a-days. Gonna try one.

Yeah, dinosaur...sort of like the attitude about mullet. Many people consider them a trash fish, but here along the Redneck Riviera, they're sort of a comfort food. Fed many a family during the Great Depression, and now doing the same during our Great Recession. But lots of us ate 'em all...

You're in some good country. There wa a lean-to at the base of Slide Mt. I enjoyed using it as a jumping-off point to the surrounding peaks. Enjoyed the views from overlooks on Table. Take crampons or some ice-creepers on the 35s and 46s in Winter. Unless there's a good snowpack, they get...

I go by 'hikinmike'. Am 62 and since early teens have preferred the woods, swamps, above tree-line meadows and beaches, to downtown. Once upon a time all our gear was military surplus. So glad for the modern, lighter, sturdier, high tech stuff. Have lived in NYS, PA, South Carolina, and...

I've been converted to the low-impact school of backpacking and use small stoves for cooking. Any time I've been out with newbies or kids, a fire seems to be part of their expectation. In black fly or serious skeeter country, a smokey fire can be enjoyed with no spiritual qualms. Always try...

Came across this suggestion years ago: Rub dry seasonings of your choice over a cleaned and scaled carp. Surround in clay approx. 1 inch thick. Smother with campfire coals and bake for 3/4 to 1 hour, depending on size of fish (replenish coals as needed). Remove carp from fire, allow to cool...