Christmas and I’m 4 yrs old…my brothers, 5 and 7 years older than me, get brand new flannel lined sleeping bags and I don’t get one! I cry my eyes out inconsolably. All I want is a sleeping bag like my brothers so I can sleep outside too. After awhile my mom gets a fantastic idea to solve this, and takes 2 old cotton blankets and folds them lengthwise and sews them together leaving the top couple of feet unsewed so I can get in and out. I am thrilled! My first sleeping bag! Summer comes and I am camping out in the backyard in my homemade sleeping bag under the stars with my big brothers, and they are telling me all about the constellations and how far the stars are from us…. and I discover some of life’s greatest pleasures! That was 55 years ago and I have been hiking and camping and backpacking ever since. Watch this site grow as I share the secrets that kept me happy in the backcountry: the right equipment, the places to go, the tools of the trade…with stories to entertain you as you learn!:)
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