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We have entertained “Stuff you take and don’t use” and “Stuff you didn’t take 15 years ago”, which begs the troika question “Stuff did you once took but now do not.
Not blue poly tarp replaced by sil-nylon or Grumman replaced by kevlar solo, but stuff that doesn’t come at all.
The most obvious one on my packing list is lanterns. Coleman lantern, candle lantern, battery lantern. I have always hated over-illumination killing my night vision, even the mellow yellow of a candle lantern. Hell, I don’t even like flashlights, and know that there is a special circle of hell reserved for people wearing headlamps who stare into your night eyes.
OK, I bring a LuciLight, but it stays affixed in the tent and off until bedtime. I like the dark.
One of the reasons I have largely given up on State Park camping is neighboring illumination. A Coleman two-burner lantern set on high is the last thing I want to unavoidably glaring see next door.
Well, maybe not the last thing. Strings of Christmas or party lights festooned around an electric site next door do me no favors. Especially when they are left on all night. Afraid of the dark much?
My least favorite was a family of drag racing aficionados. They had Colemans. They had strings party lights. They had an NHRA starting tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ..._(drag_racing)
They needed an electric site because they had also brought battery op “race” cars for their kids. Plural.
Oops, rant over. The Dutch oven has not been on a trip for a long time either; a pair of pie irons provide far more competitive cookery fun.
Not blue poly tarp replaced by sil-nylon or Grumman replaced by kevlar solo, but stuff that doesn’t come at all.
The most obvious one on my packing list is lanterns. Coleman lantern, candle lantern, battery lantern. I have always hated over-illumination killing my night vision, even the mellow yellow of a candle lantern. Hell, I don’t even like flashlights, and know that there is a special circle of hell reserved for people wearing headlamps who stare into your night eyes.
OK, I bring a LuciLight, but it stays affixed in the tent and off until bedtime. I like the dark.
One of the reasons I have largely given up on State Park camping is neighboring illumination. A Coleman two-burner lantern set on high is the last thing I want to unavoidably glaring see next door.
Well, maybe not the last thing. Strings of Christmas or party lights festooned around an electric site next door do me no favors. Especially when they are left on all night. Afraid of the dark much?
My least favorite was a family of drag racing aficionados. They had Colemans. They had strings party lights. They had an NHRA starting tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ..._(drag_racing)
They needed an electric site because they had also brought battery op “race” cars for their kids. Plural.
Oops, rant over. The Dutch oven has not been on a trip for a long time either; a pair of pie irons provide far more competitive cookery fun.