Recent content by Stickbow

I usually use Anduoille sausage if at all possible in my low country boil. If just crab or shrimp (or if broiling fish), it's the crab boil seasoning.

Since I last posted on this thread, I started making my own sort of Adobo seasoning. God knows what it actually has in it on any given trip other than salt, pepper, garlic powder, and some kind of chili. The latest batch has some turmeric in it for some odd reason (color, more than anything)...

We live in SW GA too (further north than you do), and have a house on Bald Point. I've done a ton of day tripping in the Apalachicola NF/Tate's Hell and the various WMAs further east, in the big bend. My wife isn't big into overnighting when we have a beach house to go back to, so I mostly...

I'm curious why you didn't use the original leg set up on the Bayou Campfire Griddle ('discada') - maybe just slip the EMT on the original legs? Did you not like the footprint, was it too tippy, or ??

Didn't try with FF - pretty much exclusively use Chrome (on android and on Windoze), but I've never had those issues, and have been using Gaia since August. I plan mine on the desktop using the web site, download with my phone.

Maybe I'm not pushing it to its limits, maybe it works better with east coast maps/cell coverage, or maybe it's different with free vs. subscriber, but I haven't had any problems I can think of - what did you experience?

One more thing - get a good refillable lighter for your kit (used to say Zippo, but there are other options now - I have a "waterproof/windproof" butane cigar lighter). Waterproof it with ranger bands if you don't get a waterproof (ish) one. The main reason to put the band on a zippo is the...

Interested in what you end up with - my 8 year old Android tablet has so little RAM I've been trying to use my phone for nav - that isn't working with my 56 year old eyes, unless I'm not the one driving :)

Great kits. My advice: practice with them. Once a month, in cold, rainy, whatever conditions. As a primitive skills instructor, I have seen a lot of people who have great equipment but have not practiced enough to not give up or freak out when the first spark didn't immediately burst into...

I was actually reading your post because of the titl6, about to reply with the next line of the song, but your opening was much better. Welcome to OB!!!

Glad you posted the pic of the Digital camo version. My wife has an Amazon gift card to use up, and asked me what color I wanted. I was leaning towards that. Think I will go tan.

I used to hate using a french press - I could never get it right, so it either came out too weak or too strong. A friend (who works for a fair trade importer) said it was how I was doing it - dumping in what I thought was a normal amount, pouring the water over, waiting a while. He said google...

The book that got me into better than Mountain House freeze dried in the early 80s was The Hungry Hiker's book of good cooking by Gretchen McHugh. Just bought copies for my grown sons for Christmas.

Do you mean a grill? I bring a grate to use over a fire, or if there is a ban on open fires, a little portable thing and some lump charcoal. If I were to bring a BBQ, that would mean having a whole hog, tater salad, cole slaw, beans, and lots of sauce.

I'd order one now (since it's free shipping) rather than look for it if I was going to be home when it got here. Hopefully I'll be lost somewhere in Tate's Hell state forest by Dec 27..... Edited to add -- and I wish I'd had those little butane cannister feet 20 years ago...or even now.