A simple and inexpensive modification. Well worth the little bit of time it took. In this post I’ll share the steps and another modification to both of my MSR Titan Kettles.
Cross Bands For Your Backpacking Pots
The cross bands (also know as X bands) apparently have been around for some time. But what do I know? I don’t keep up with trends. On a recent trip I ran into a guy that had one of these cross bands securing the lid to his cooking pot. What a clever idea!
Ah, so why would I be so impressed?
Katadyn BeFree Water Filter: 6 Year Review
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you might remember when I bought a Katadyn BeFree water filter back in August 2018? Well, I bought it with a gift card I had lying around, not because I was in dire need of one, but because I had everything I could possibly want. I wrote about it in this post.
I’ve been using the Katadyn BeFree water filter for a while now, and I’ve finally reached the point where I can share my thoughts on it. Let’s start with the good stuff, and then we’ll move on to the not-so-great, and then the bad.
Adventure before Dementia
Senior Moments
Well, maybe not senior moments. We try to avoid senior moments. Seems many seniors are just waiting to die, we’re out living.
We just returned from a couple of weeks of camping in the desert. It was a totally relaxing. I didn’t take any pics, so you’ll just have to use your imagination and picture the amazing scenery and wildlife we saw, like a whole herd of majestic big horn sheep.
But here’s something that caught my eye: I saw this really interesting spare wheel cover on a travel trailer that said ‘Adventure Before Dementia.’ The phrase sounds pretty catchy, and it also made me think about our own lives. It’s all about perspective, you know? What it means to you can totally change depending on how you look at things.
In Defense of Freedom (Units) part 2
What’s Up With That?
Yesterday I wrote about Freedom Units — what it is (joke about the American measurement system) — and how to defend its use. The conclusion being, it really can’t be defended other than tradition and familiarity.
If I can’t really defend it, I thought perhaps AI, or specifically ChatGPT, could make a case. So I asked the bot to write an article in defense of Freedom Units.