Mutilated1
Beer Drenched Executioner
I've been hiking/backpacking almost every weekend since the end of deer season. Usually take my son (12) and daughter (9) with me. Today, only took my daughter, we went a shorter trip than we usually do, but we got a late start and the hiking was in a no-trace wilderness area that my daughter thought looked "a little spooky" so we decided to come on back after only about 2 miles, 4 miles in and out.
It was a lucky day though. I've been wanting to buy some kind of water filter or water treatment device so we wouldn't have to pack water in with us, and when we got to the first water crossing I found this: MSR Mountain Safety Research : Water Treatment : MIOX® Purifier Apparently it was brand new, found it in its travel bag complete with a spare set of batteries. I figured we would run into someone on the trail and find who it belonged to, but it appears we were the only ones out there today so "finder's keepers".
Didn't really know what it was at first, just assumed that it was some kind of water treatment device. As it turns out, its the most expensive one that they sell at Bass Pro Shops and we got it for free. Pretty cool huh ?
Had a very nice hike even without finding some treasure, and we're working our way up to hopefully do a few over nighters and maybe even one big 2-3 day 20 mile trip before it gets too hot. Summertime you just can't do big hiking trips because it gets up into the 100s in the shade.
Next weekend, weather permitting we're going to try a 6 mile overnight.
Here's a picture of where the trail splits, up the creek to the left side of the water is the Chinnabee silent trail. Thats where we've hiked the last few weeks. To the right is the Skyway Loop trail, thats where we're planning on hiking overnight next weekend.
It was a lucky day though. I've been wanting to buy some kind of water filter or water treatment device so we wouldn't have to pack water in with us, and when we got to the first water crossing I found this: MSR Mountain Safety Research : Water Treatment : MIOX® Purifier Apparently it was brand new, found it in its travel bag complete with a spare set of batteries. I figured we would run into someone on the trail and find who it belonged to, but it appears we were the only ones out there today so "finder's keepers".
Didn't really know what it was at first, just assumed that it was some kind of water treatment device. As it turns out, its the most expensive one that they sell at Bass Pro Shops and we got it for free. Pretty cool huh ?
Had a very nice hike even without finding some treasure, and we're working our way up to hopefully do a few over nighters and maybe even one big 2-3 day 20 mile trip before it gets too hot. Summertime you just can't do big hiking trips because it gets up into the 100s in the shade.
Next weekend, weather permitting we're going to try a 6 mile overnight.
Here's a picture of where the trail splits, up the creek to the left side of the water is the Chinnabee silent trail. Thats where we've hiked the last few weeks. To the right is the Skyway Loop trail, thats where we're planning on hiking overnight next weekend.