A few vinegared veggies thrown in on the side.
Yak meat is hot damn.
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It was $19 for the hammock, and then I went to a fabric store and the elastic mesh was on sale for about 30c per square meter, so I sewed a mosquito net out of it a couple days ago. So heeeeck yea!
Ha, I'm not keen about camping myself in predator country, but I can tell you there are pretty large communities of hammock campers in all sorts of predator spots, the Amazon, the PNW, Alaska. They can have 'em.
That's cool, I haven't made it back to Western Europe in a decade myself. Man, I could get back to Ireland, what a pretty country. What'd you think of Scotland? I met some Scots while I was backpacking across Ireland and it looked similarly beautiful, and I'm very comfortable with cold & grey, haha.
47 of the 48! wow, I've probably been to about half, how the heck have you not visited whatever number 48 is yet?
Ha! It's New Hampshire, and honestly? I've been all around it, so there's really no excuse at this point. Yet, fact remains.
I guess, life got in the way? Either that, or it's no discernibly different from Vermont to anyone not from either state, but don't tell them that. Trust me. ๐
Sewing? Pretty badass, NGL. I used to crossstitch when I was a kid/teen, and often repair or modify clothing for myself, but I hadn't thought to simply whipstitch some netting. ๐คฆ๐ผ How long you been out there? Ramblin', that is.
Oh, and Scotland is, well itsfookin' luvlae, eh?
The US can always use more Vermont, what a beautiful state.
Mosquito nets, stuff sacks, patches, pockets, adjustments, travel-pillow turned storage, sewing rapidly became way too useful a skill for me to ignore. An old lady in Taiwan even taught me how to crochet int her restaurant, and I made some toasty socks I used for years.
About 14 years now traveling. A few months at a time in each country usually, although this Asia trip has been somewhat hurried due to friend-wedding obligations this year in different countries.
That sounds like a lovely arc, neighbor, truly. ๐คฉ I may get back to traveling long-term after I'm pup-less again, but that shouldn't be for at least another decade here. (Ain't no way I'm putting him on a US flight, with their history of killing pets, w/o recourse or justice at all. ๐)
Still, an inspiring and hopeful notion all the same!
thanks, I'm digging it. i do know a lot of people who travel with their pets without a hitch but totally get not wanting to play roulette.
def lemme know if you ever have any travel questions, it's what the com is for.
Most certainly will do! ๐๐ผ