A few years back I built a sailors ditty box from plans found in Hervey Garrett Smith’s The Marlinspike Sailor. I finished it with milk paint and even went to the trouble of copying the beckets (handles) from the book’s description. I haul this ditty box along on our car camping trips and to summer camp. It…continue reading

Somewhere along the way (eBay I think) I got a good solid old-school pack basket. It’s perfect for packing a pretty big pile of camping miscellany that comes in handy. Visible on top of the basket is a blue groundcloth. (1) is an old folding candle lantern (Lee Valley still stocks them), (2) pocket umbrella, (3) Outdoor Products…continue reading

(1) My lumbar pack is a Mountainsmith Day Recycled-Fabric Lumbar Pack (my review here). I use this bag all the time and it has become my “man bag” or “murse”. (2) I have a  large Kwiki Organizer  to keep things easy to access on the inside. (3) I keep a shemagh tactical scarf in the bottom of the…continue reading

[portfolio_slideshow nav=false thumbs=true size=large] Here’s two camping boxes that house some essentials I like to have on hand when we are out with the troop.  The smaller is a 8 gallon and the larger a 24 gallon Action Packer by Rubbermaid. The contents of each are laid out and labeled in the first picture above. Around…continue reading