Re: How important is a good camp and regular meals to you?
as a kid growing up my summers revolved around fishing, light breakfast, fish sunrise to sunset, bike home, huge dinner, repeat...have carried that pattern into my adult life, sunlight hours are for fishing and hunting, not for cooking
obviously not for backpacking, but for truck camping I like real meat and real food, prep/precook/package individual meals at home so I can cook faster and clean up faster....couple drinks and dry snacks during the day is enough for me
older I get the more I value sleep, I sleep in the truck on most trips, gear is packed into large rubbermaids that are fairly weather proof, they get tossed on the ground or ontop of the canopy and I have my bed setup in minutes....biggest improvement I got this past year was a thick memory foam from surplus herbies to fit in my truck bed, made a vinyl cover for it and have a dirt and water resistant mattress for about $100....very comfortable, huge improvement in sleep quality, I get going a lot faster in the morning now....I can sleep comfortably in the truck down to about -10, after that the tent and stove get setup for long trips
Unfortunately, the rifles are getting lighter because we are getting heavier and more unfit as a society. This is the key to the mainstream acceptance of the short magnums. - Nathan Foster