Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’

How to Choose a Log Bunk Bed (2007-12-10)

So you’ve got the perfect little log cabin, or chalet by the lake, or just want a country touch to your home. You want a log bunk bed, or two, but don’t know where to start. And they don’t carry them in your down town furniture store.
Not to worry, there are plenty of options [...]

Sleeping Bag Liners Instead Of Bags (2007-5-14)

Sleeping bag liners for camping? My friend Dion made fun of my “poor excuse for a sleeping bag,” but it kept me warm as the temperature dropped to the low forties, and it weighed only five ounces. We were camping on the banks of the Manistee River in Michigan.
So, how did it a sleeping [...]

A Five-Ounce Sleeping Bag (2007-2-1)

Okay, it wasn’t quite a sleeping bag. However, it was only five ounces, and it kept me warm as the temperature dropped to the low forties on the bank of the Manistee River in Michigan. The secret was the fifteen minutes we spent gathering dead, dry bracken ferns to build a two-foot thick mattress. We [...]

Ultralight Sleeping Bags (2006-12-9)

Why ultralight sleeping bags? Because ultralight backpacking is only made possible by cutting the weight of the “big three;” the backpack, shelter and sleeping bag. The days of five-pound summer bags are gone – at least for those of us who prefer to go light. One Pound Ultralight Sleeping Bags
There are several one-pound ultralight sleeping [...]