The Brown truck arrived today and delivered my DT2 Bag just in time for my bonsai scouting trip. I quickly attached it to my Duplex Frame and being as anal as I am, had all my gear waiting to pack in it. I posted all my scouting gear in a previous thread and it all came in at 42 pounds except for the clothes on my back.
I packed everything in the pack that will be in there for the ride and it weighed 37 pounds. Five pounds of the 42 didn't make it as I will be wearing and using them, like my binoculars and trekking poles.
So trip goes like this: 5am wake up call for start of 10 hour work day at 6am. Get home grab my gear, load my rig, give my kid a hug and kiss and off for a six hour drive into Nevada. Hopefully get to the trailhead at about 11pm. Sleep until sunrise and head into the wilderness for a six mile pull up to a high mountain lake. Short break to eat and fill all my water and up to the ridge for my dry camp. I will stay in or around this area on the ridge until monday morning around 10am. Take off for the trailhead and should be there by 1 or 2. Drive back home and hopefully arrive by 7 or 8 at night. Throw my stuff in the garage, shower, sleep and back up at 5am to go to work.
This is a pretty normal routine for my scouting trips where I don't take any time off of work.
10 days later, I will do it again in a high county mule deer area here in California.
If all goes well I will post up some pictures of some velvet clad big boys next week......
I packed everything in the pack that will be in there for the ride and it weighed 37 pounds. Five pounds of the 42 didn't make it as I will be wearing and using them, like my binoculars and trekking poles.
So trip goes like this: 5am wake up call for start of 10 hour work day at 6am. Get home grab my gear, load my rig, give my kid a hug and kiss and off for a six hour drive into Nevada. Hopefully get to the trailhead at about 11pm. Sleep until sunrise and head into the wilderness for a six mile pull up to a high mountain lake. Short break to eat and fill all my water and up to the ridge for my dry camp. I will stay in or around this area on the ridge until monday morning around 10am. Take off for the trailhead and should be there by 1 or 2. Drive back home and hopefully arrive by 7 or 8 at night. Throw my stuff in the garage, shower, sleep and back up at 5am to go to work.
This is a pretty normal routine for my scouting trips where I don't take any time off of work.
10 days later, I will do it again in a high county mule deer area here in California.
If all goes well I will post up some pictures of some velvet clad big boys next week......