I grew up in bear country and think of bears as my spirit animal of sorts... how many people do you know who have "held hands" and been "kissed" by a grizzly bear?* First off, I highly recommend bear spray when hiking in bear country. "The other option" is not an option to me. First off, carrying in a National Park isn't…
Welcome. You have come to the right place. Everyone here has been very helpful and kind to me as I have learned the ins and outs of T@b life. You can search this forum for a lot of answers and people are pretty patient to answer questions. Re: the Alde - try this thread and read wizard1880's post. It does a good job…
A few months ago, our cousins said “Why don't you come down to NC this autumn & we’ll go camping for 4 or 5 days in the mountains at Julian Price on the Blue Ridge where we camped as kids.” “Sounds great!” we replied, that is, until we found out there were no hookups and realized we would never make it beyond a day or two…