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Date:         Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:24:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What's in your library?
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <BANLkTi=vVpqwG00X3XRNK=ptTxo1D3vtcQ@mail.gmail.com>
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The tent camping books help me avoid giant-RV places.

And, I like knots, like to use rope to set up windblocks and hang things and secure things. Yep, I like knots.

On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 19:01 -0700, Robert Fisher wrote:

> The Bentley > My "phone" (which has maps, apps for knots, first aid, etc. and whatever > books I'm reading at the time). : ) > Why the tent camping and sailing books? > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > There have been plenty of "what's in your toolbox" threads here, but I'd > > like to know what books those of you who camp keep on hand. > > > > In Mellow Yellow, I have: > > > > * Bentley's (of course) > > * The Ashley Book Of Knots, > > * Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical > > Procedures and First Aid, > > * Birds of Oregon, > > * Various "Best of Tent Camping" guides, > > * Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World", > > * Half a cubic foot of USFS maps (don't count as books per se but they > > are part of the library), > > * and whatever books I'm reading at the time. > > > > -- > > Rocky J Squirrel > > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > > Bend, OR > > KG6RCR > > > > > > -- > Cya, > Robert > > '87 & '86 Auto GLs


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