Recent content by dramey

I get all of my meds through VA. I don’t even bother with Medicare. Medicare wants $170/month and VA is free, so I dont have Medicare part b.

I wear my original US Army Boonie hat that I wore while I was in the arny.

My screen name is the initial of my first name and my last name.

I still use my Svea 123 stove with my Sigg Tourister cookset.

I still use a Svea stove with a Sigg Tourister cookset. It is from the 1960s.

I am also interested in a lighter canoe. I live on the Kenai Peninsula.

I take MREs that I buy from the Commissary on base. All I need to do is heat water.

That is why I specified summer. With the sun setting around midnight and rising around 3 am, it just doesn't get dark enough to need light in the summer.

Globalstar has terrible service in Alaska.

I currently take a Spot, Garmin Montana and my cell phone. Later this month, I will be adding a Satellite Phone. I take these with me when I am in the canoe, on the ATV or snowmachine. I go mostly by myself and into some really remote areas here in Alaska.

I don't take a light with me. They are not needed in Alaska in the summer.

I use prescription Ray Ban sunglasses. They last longer for me than the cheap brands.

I carry a .45 pistol all the time and when I am away from the van out of town, I carry a .45-70 rifle. I carry a gun when I am snowmachining, canoeing, hiking, fishing, hunting or on an ATV ride. I have only had a few comments. One man asked me what I was afraid of and my answer was "Not a...

I take one of each.

I take most of the same gear for a day trip as well as a multi day trip. I leave out the tent, sleeping bag, etc. I also take less food for a day trip. I am 70 years old and mostly canoe alone here in Alaska so I need to be self sufficient since there won't be any help coming for me.