Recent content by Fred c dobbs

You're in a great place for canoeing, raising a family and any outdoor activity. I grew up in Pgh, lived in the southwest and returned to PA in 1987. Living in State College now. Spent a lot of time in the ANF, hunting, hiking fishing and canoeing. Check out the Clarion River and Tionesta Cr.

Yep, it comes along on camping and canoeing trips and lives in my Jeep most of the year.

Coleman two burner stove, Coleman lantern and Coleman Peak 1 backpacking stove (first generation) and a Optimus Primus stove. My go to tent is a REI back packing tent. All this stuff is over fifty years old. And I'm way past that! Oh yea, almost forgot the WWII mess kit and canteen my father...

Have one just like that! I always had that in my Jeep and with me on camping trips throughout the Four Corners area of New Mexico during the early 80's. Like Jay, from living in the desert I learned to always have water in the car. Love my canteen, it is a little beat up but I'm attached to it...

I have the same style canteen! Bought it forty years ago from Cabellas or maybe REI ? Don't remember. Carried in my Jeep and on camping trips all over the Four Corners of New Mexico and Utah and canoeing the Allegheny Rive in PA. I still use it and it has the same worn out blanket spot as yours. I