Wool blanket size

[Guest]

For those of you who are into Wool Blankets, Coleman Surplus has a sale going on

I had forgotten about Sweepers Colemans Surplus heads up when I stumbled across those Polish Military wool blankets.


What the heck, the wife loves thick heavy blankets. A lot of colors were sold out, I settled on burgundy.

P5290833 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr

She was quite pleased

Some really cool stuff there. Thanks Sweeper.

Indeed.

Colemans price on Mil-spec Pelican boxes is hard to beat. I have one of these and it passed my leak test:

https://colemans.com/shop/containers/u-s-g-i-small-utility-box/

Colemans larger Mil-spec Pelican boxes appear just as watertight, and again cost way less than a retail Pelican box:

https://colemans.com/shop/containers/impact-resistant-personal-storage-box/

These Mil-spec stakes are also awesome for a tarp on a windy day (not portage friendly):

https://colemans.com/shop/camping-gear/tents-accessories/u-s-g-i-12-aluminum-tent-stakes-12-pack/

 

[Odyssey]

Gotta love the tartan. Or is it plaid?

"Today tartan is generally used to describe the pattern, not limited to textiles. ... The word plaid, derived from the Scottish Gaelic plaide, meaning "blanket", was first used of any rectangular garment, sometimes made up of tartan, particularly that which preceded the modern kilt (see: belted plaid)." - Wikipedia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...aid-180957342/

I looked up my family name on the registry and didn't find a family/clan tartan. Our family history apparently dates back to having allegiance to a certain clan, and so fought and lived under another clan's tartan, though we did have our own coat of arms and motto. However nowadays it is possible to go ahead and register a brand new tartan of one's own. Individuals, primary schools, churches, corporations etc are all designing and registering unique tartans; there are thousands of them on file.
What would the CanoeTripping tartan look like? Let's see, blue representing water obviously, maybe dark green for the forests, khaki green for the packs? Red for the canoes? Tan for the cedar? White for the winter when trippers are planning and dreaming future trips?

Our woolie plaids are never far from camp or home. Where we sit, eat, sleep and dream. Here are two close at hand.

 

[Guest]

I looked up my family name on the registry and didn't find a family/clan tartan. Our family history apparently dates back to having allegiance to a certain clan, and so fought and lived under another clan's tartan, though we did have our own coat of arms and motto.

I looked up the McCrea (McCrae) clan history years ago. The color blind thing must be genetic; our tartan was the most basic of red & black.

One of the first sentences in our clan history was something like Once a great and powerful clan, due to vicissitudes they fell into yadda yadda yadda tales of decline and questionable choices. Maybe vicissitudes are genetic as well.

Vicissitudes:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vicissitude

I need a DIY cap-window sticker for the Tripping Truck

Acknowledge No Vicissitudes

 

[Andy Sz]

Colman's is a great resource for quality goods and inexpensive. I've been buying gear from them for years. Wool gloves, socks, Goretex bivy (that was a steal) and one of my favorite pieces of gear, And loads of other stuff. Plan on visiting their warehouse this summer,