Wilderness Pleasures A Practical Guide to Camping Bliss

Name: Wilderness Pleasures A Practical Guide to Camping Bliss
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ISBN: 9781550464979

ISBN-10: 1550464973

ISBN-13: 9781550464979

Edition: 2009

Authors: Kevin Callan

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Publication date: 9/12/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Kevin Callan and Margaret Howard



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Art of Anticipation: Getting Ready for Your Trip


Doing the Research


Map and Flap Parties


Lightweight and Fancy Free


Routes Less Traveled


Camping in the Backyard


Spending More Time Out There


GOOD CAMPING COMPANIONS


Taking the Kids Camping


Dog Paddling


How to Make Love in a Canoe


The Zen of Solo Tripping


Women Only, Please


Cool Camp Gadgets and Fashion Statements


Homegrown Gadgets


Understanding My GPS Manual


Traditional Gear that Still Works


Good Fashion Sense


The Perfect Camp Hat


Green Gear


All The Thrills With None of The Spills: How We Get Around


Mr. Canoehead


Kayaking


Car-Camping


Mountain Biking


Walking in the Woods


Feeling at Home in The Wilderness


The Birth of the Therm-a-rest


Staying Warm and Cozy


Keep It Clean


Pooping Perfectly in the Woods


Sauna Sweat Is the Best Sweat


Skinny Dipping


Eating Well


Recipe Contest


Baking in the Bush


More S'mores


Bush Martinis and Other Wilderness Spirits


Perfect Bush Martini


There's a Blackfly in My Chardonnay


Hot Toddies


Single Malt Whisky


Irish Camp Coffee


Getting Close To Wildlife -- But Not Too Close!


Common Camp Critters


Who Pooped Behind My Tent?


Lynx: Encounter


Running with the Moose in Northern Ontario


Catching a Trout on a Fly


Watching The Weather


Keeping Warm and Dry


A Wise Sailor Once Said


Lightning Does Strike Twice


Watching the Night Sky


Moon Magic


Northern Lights


Somewhere Over the Rainbow


Exploration: The Joys of Living to Tell the Tale


Knowing Trips Worse Than Yours


River Paddling


Loving to Portage


Sharing Bear Stories


What We Really Fear Is


Intrinsic Values of Wilderness


That Special Place


Campfires


Living Primitively


Wilderness and the Art of Deception


Bibliography


Index