I won’t always have a kid I can fit into a backpack. Well, not unless I’m stealing babies from strangers when I’m 50. At some point there will be no kids in the backpack. What is going to happen then? HappyMommy posed this question on my “Pay me in blog prompts, lurkers” post: “As the…
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Stop Lurking, Lurkers
I’ve been told that today (Friday the 14th!!!!) is “Guilt-trip Your Lurkers Day”. I know you’re out there. Because although the usual cast of criminals comments pretty regularly here (and owing to which they are all invited over to my house the next time I make a ham), their numbers are dwarfed by that…
Backpacking Dad’s Cooking Tips: Marinade Early and Often
I was at the grocery store today. I discovered, to my surprise and delight, that the grocery store was having a 2-for-1 special on their “Extreme Value Packs” of pork chops, chicken legs/thighs, and beef roasts. So…..I came home with about twenty pork chops and twenty-something chicken legs. But, being easily bored with food I…