I love camping, and I also believe in comfortable, lightweight camping. One does not have to go heavy to have a comfortable camp.
On our recent trip the 3 of us brought 2 large rafts, firewood, and enough good food for a week away. The total weight was 1050 pounds - including us 3 beefy guys. It helps that our wood stove and teepee weigh around 5-6 pounds total.
I'm not one to eat freeze dried food either. I find that rice and pasta meals weigh about the same as freeze dried meals, but are far cheeper and taste oh so much better. You just need the wood stove to cook them long and slow. We also brought garlic, beets and carrots from my garden and roasted them on the wood stove. We eat well when we are camping away from home!
One day it blew and rained hard all day. We slept around the roaring wood stove and had roasted vegetables for lunch. Later we cooked up quesadillas with baby bell cheese and wild collected nettles. Slow day reading and sleeping by the fire while it raged outside. This is what I call 'teepee time' and it is always a favorite part of any hunt.
Patrick
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