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Subject:Re: What's in your library?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:24:52 -0700

The tent camping books help me avoid giant-RV places.

And, I like knots, like to use rope to set up windblocks and hang things
and secure things. Yep, I like knots.

On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 19:01 -0700, Robert Fisher wrote:

> The Bentley
> My "phone" (which has maps, apps for knots, first aid, etc. and whatever
> books I'm reading at the time). : )
> Why the tent camping and sailing books?
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > There have been plenty of "what's in your toolbox" threads here, but I'd
> > like to know what books those of you who camp keep on hand.
> >
> > In Mellow Yellow, I have:
> >
> > * Bentley's (of course)
> > * The Ashley Book Of Knots,
> > * Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical
> >  Procedures and First Aid,
> > * Birds of Oregon,
> > * Various "Best of Tent Camping" guides,
> > * Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World",
> > * Half a cubic foot of USFS maps (don't count as books per se but they
> >  are part of the library),
> > * and whatever books I'm reading at the time.
> >
> > --
> > Rocky J Squirrel
> > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> > Bend, OR
> > KG6RCR
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cya,
> Robert
>
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