Aotu Portable Backpacking/Hiking Stove and Shoud Butane Tank Stand – Review

For this blog post I am reviewing the Aotu Portable Camping/Backpacking Stove. A few years ago I reviewed the Famgee backpacking/hiking alcohol stove, which has worked quite well. But it does take around ten minutes to boil water and requires a bit of care when fueling it and using it.…

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Finger Lakes Vacation Trip

We’ve been throwing around a few ideas vacation-wise for quite a while.  I haven’t, personally, went on a ‘vacation’ since our honeymoon a few years ago, and neither has Jenny (though she’s taken some pretty nice biz trips).   We’ve taken weekends, sure.  And a day or two here and…

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