Re: [Paddlewise] Where do you buy MREs???

From: <dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:49:16 -0400
Good list.  Thanks for the info.

BUT, 8-)  I like the tuna noodles.  It is one of my favorites!  8-)

The oatmeal bars I buy to eat as my energy food when paddling.  My wifey
even likes the oatmeal bars.  Much better than a candy bar.  The oatmeal
bars take the heat and the foil package makes it water proof.  A Hershey
bar with almonds may be YumYum but it is a bit sticky to eat after after a
couple of hours in hot weather.  One caveat about the oatmeal bars.  They
don't float.  I watched one flutter to the bottom of a lake one day.  Felt
really quilty about the pollution aspect.  That is until I paddled another
mile or so and started seeing the basketball sized, hmmm, hmmm, "stuff",
that was floating in the water from the sewage spill the week before.  The
spill had been contained and cleaned up according to the several news
reports.  My a...s it was.  Foam all over the water and the "stuff".  Went
into low and slow paddling mode when I hit the "stuff". I was on a 20 mile
paddle, 10 miles up the lake and 10 miles back.  At least 5 miles of the
west shore was "foamed" because of the spill.  Sick thing was that people
were swimming in the water on the east side.  My hat got wet.  A'int wore
that hat in a year.  8-)  Left it in the sun all summer long of the UV to
sanitize.  Still cant wear that hat.....

Later....
Dan McCarty



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