I was so excited to make a poncho liner underquilt after seeing TinaLouise's at the hammock hang out. She inspired me to sew, or as we like to say in our home thanks to Hammock Forums, "WE DON'T SEW, WE MAKE GEAR." Because;
1. I needed something to keep me warm while I was in the hammock.
2. It's an inexpensive project. (Poncho liner $19, shock cord $.60)
3. It was easy to sew.
I went to our local Army/Navy surplus store, fully prepared to settle for a camo colored poncho liner. I walked in, asked if I could return the $10 cheap tarp I bought a few weeks ago and then asked if they had any poncho liners. The saleswoman said not a problem returning tarp. (Cool! $10 to go to new ponchos!) She had me follow her to the camping section of the store and showed me camo colored ponchos, desert camo colored ponchos, and digital camo colored ponchos. Hmmmmm.... she must of seen my furrowed brow, b/c then she pulls out a stealthy black colored poncho and says "we also have them in black." SOLD! I pick up two black ponchos and follow her back up to the register. Secretly wondering if these black ponchos were specifically made for army snipers, some special forces unit, or navy seals on some covert stealthy mission. hahahaha!
I fly home after work so I can sew on some tabs on the end of the poncho. I cut up some ribbon like webbing into 2 inch sections, space 10 tabs out on the ends of the poncho, and pin them down. The sewing actually only took me about 20 minutes for each poncho. I ran two feet of shock cord thru the tabs, knot the end, and yell at Boo to get a hammock hung in the R&D (research and development) area (the backyard)!!. He had the hammock strung up in minutes and then runs the shock cord around the knot/whipping area. Then slowly gets in and the poncho liner underquilt stretches around the hammock. (YEAH! it did what it was suppose to do, not lets see if t keeps him warm.) I leave him hanging for a few minutes. Later, he comes inside and tells me that he was really warm. :)
*We actually tested the underquilt on our last backpack trip in the Wilson Creek Wilderness. The temperature had dropped down to 60 degrees and I was very warm. So warm I didn't even need my sleeping bag. I am looking forward to trying it out in higher elevation at lower temperatures. I've read conflicting advice about how cold you can actually take this poncho liner. I've read as low as 30 degrees, WITH a down sleeping bag. Hmmmm.... we shall see.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Blue Firefly's,Yellow Mts., Red trails...
So this weekends adventure is courtesy of Boo. He planned, mapped out, and researched our trip. I'm also dubbing this blog entry "the rainbow spaghetti trail." Seriously, if you only knew....
We drove up t
o the Wilson Creek area to hike along the Harper Creek trail to a remote campsite recommended by Ed Speer, in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive Blue Fireflies (also known as Ghost fireflies.) They only come out the first 2 weeks for June, but we hoped we would be able to catch a few slack laggers since it was the 3rd week of June. We took our time and arrived at the trail head around 2pm. We unloaded the dogs and our packs in some unbearable heat. Thank goodness, for the dogs' sake, we would be hiking mostly along a creek. The trail started immediately straight up. I think our elevation was at 1700 and we climbed up to 2000 in just a 1/2 mile. It was pretty steep in some places, but had some switchbacks to help out. Once we got to the top we could hear the water rushing. aahhhh, what a great sound. :)
o the Wilson Creek area to hike along the Harper Creek trail to a remote campsite recommended by Ed Speer, in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive Blue Fireflies (also known as Ghost fireflies.) They only come out the first 2 weeks for June, but we hoped we would be able to catch a few slack laggers since it was the 3rd week of June. We took our time and arrived at the trail head around 2pm. We unloaded the dogs and our packs in some unbearable heat. Thank goodness, for the dogs' sake, we would be hiking mostly along a creek. The trail started immediately straight up. I think our elevation was at 1700 and we climbed up to 2000 in just a 1/2 mile. It was pretty steep in some places, but had some switchbacks to help out. Once we got to the top we could hear the water rushing. aahhhh, what a great sound. :) The trail(s) we took to do 6.5 miles was straight out of a skittles packet. We started on the orange trail, which was nice and descended down along Harpers Creek. Then we hooked into the white trail (whi
ch was the Mountains to Sea Trail) which had some ups and downs along the creek with some stream crossings. Then we hopped on the blue trail that had several stream crossings all the way to the campsite. We pulled into camp just in time to set up the tarp before it started sprinkling on us. While Boo filtered some water, the dogs jumped into the creek to cool off, and I slipped into my camp shoes and set up my hammock. After a few minutes I joined them in the creek and, wow, did my feet love the cool water. I sat on a rock as Boo tossed a stick for Thing 1 to retrieve. We finally decide have dinner. I fed the dogs then pulled out the $5 footlong sub I lugged up mountain and Boo and I feasted on fresh veggies and soggy bread. :) But I think the best part was chasing it down with chocolate chip cookies and a liter of COLD mountain water. While Boo set up his hammock, I finished up camp chores. I hung the food bag and filtered water for all of our bottles. We then scouted around for some twigs and branches to make a nice fire, but that didn't work out so well. Everything was wet and water log
ged, so no fire for us. We decided to call it a night around 9:30pm and crawled under the mosquito nets and into our hammocks. I think Boo was the first to spot the Blue fireflies. I was half asleep when he startled me with, "Do you see that! what is that!" I jumped up and all I saw was this glowing blue light, that looked like an LED light, floating down a pitch black trail. I freaked out for a second thinking someone was coming into our camp, then I remembered it was the blue fireflies. They don't blink on and off like regular yellow fireflies, they stay illuminated for several seconds. After a few minutes we saw more and more of them coming out to light the path for the female blue fireflies, which don't fly, but crawl on the ground. What a cool sight, at times they were so close to us the dogs jumped up ready to attack. hahaha! I finally went to sleep b/c the next thing I remember it was 8am and a cool 60 degrees out. I slept with just the DIY poncho liner underquilt and no sleeping bag and had a very warm sleep. Glad the poncho liner worked. Made me ever more curious to see just how cold it could get down to.
ch was the Mountains to Sea Trail) which had some ups and downs along the creek with some stream crossings. Then we hopped on the blue trail that had several stream crossings all the way to the campsite. We pulled into camp just in time to set up the tarp before it started sprinkling on us. While Boo filtered some water, the dogs jumped into the creek to cool off, and I slipped into my camp shoes and set up my hammock. After a few minutes I joined them in the creek and, wow, did my feet love the cool water. I sat on a rock as Boo tossed a stick for Thing 1 to retrieve. We finally decide have dinner. I fed the dogs then pulled out the $5 footlong sub I lugged up mountain and Boo and I feasted on fresh veggies and soggy bread. :) But I think the best part was chasing it down with chocolate chip cookies and a liter of COLD mountain water. While Boo set up his hammock, I finished up camp chores. I hung the food bag and filtered water for all of our bottles. We then scouted around for some twigs and branches to make a nice fire, but that didn't work out so well. Everything was wet and water log
ged, so no fire for us. We decided to call it a night around 9:30pm and crawled under the mosquito nets and into our hammocks. I think Boo was the first to spot the Blue fireflies. I was half asleep when he startled me with, "Do you see that! what is that!" I jumped up and all I saw was this glowing blue light, that looked like an LED light, floating down a pitch black trail. I freaked out for a second thinking someone was coming into our camp, then I remembered it was the blue fireflies. They don't blink on and off like regular yellow fireflies, they stay illuminated for several seconds. After a few minutes we saw more and more of them coming out to light the path for the female blue fireflies, which don't fly, but crawl on the ground. What a cool sight, at times they were so close to us the dogs jumped up ready to attack. hahaha! I finally went to sleep b/c the next thing I remember it was 8am and a cool 60 degrees out. I slept with just the DIY poncho liner underquilt and no sleeping bag and had a very warm sleep. Glad the poncho liner worked. Made me ever more curious to see just how cold it could get down to.So the next morning we got up around 8am, packed up our campsite, gnawed on an apple for breakfast and headed out onto the trail again by 9am. We knew we would be ridge walking the rest of the way, so we let the dogs get their fill at all the stream crossings and th
ing one took total advantage of this. After hopping back on the blue trail, we veered off onto the yellow trail which started our immediate uphill climb for about a mile. Once on top, we met up with the red ridge trail which was nice and flat on top of the mountain, until it started descending back down to 1800 feet and to the base of Yellow Buck Mountain (which I later dubbed WTF mountain). We had to climb up to 2477 in one mile and there were no switchbacks in sight. This trail went straight UP the mountain. The sun was starting to beat down on us, the dogs were panting like crazy, Boo and I were pouring out sweat, we knew we had to stop to let the dogs have a water break so we agreed to stop at the top of WTF mountain. I swear it was the longest mile I have ever hiked. It never seemed to end. We hit so many false tops it wasn't funny. FINALLY we reach the top and take a much needed water/gorp break. The rest was all down hill. Brutal, straight down with no switchbacks. What an ankle workout. I think I slipped like twice and twisted my ankles at least 1/2 dozen times down the loose rocks. After a while, I spot a sign that says "Wildlife Bear Sanctuary." HA! We were in such remote wilderness I am surprised we didn't see a bear. We barely saw anyone else on the trail all day long. We finally get back to the orange trail and hike back down to our car. The dogs slept the entire way home and Boo and I basked in the AC of the car. All in all it was a great weekend to be in the woods. Til next time, GET OUTDOORS!!!
ing one took total advantage of this. After hopping back on the blue trail, we veered off onto the yellow trail which started our immediate uphill climb for about a mile. Once on top, we met up with the red ridge trail which was nice and flat on top of the mountain, until it started descending back down to 1800 feet and to the base of Yellow Buck Mountain (which I later dubbed WTF mountain). We had to climb up to 2477 in one mile and there were no switchbacks in sight. This trail went straight UP the mountain. The sun was starting to beat down on us, the dogs were panting like crazy, Boo and I were pouring out sweat, we knew we had to stop to let the dogs have a water break so we agreed to stop at the top of WTF mountain. I swear it was the longest mile I have ever hiked. It never seemed to end. We hit so many false tops it wasn't funny. FINALLY we reach the top and take a much needed water/gorp break. The rest was all down hill. Brutal, straight down with no switchbacks. What an ankle workout. I think I slipped like twice and twisted my ankles at least 1/2 dozen times down the loose rocks. After a while, I spot a sign that says "Wildlife Bear Sanctuary." HA! We were in such remote wilderness I am surprised we didn't see a bear. We barely saw anyone else on the trail all day long. We finally get back to the orange trail and hike back down to our car. The dogs slept the entire way home and Boo and I basked in the AC of the car. All in all it was a great weekend to be in the woods. Til next time, GET OUTDOORS!!!Sunday, June 14, 2009
HANG-out
This weekend we packed up our DIY hammocks and drove them to Hot Springs NC to test them out at the annual June Hammock Hang. I was a bit nervous b/c I hadn't "road" tested my hammock. (I know, I know... I should of hung in my backyard one night like Boo did. But you just don't know how comfortable my bed really is. I mean it's so comfortable I actually LOVE going to bed at night. Anyways....) I had horrid thoughts of my hammock straps breaking, or my hammock ripping down the middle, or worse...., me falling like a sack of potatoes on the ground! HA!.... not funny.
Well, we pull into Hot Springs mid morning and are greeted by none other than Ed Speer himself. The owner, author, and creator of Speer Hammocks. And guess what? He remembered us!!!! or at least he was kind enough to say he did. Haahaa! Seriously, this is one of the nicest people you could ever get the chance/privilege to meet. He helped us scout out a good sight for Boo and I to hang our hammocks. We were joined by T-Back, (who attempted to hike from Key West FL, hop on the AT in GA and continue walking to 
Maine! How crazy is that! Talk about a serious hiker. He ended up getting sick and had to get off the AT in NY.) and Shrek, (a hanger from one of our favorite cities in NC. Wilmington NC. He hiked the entire Neusiok trail and is looking to do 100 miles in the Shenandoah National Park.) They helped us set up our hammocks, and Ed Speer was gracious enough to let us borrow a Speer Tarp made out of sil-nylon. (For gear heads, this is a top of the line, light weight tarp. It was so awesome, that Boo and I ended up buying one. YAY! our first commercial piece of hammock gear.) The sight we choose was pretty interesting. Three tree's. Boo and I were tied to the same tree, then the other end tied to two separate trees. Kind of like a "Y" shape. Well, the one tree we shared was "a HUGE BITCH" (line stolen from Duece Bigalow. If you've seen the movie, you'll get it. I know... I got a strange sense of humor sometimes. :) ) I mean it was so big, my tree huggers didn't fit around it. T-back was gracious enough to let us borrow some webbing to help us get around this MOTOMBA tree. After we set up, imagine my shock and awe when Ed Speer climbed in to test my hammock out! Shock, b/c I was afraid the hammock would rip, or wouldn't be comfortable
, and awed that THE Ed Speer was in my friggin' hammock! The hammock hung low, b/c I didn't realize I needed to let the webbing stretch out a bit, then I could readjust the straps. See, already learned something and I haven't even sat in my hammock yet. Afterwards, Boo and I went and looked at Shrek's set up. WOW.... talk about a nice set up. He had a Warbonnet Black Bird hammock with a built in mosquito net and side tie outs to make it roomier. It reminded me of a Hennessey Hammock, without the bottom entry. Anyways, it was NICE. He showed us his suspension system and I learned alot. Afterwords, we walked into town (about 1/4 of a mile, not far at all.) and noticed that the Paddlers Inn was gone. I mean demolished. Completely disappeared. So sad, had some great times there. We headed into Bluff Mountain Outfitters to do some window shopping. I love this place. I always see the same guy working there, the tall, thin, dreadlocks guy who always seems like he remembers me. After browsing a bit, we head to the Sweet Imaginations for some sammies for lunch. As we walk in, Ed Speers, Shrek, and Talmadge invite us to come and sit with them. I order a grill cheese, grab my organic chips and diet coke and take a seat. Talmade is a riot. He kept the table laughing with his stories all through lunch.
After lunch,they all head into the outfitters, Boo and I decide to check out the Blue Grass music festival that was going on. We walked around the booths, and I got lost in the silent auction area. Lots of cool local artists donated their work for the auction. I even saw a short, chubby log being auctioned off. I read the description and it was actually a shitake mushroom growing log! How funny! I guess if someone wanted to grow their own shitake mushrooms they could bid for this log. Last time I checked, the price was at $100. We hung out and watched a few performances, then decided to trek back to the camp sight. Back at camp we met Hogg Tyed, he was a newbie hanger and was the only one in a tent. We also met Tinalouise and Beth, who had driven up with Shrek from Wilmington. They showed us their hammock set up and I found a great DIY underquilt idea(to keep me warm in the hammock). They had bought an army poncho liner, sewed small tabs at each end of the poncho, then ran shock cord thru. Then they used a small carabiner to clip it onto their suspensi
on. I was inspired and told Boo we had to make one when we got home. Tinalouise was even kind enough to give me a stuff sack she had sewn! The hanger silent auction began around 4pm, so we went up to the table to check out what was being auctioned. I bid for and won a couple of items. A nine carabiner and some homemade scented soaps. Afterwords, we all came together for the traditional hot dog dinner. With the fire roaring, we poked our dogs with the skewer and all huddled around the fire cooking, (in my case blackening) our hot dogs. I brought out the batches of rocky road brownies I had made and was surprised at what a big hit they were! They were gone before the sun went down. hahaha! So glad everyone enjoyed them. Made me feel good :)
Maine! How crazy is that! Talk about a serious hiker. He ended up getting sick and had to get off the AT in NY.) and Shrek, (a hanger from one of our favorite cities in NC. Wilmington NC. He hiked the entire Neusiok trail and is looking to do 100 miles in the Shenandoah National Park.) They helped us set up our hammocks, and Ed Speer was gracious enough to let us borrow a Speer Tarp made out of sil-nylon. (For gear heads, this is a top of the line, light weight tarp. It was so awesome, that Boo and I ended up buying one. YAY! our first commercial piece of hammock gear.) The sight we choose was pretty interesting. Three tree's. Boo and I were tied to the same tree, then the other end tied to two separate trees. Kind of like a "Y" shape. Well, the one tree we shared was "a HUGE BITCH" (line stolen from Duece Bigalow. If you've seen the movie, you'll get it. I know... I got a strange sense of humor sometimes. :) ) I mean it was so big, my tree huggers didn't fit around it. T-back was gracious enough to let us borrow some webbing to help us get around this MOTOMBA tree. After we set up, imagine my shock and awe when Ed Speer climbed in to test my hammock out! Shock, b/c I was afraid the hammock would rip, or wouldn't be comfortable
, and awed that THE Ed Speer was in my friggin' hammock! The hammock hung low, b/c I didn't realize I needed to let the webbing stretch out a bit, then I could readjust the straps. See, already learned something and I haven't even sat in my hammock yet. Afterwards, Boo and I went and looked at Shrek's set up. WOW.... talk about a nice set up. He had a Warbonnet Black Bird hammock with a built in mosquito net and side tie outs to make it roomier. It reminded me of a Hennessey Hammock, without the bottom entry. Anyways, it was NICE. He showed us his suspension system and I learned alot. Afterwords, we walked into town (about 1/4 of a mile, not far at all.) and noticed that the Paddlers Inn was gone. I mean demolished. Completely disappeared. So sad, had some great times there. We headed into Bluff Mountain Outfitters to do some window shopping. I love this place. I always see the same guy working there, the tall, thin, dreadlocks guy who always seems like he remembers me. After browsing a bit, we head to the Sweet Imaginations for some sammies for lunch. As we walk in, Ed Speers, Shrek, and Talmadge invite us to come and sit with them. I order a grill cheese, grab my organic chips and diet coke and take a seat. Talmade is a riot. He kept the table laughing with his stories all through lunch.After lunch,they all head into the outfitters, Boo and I decide to check out the Blue Grass music festival that was going on. We walked around the booths, and I got lost in the silent auction area. Lots of cool local artists donated their work for the auction. I even saw a short, chubby log being auctioned off. I read the description and it was actually a shitake mushroom growing log! How funny! I guess if someone wanted to grow their own shitake mushrooms they could bid for this log. Last time I checked, the price was at $100. We hung out and watched a few performances, then decided to trek back to the camp sight. Back at camp we met Hogg Tyed, he was a newbie hanger and was the only one in a tent. We also met Tinalouise and Beth, who had driven up with Shrek from Wilmington. They showed us their hammock set up and I found a great DIY underquilt idea(to keep me warm in the hammock). They had bought an army poncho liner, sewed small tabs at each end of the poncho, then ran shock cord thru. Then they used a small carabiner to clip it onto their suspensi
on. I was inspired and told Boo we had to make one when we got home. Tinalouise was even kind enough to give me a stuff sack she had sewn! The hanger silent auction began around 4pm, so we went up to the table to check out what was being auctioned. I bid for and won a couple of items. A nine carabiner and some homemade scented soaps. Afterwords, we all came together for the traditional hot dog dinner. With the fire roaring, we poked our dogs with the skewer and all huddled around the fire cooking, (in my case blackening) our hot dogs. I brought out the batches of rocky road brownies I had made and was surprised at what a big hit they were! They were gone before the sun went down. hahaha! So glad everyone enjoyed them. Made me feel good :)After dinner we all sat in our camp chairs around the fire and told/listened to stories. I was in awe at listening to Ed talk about his kayak trip in Alaska. He solo kayaked 1600 miles (YES! 1600 miles!) in Alaska! Stopping in small towns to resupply. He told us that from the shore, he could see HUGE Kodiak bears (only the biggest bears in the world) watching him, following him, drooling, waiting for him to come ashore. He would have to glide into shore, jump out, run to a tree, CLIMB UP the tree over 15-20 feet and secure his hammock. (YES! he hammocked in Alaska! hahaa!) He told us stories of whales swimming around him and hearing their fog horn sounding blow holes sputter water out. He watched seals glide by, orca whales (aka killer whales) swim very close, he watched and heard chunks of ice breaking off of glaciers and falling into the ocean. He even kayaked up to a cruise ship just to see it's huge anchor! It was just an amazing adventure.
On that note, we called it a night and shuffled back to our hammocks. I slept so good that I was the last person up the next morning. We crawled out the hammocks, chit chatted a bit with everyone over breakfast, then packed up our stuff and headed home. I was really impressed with our little set up, but I still went home with plenty of ideas on how to modify/fix/add to my system. Til next time. GET OUTDOORS!!!
On that note, we called it a night and shuffled back to our hammocks. I slept so good that I was the last person up the next morning. We crawled out the hammocks, chit chatted a bit with everyone over breakfast, then packed up our stuff and headed home. I was really impressed with our little set up, but I still went home with plenty of ideas on how to modify/fix/add to my system. Til next time. GET OUTDOORS!!!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Dog Pond Therapy
Sunday I was feeling really bummed. Just one of those days. You know, one of those days that nothing goes right. No matter how hard you try to fix it, you can't shake that bum
med feeling and it consumes you, so you just give up and let it swallow you. I decided to just slip back into bed, not move, not make a sound, just go back to sleep and wake up to a new day. Well, Boo wasn't having any of that. He tried to get me out of bed by promising to go on a short hike. No, not feeling it. Then he pulled a trick out of his hat and suggested we should take the dogs to their favorite pond. There was no way I could deny those little furry, lovable, happy go lucky, constant companion clowns from their favorite spot. It's crazy how you can love these little creatures more then yourself someti
mes. So I zombie walked to the bathroom, showered, put on shorts, a t-shirt, and a hat, gathered the dog leashes, and half heartily climbed in the car. The dogs were going crazy, they knew something fun was just around the corner. Boo stops at Subway to grab a sub for us to picnic on, since it was 3pm and I haven't eaten a thing all day. We arrive at the pond and the dogs bound out and splash into the water. He tosses the retriever toy a few times for thing one, then we pick a shady spot to sit and split our subway sandwich. Boo will never know just how healing that little trip to the pond really was. It turned around my entire day. It was exactly what I needed at that moment. Just to sit with my little family and feel loved. Thank you for the dog therapy Boo. I love you. XOXOXOXOXOX
med feeling and it consumes you, so you just give up and let it swallow you. I decided to just slip back into bed, not move, not make a sound, just go back to sleep and wake up to a new day. Well, Boo wasn't having any of that. He tried to get me out of bed by promising to go on a short hike. No, not feeling it. Then he pulled a trick out of his hat and suggested we should take the dogs to their favorite pond. There was no way I could deny those little furry, lovable, happy go lucky, constant companion clowns from their favorite spot. It's crazy how you can love these little creatures more then yourself someti
mes. So I zombie walked to the bathroom, showered, put on shorts, a t-shirt, and a hat, gathered the dog leashes, and half heartily climbed in the car. The dogs were going crazy, they knew something fun was just around the corner. Boo stops at Subway to grab a sub for us to picnic on, since it was 3pm and I haven't eaten a thing all day. We arrive at the pond and the dogs bound out and splash into the water. He tosses the retriever toy a few times for thing one, then we pick a shady spot to sit and split our subway sandwich. Boo will never know just how healing that little trip to the pond really was. It turned around my entire day. It was exactly what I needed at that moment. Just to sit with my little family and feel loved. Thank you for the dog therapy Boo. I love you. XOXOXOXOXOX
Friday, June 5, 2009
Hammocks on the Brain
Those were Boo's words to me on Monday. He can not stop thinking about ways to tweak his new found toy. He's got some lofty ideas on gadeting his hammock out too. You go boy! I swear I got like 9 different emails from him about fixing his hammock, redoing his whipping, adding a ridge line, etc.... I just smiled. I'm glad he's really into it. I am too. :) 
On Tuesday I got a bunch of emails about sewing machines. That night we went to 2 different Target stores AND a hobby lobby to try to find a certain Brother brand sewing machine. NO luck, all out of stock. Boo was a bit bummed about it.
On Wednesday I get a call around lunch time that he is going to Wal-Mart to by a sewing machine. hahaha! That boy is persistent! When I hadn't heard from him after lunch, I thought maybe Wal-Mart didn't have the brand either. So I emailed him to see how his trip went. All he emailed
back was, "the lady asked me if I was buying it for my wife." hahahaha! I laughed so hard, thank goodness he didn't see me at my desk with tears spring up in my eyes. I can just see it now. Strutting into Wal-Mar, excited to buy a sewing machine to make adjustments to his hammock. Priceless. And then this little old white-haired lady in the sewing department deflates his manly man status by asking him if he is buying this for his wife. hahaha! Knowing him, he probably just smiled and said yes. Then walked away sucker punched. awww..... poor thing. I told him he needed to use the hammockforums.net motto that all the guys use. "WE DON'T SEW! WE MAKE GEAR!" hahahha! Anyways, we got our sewing machine, Thanks boo! now on to making a mosquito net for our hammock, a tarp, some stuff sacks, ....pillows for the guest room, some window treatments for the dining room....... ahhahaa! Til next time. "WE DON'T SEW, WE MAKE GEAR!"
back was, "the lady asked me if I was buying it for my wife." hahahaha! I laughed so hard, thank goodness he didn't see me at my desk with tears spring up in my eyes. I can just see it now. Strutting into Wal-Mar, excited to buy a sewing machine to make adjustments to his hammock. Priceless. And then this little old white-haired lady in the sewing department deflates his manly man status by asking him if he is buying this for his wife. hahaha! Knowing him, he probably just smiled and said yes. Then walked away sucker punched. awww..... poor thing. I told him he needed to use the hammockforums.net motto that all the guys use. "WE DON'T SEW! WE MAKE GEAR!" hahahha! Anyways, we got our sewing machine, Thanks boo! now on to making a mosquito net for our hammock, a tarp, some stuff sacks, ....pillows for the guest room, some window treatments for the dining room....... ahhahaa! Til next time. "WE DON'T SEW, WE MAKE GEAR!"
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