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Good to know, since Monday is my last day at work. However my wife thinks being gone for more than a week is unreasonable. That makes planning a challenge.

For $1000 For drinkable water, bring tablets of chlorine dioxide or this element, which nps.gov says is a "frequently used" disinfection agent. (Hidden Content)

For $800 Don't forget bug spray! The CDC recommends repellent with this 4-letter ingredient to repel ticks (Hidden Content)

For $600 Sunglasses named for this icy formation are designed to block sunlight reflecting off snow in Alpine terrain. (Hidden Content)

For $400 In an early 1900s camping guide, Horace Kephart wrote about a hiking snack of raisins, nuts & chocolate now called this. (Hidden Content)

For $200 This end-of-the-alphabet company sells a ferro rod for starting campfires, if you don't have one of its lighters handy (Hidden Content)

One of today's Jeopardy caregories is Hiking Gear. This must be a first. Be sure to phrase your response in the form of a question.

Quote from rhjanes: “Quote from Astro: “Quote from rhjanes: “⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Apr 23, 2024 ⛺ My answer today was – CORRECT Total questions answered – 777 Total answers correct – 720 Percentage answers correct – 93% Longest correct streak – 61 hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd ” If it had been Northbound I would have refused to answer it. I know what they think the answer is, but that is just the last place Myron Avery (and crew) connected sections. To me that other question should eit…

it charges fast. Haven't timed it, but if I go in for lunch, or do another chore, it will usually be charged by the time I get back to mowing. Since I am retiring this year, I figure I would have time to mow just part of the yard in the AM, part in the PM, part the next day. With a flexible schedule, it's not much of an issue.

my old Toro mower died last spring. The mower worked fine but the self propel drive belt would not stay on. So I replaced it with a battery powered electric mower. It's so much lighter than a ICE, it seems like a toy. I have a 2/3 acre lawn. It takes about 2 to 3 charges to finish.

Ah, spring time. It means mowing the lawn when it's in the 40’s with wind chills in the 30's

Quote from hikerboy: “Dickey was one of my guitar heroes as a kid. I would wear out the ABB albums learning every single one of his solos on my guitar, note for note. And while I was able to copy them, he was the one who dreamed them up. ” Highway 41 from last year's backpacking trip. I think the song is refering to the other end. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index…221a09975b18adc0dfd423853

Quote from BillyGr: “Quote from rhjanes: “I don't remember seeing today's question before. Goes thru which college campus? ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Apr 19, 2024 ⛺ My answer today was – CORRECT Total questions answered – 773 Total answers correct – 716 Percentage answers correct – 93% Longest correct streak – 61 hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd ” Can't say I have either, but just from reading your post, I was thinking of the correct answer before I even saw the choices (even though a couple o…

I still enjoy the teaching, but all the other stuff (scholarship, committees, annual reviews. Activity plans, etc...) that goes with being a university prof became a drag. I'm in the older wife category. Since she retired a few years ago, there is less incentive to stick around.

Taught my last class today (nucleic acid structure). After next week's final exams I will be done.

I wonder if this has happened before. This season, our NFL team won the same number of games as our NBA team. Ouch.

I have finalized plans for an August hike in ME. Unfortunately I had to cut back to a one week trip which will not be enough to do the whole HMW. So I will fly to BGR, shuttle to Shaws for the night, after the famous breakfast I will have them shuttle me to a trail head about half way to BSP, probably Johnston Rd? Hike 5 days to katahdin Stream CG (got a shelter reservation.) Up the AT to Baxter Peak, down Abol Trail, shuttle to Millinocket for the night. Shuttle to Medway, bus to BGR, fly home.…

they are rebroadcasting it on Friday.

Wow! 70 degrees, not a cloud, light breeze, and a weekend. Went for a walk at our favorite local park (maybe 1.5 miles). I will definitely need to step it up before summiting Katahdin in August.

Quote from Sarcasmtheelf: “Funny side note to today's question. Apparently we have no idea what the tribe we claim to get the name "Appalachian" from was actually called. IIRC the account I read, the name only survived in a single document written in Spanish and was most likely provided by a different tribe long after the actual "Appalachian" tribe had died out. Being a translation of another dated translation and it's entirely likely is sounds bears little resemblance to the name the original w…