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  1. BucketBabe

    The Danger of using Permethrin to prevent Bed Bugs.

    I'll be glad to take those unopened cans of Sawyer off everyone's hands :)
  2. BucketBabe

    The Danger of using Permethrin to prevent Bed Bugs.

    I agree that we all have to do our part. I don't eat meat and save animals and the environment but I won't sacrifice my own health to the general well being. Just a selfish streak :) Lyme disease is horrendous, bedbugs expensive and then you are really doing having to go all in on the poison...
  3. BucketBabe

    The Danger of using Permethrin to prevent Bed Bugs.

    I'm a huge believer in DEET and permethrin. I use Sawyer spray on my kit every 6-8 weeks outside and following all directions. For the camino, I worry about bed bugs. In my every day life with the huge amount of day hiking and backpacking I do, I worry about ticks. Chronic lyme disease sucks...
  4. BucketBabe

    LIVE from the Camino A new threat to my pilgrim tolerance and zen-like state of relaxation

    Oh, the envy I feel when I encounter people who can go back to sleep after being awakened. I have a switch in my head that somehow just goes "awake/sleep"...there's no switching back and forth. I'm bringing ear plugs, a buff which I'll use as an eye mask, and sleep aids (aka drugs). I pray I...
  5. BucketBabe

    Camino etiquette: learn a lesson from the rambling hiker

    I used to be in the Navy Reserve. My gaining command was Quantico where I encountered some really really tough people called Marines. When the going gets tough (like on a few volcano climbs this past summer), I put my earbuds in and listen to Marine Corps cadence. It gets me through every...
  6. BucketBabe

    The lesson of the cow

    Yes :) Waking up with the thought of "is this it?" in an epiphany style fashion at age 50 has led me to one adventure to another on the eve of my 54th birthday...the next adventure is my Camino after a summer of volcano climbing and trekking in Guatemala. I'm off in 19 days and I'm already...
  7. BucketBabe

    14 Days to Go.... Checklist Checkoffs For the Day

    Thanks so much for your help in this and everything you give to all in this forum. Buen Camino, @davebugg ! :D
  8. BucketBabe

    14 Days to Go.... Checklist Checkoffs For the Day

    I just bought a down quilt and it is very light..took an extra pound off my sleep kit. I'll be a few weeks behind you and am also taking an emergency bivy (8 ounces)...I keep packing and repacking...taking a few things out each time. I'm under 20# now and have never been this light with my...
  9. BucketBabe

    14 Days to Go.... Checklist Checkoffs For the Day

    do you mind sharing your training plan? :)
  10. BucketBabe

    Knitting & The Camino

    I knit but haven't figured out how practical it would be on the camino - weight, size 8-10 needles, etc. I was thinking of taking my recently completed fingerless gloves. :) I walk in October/November on the Frances.
  11. BucketBabe

    Pigs of Spain

    I guess, I'm somewhat of a "flexitarian" because hunting and eating killed "wild" game has never conflicted me nearly as much as all that factory farming and suffering.
  12. BucketBabe

    Pigs of Spain

    THANKS so much for this comment. I don't feel so alone now. I'll be sure to check out your post about how to manage as a vegetarian. The pigs know what's about to happen, they scream and they are quite brilliant creatures. I cannot participate in their murder...no matter how "good" bacon or...
  13. BucketBabe

    Recent Camino pilgrim deaths- August 2018

    https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dangerous-heat-to-subside-across-france-spain-and-germany-following-severe-storms-this-week/70005700 RIP, peregrinos. :'(

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