I'm Gabriel Roberts from Roberts Bushcraft and I'm bring you along on another great camp overnighter at the Roanoke River with my Dad, Curry Roberts.
It was a wet and rainy night and the temps dropped to 35 degrees. Our Aqua Quest tarps kept us dry, we rigged them together to make our camp area a little bigger and provide better coverage over our Grand Trunk hammocks.
I stayed warm at first but then much cooler as dawn approached. I found out why! The Mylar bubble wrap that I use as a sleeping allowed an alarming amount of moisture to gather between the bubble wrap and my sleeping bag. I ended up with a soaked patrol bag! That can be deadly in colder temperatures.
We found some fatwood, and I even demostrate how to cross a fallen tree. Sounds simple, but, the space beneath the log is a prime place to get bitten by a snake.
We baked some muffins in our Stanley adventure cups, ate sausages and had a great time.
Bushcraft gear that we used
- Stanley adventure cup
- Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter Pro Hammock
- Aqua Quest Defender Tarp 10 x 7
- Snugak Patrol Poncho
- Usmc Gen II Gore Tex Woodland Parka
- Military Modular Sleep System
- Fox Outdoor Products Jumbo Modular Field Pack
- Field jacket liner
- Poncho liner woobie blanket
- Shemagh scarf
- BK-16 KA-BAR knife
- Leatherman multi-tool
- Light My Fire Spork
- Paracord
- Blueberry muffin mix
- Mini loaf pan (requires cutting to fit in the Stanley)
- Maple and brown sugar oatmeal
- Folgers Classic Roast Ground Coffee
- Johnsonville Irish O Garlic Sausage
Roanoke River Bushcraft Overnight
- Dad and I hiking in Dad and I hiking in
- Roanoke River twilight Roanoke River twilight
- Aqua Quest Defender Tarps Aqua Quest Defender Tarps
- Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter Pro Hammock Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter Pro Hammock
- Donning my poncho Donning my poncho
- Breaking wood Breaking wood
- Sausages Sausages
- Military Modular Sleeping bag Military Modular Sleeping bag
- Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter Pro Hammock Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter Pro Hammock
- My jacket liner - a favorite My jacket liner - a favorite
- Grand Trunk and Aqua Quest Grand Trunk and Aqua Quest
- Coffe in the oatmeal Coffe in the oatmeal
- Striking camp Striking camp
- Grand Trunk Skeeter Beater Pro Grand Trunk Skeeter Beater Pro
- River view River view
- My Shemagh scarf My Shemagh scarf
- Poncho liner underquilt Poncho liner underquilt
- Finding fatwood Finding fatwood
- Moss Moss
- Moss Moss
- Finding more fatwood Finding more fatwood
- Packing up Packing up
- Backpacks and sleeping bags Backpacks and sleeping bags
- Expedition leader Expedition leader
- Dish duty Dish duty
- Baking pan Baking pan
- Baking muffins Baking muffins
- Perfect blueberry muffin Perfect blueberry muffin
- Perfect Perfect
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