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**twosandalz** · 09-19-2018, 07:09 AM

I think I need a refillable waterbottle that fits the SCB, I will have to look through the forum for ideas.

If you haven't found it already, check out the thread about water bottles in the Not About Bags Forum.

**b1gsky** · 09-19-2018, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by twosandalz View Post

If you haven't found it already, check out the thread about water bottles in the Not About Bags Forum.

Thanks for the link! But I already found a bottle in my local supermarket this evening, totally by chance. Not too expensive, half a litre and a perfect fit for the SCB. Brand is called Mepal and it’s actually made in the Netherlands. I hadn’t know that brand before, but I think the bottle looks really nice and it didn’t break the bank.

**kathryn** · 09-20-2018, 03:41 AM

maybe my favorite yet: Mt. Asahidake in Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido

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**imperator** · 09-28-2018, 01:09 PM

WF on the way to Long Beach for a wedding. Not enough time for Old Ironsides, so found a quiet place at BOS to relax

**twosandalz** · 10-03-2018, 06:32 AM

At long last a bag that comfortably holds both my helmet and my jacket!

eta: This is the LSB. The SSB holds just the helmet like it was made for it. And it still stands upright when the helmet is inside.

**tress29** · 10-03-2018, 08:45 AM

Originally posted by twosandalz View Post

At long last a bag that comfortably holds both my helmet and my jacket!

Ha! I've used the keystrap to "close" the bag too!

**RDR3** · 10-06-2018, 02:36 PM

Mars Red DLBP and Zest PCSB waiting at the pediatrician’s office this morning for flu shots.

**PackMan** · 10-06-2018, 10:03 PM

**Boolie** · 10-09-2018, 08:05 AM

Some Pictures from the Sonoran Desert

Let Me Hold You in My Arms by Rick Cameron, on Flickr

I love this old saguaro with a seemingly endless number of arms along the Whiskey Bottle Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve. I put my Guide's Pack beside it for scale, it probably misses the Pacific Northwest where I didn't sweat all over it but if so it hasn't said a word and has faithfully carried all my water and other hiking essentials every time I go out. I'll probably give it a soak in the tub sometime this fall now that the weather has turned. I was a little nervous when moving here that it would be too hot to hike during the summer but that hasn't been the case, I just had to be up early, WAY TOO EARLY, and off the trails by mid-morning when the heat rises.

Here's a few shots of some of my favorite residents of the desert:
1) A gilded flicker on one of those oh-too-early mornings
2) A female gila woodpecker brings a moth for the nestlings in the saguaro while the male prepares to leave after staying with their little ones. Watching these two on multiple mornings was an absolute joy.
3) A Harris's antelope squirrel enjoys a piece of cactus fruit
4) An ornate tree squirrel climbs face first down a vertical rock face
5) A Mojave rattlesnake, fortunately we saw each other from a distance so this encounter was peaceful