For the blazer ensemble a white "skippers" cap with some gold braid on the brim is appropriate.Originally Posted by July
In the summer, a straw boater would look great and provide sun protection.
Never leave home without my smoking jacket um wind/rain jacket.
But you dahling, hmm, look mahvelous. Absolutely mahvelous. - Fernando
...don't forget the fuzzy slippers.
all that is not necessary is lost.
I have heard putting a lightweight change of clothes in a bounce box is a good idea. I plan on trying this for 2015.
Along with your extra lights, shoes, food, etc... Might as well throw in a defibrillator - you never know when you might need one of those.
(wasn't directed at you Danwood - I'm just having some fun with the "Well I might need this, and I might need that." mentality).
A friend of mine bought a real old style boaters hat, cost $150. ouch!!
My Rayon hawaiian shirt weighs 9 oz.
Extra clothes weigh a lot. I have a long sleeved, wool shirt (Icebreaker) that's available if weather turns cold or to beef up my sleeping bag rating. I sometimes wear that in town and if it's not needed, it lives in the clothes bag/pillow. Still, I'm debating whether I really need to carry it for 3-season backpacking.
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GA-ME 06; PCT 08; CDT 10,11,12; ALT 11; MSPA 12; CT 13; Sheltowee 14; AZT 14, 15; LT 15;FT 16;NCT-NY&PA 16; GET 17-18
Trail laundry isn't like at home. Yeah, it takes 20 min to wash, but a dryer with only a couple of synthetic items in it has them dry in......7 minutes. Long nylon pants, long underwear, socks, trail shirt.
If you've got 30 min, you've got clean clothes. Wool would be slower.
2 Shirts for me. One for hiking & one for sleep/town.
One shirt for me that I wear 24/7. First stop in town is the laundromat and within an hour or so, my shirt and all other clothes are clean. Check into the motel, take a shower and I'm ready for a night in town.
If I bought a trail shirt I wouldn't have room in my pack for my electric razor.
Awwww. Fat Mike, too?
I wore some ratty ass trail shorts into Gatlinburg but other than that I arrive in town after I have cleaned up a bit in a stream like a real mountain man. You don't even need soap for the mud - just water. I carried a piece of that crystal deoderant and it works great - wear it now even. I sent my hawaiian shirt back at Mountain Crossings along with my leatherman and a few other pounds of crap.
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