Speaking Eco Green

My son Trevor and I decided to go hiking, And we needed to put together a check lists of items we should take with us on our trip.

The list started something like this:

* Clothing items—

* Hiking Boots

* Wool Socks

* Long Underwear

* Brier tough trouser

*Equipment—

* 2 favorite hiking staffs

* 2 Backpacks

* 4 flashlights, extra batteries

* 4 MRE’s meals, trail mix

* small first aid kit

* Compass

* waterproof matches

* pocket saw, hatchet

That’s a good start, Trevor and I were going over the list of  items, We were siting in the garage thinking about what other items we needed or something else we should take, after a few minutes Trevor say’s,  Dad we have to take our cell phones in case we have any trouble on the trail.  Yes I replied, we sure do.  And Dad, I hope you don’t mind if I bring my ipod to just to use if I get bored.  I said that was OK, Because I knew he didn’t want to hear me talking all the time as we walked.  I knew we would be gone for about 3 days for a good hike,  I thought about that for a minute and said,

“What are we going to do if our cell phone batteries go dead on us, or your ipod battery, that could be trouble couldn’t it”

Next Trevor said, Dad, just the other day I was on the internet looking at hiking supplies and I just happen to come across a Solar Power Back Pack that charges hand held electronics,

“Really”   I said    “Yeah”   Trevor said,  and it wasn’t that expensive either.   I looked at Trevor and said, let’s go get online a find us one of  those back packs, Trevor said that sounds like a good ideal,    LET’S GO