So, around the end of July last year I had packed my canoe up and started canoeing down the river in hopes of what was to be a trip of a lifetime. I made it 3 days in. lol I had camped out on a rocky outcropping overnight and when I set back into the water I got into some little rapids and my damn canoe hit an old piece of steel which impaled and left a huge massive hole in the bottom of the canoe. I managed to save all of my junk, not that it wasn't that hard, and proceeded to carry it through the forest until I got to a dirt road. I left my gear in a bunch of weeds several feet from the road and started to walk the 18ish miles back to my car.
I got lucky and a friend was driving by and gave me a lift back to my car. But, by the time I got back someone had stolen all of my gear. I probably had about $1800 worth of stuff stolen. All the camp gear I had was high end gear that I had bought over the years while I was hardcore into the bushcraft scene. I Also had my laptop and camera and some other assorted junk that was to last me on the trip down the Ohio. They took everything.
It had pissed me off and made me so depressed. I was immediately turned off from all the outdoors and exploring stuff I was into. So I had ended up going back, crashing at my parents place and getting a job through a temp agency. But now the bug is itching again to go somewhere again. So I geared back up, though no where near even half the price range as before. and made a plan to leave next week. I have quit my temp job and save up a couple hundred for gas money. plan is to go west until the car breaks down or I come across some great park to hike and explore.
So the lesson learn is, don't bring shit that you are afraid to lose.
I got lucky and a friend was driving by and gave me a lift back to my car. But, by the time I got back someone had stolen all of my gear. I probably had about $1800 worth of stuff stolen. All the camp gear I had was high end gear that I had bought over the years while I was hardcore into the bushcraft scene. I Also had my laptop and camera and some other assorted junk that was to last me on the trip down the Ohio. They took everything.
It had pissed me off and made me so depressed. I was immediately turned off from all the outdoors and exploring stuff I was into. So I had ended up going back, crashing at my parents place and getting a job through a temp agency. But now the bug is itching again to go somewhere again. So I geared back up, though no where near even half the price range as before. and made a plan to leave next week. I have quit my temp job and save up a couple hundred for gas money. plan is to go west until the car breaks down or I come across some great park to hike and explore.
So the lesson learn is, don't bring shit that you are afraid to lose.
I admin in a facebook group too and man alive there is a lot of this stolen crap written about - including taking their dogs. Good luck though on the next leg of your trip though!!
