• Blast Match Fire Starter: The blast match is pretty cool. Its an all weather fire starter that generates sparks that are 3 times hotter that a regular match. It can be used with one hand and is a lot easier to use than a standard magnesium fire tool.
• Wet Fire Tinder: This stuff can be used to start a fire even in the rain. It actually burns while floating in water.
  
• Saber Cut Saw: A really cool addition to a survival kit is this flexible hand chain saw. It’s great for cutting down dead trees for fire wood.
• Star Flash Signal Mirror: The mirror that comes with the kit is extremely durable and can be used to signal from distances of around 100 miles. The Star Flash signal mirror is used by the U.S. Air Force.
• Jet Scream Whistle: LOUD!!!!! This whistle is extremely loud and is great for signaling or scaring the hell out of bears.
  

1. ATN PS23-3A Gen 3 Night Vision Goggle
2. MSR Stormking Tent HP - 5 Person, 4 Season
3. Leatherman Charge 25th Anniversary Multi-Tool - LT-830976
4. The Giant Knife
5. SOG Specialty Knives KU-01 Kiku
6. Yukon NVMT Laser 3×42 mm Night Vision Rifle Scope Kit
7. TAIGA Wildcat 700 DRYLOFT Down Sleeping Bag (-30°C/-22°F) (Left Zip) - European Goosedown - Size MEDIUM - Including Stuffsack - German Design - Made in Canada

Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park Hosts Grand Opening Celebration and New Visitor Center

• 7:00 a.m. Pancake breakfast and early morning bird tours
• 9:00 a.m. Grand Opening and Visitor Center Dedication Ceremony
  

• EMNRD Cabinet Secretary Joanna Prukop;
• State Parks Director Dave Simon;
• State Sen. Mary Kay Papen;
• State Representative Joni Gutierrez;
• area teachers and school children;
• local elected officials and dignitaries

• Tours of park and new visitor center facilities;
• Early morning pancake breakfast and birding tour;
• Performances by Mariachi Aguilas and Tigua Indian Dancers;
• Ribbon-cutting by Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce Conquistadores;
• Award presentations;
• Information booths by numerous community organizations and agencies;
• Children’s activities;
• Special exhibits.

Spend any amount of time in the outdoors and you have probably found that mealtime is full of trade-offs. Do you choose foods that fuel your body or foods that satisfy your taste buds? Do you spend the extra time to prepare a real meal or grab a protein bar on the go?  Do you buy the prepackaged freeze dried trail foods?

Freezer Bag Cooking^TM minimizes these trade-offs by changing the concepts of traditional outdoor food. It offers simplicity, convenience and variety, then whirls them together with the philosophies of lightweight outdoor adventuring. The cooking gear needed is minimal, lightweight and can be bought, found or even made. Meals are prepared at home and put into zip top freezer bags. When ready to eat, the meal is prepared in and eaten out of the freezer bag. Mealtime becomes fast, effortless and cleanup is as easy as licking your utensil and sealing the zip top bag. Also, with meals portioned into individual freezer bags, making meals for multi-day trips, families or a group is painless.

So whether you like to be fancy with your food or keep it simple, Freezer Bag Cooking^TM can be your ticket to better eating and enjoyment of your outdoor experience.

Trail Food Made Simple, Volume 1

Now available: "Freezer Bag Cooking^TM: Trail Food Made Simple" cookbook.  It has 160+ recipes. The book contains information on the Freezer Bag Cooking style, techniques and methodology for easy backcountry food.

Order your copy of the book today.

Featured in the December 2007 Backpacker Magazine's "Be An Ultralight Gourmet".
"We've found the Holy Grail, and it comes in the form of a freezer bag-or, rather, on freezerbagcooking.com. The website, and its companion cookbook, Freezer Bag Cooking: Trail Food Made Simple."
Kristin Hostetter, Backpacker Magazine - Gear Editor
December 2007 Ultralight Handbook Section