MSNBC / Forbes Summer Gear Story
June 24, 2008, 9:41 am
A story I wrote last week on new summertime gear and gadgets was picked up by MSNBC and ForbesTraveler.com. The story, which highlights gas-powered margarita blenders (no joke) to watches that predict the weather, is about as over-the-top as I can go.
Did I mention the tent from Eureka with fans, lights and outlet plugs. . .
Click here to read “The Ultimate Summer Gadget Guide.”
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Disgusting. Thoroughly disgusting. The only good thing about that style of camping is that it’s extremely easy to ditch those people, since they’ll never get more than a couple of miles from a trailhead while hauling hundreds of pounds of gadgets.