Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Though I’m including this video in this playlist, it involves no biking, only the routines when Bikepacking. I show you how I set up my tent for sleeping and how I cook my meals à la freezer bag. This was on my outing to Claytor Lake State Park near Dublin, Virginia, which I discussed in my last video, “Huckleberry Trail: Christiansburg to Blacksburg.”
Three things I was excited to try this trip, besides getting everything I need to fit in my bike bags, were a new air mattress from Kilos Gear that is 4” thick when inflated, a FLEXTAILGEAR Tiny Portable Air Pump that blows up the mattress as well as deflates it. In addition, the Pump has a 5-power light to use at night. And I got another small light from FLEXTAIL (TINY REPELLER S-2-in-1 Portable Mosquito Repellent with Lighting) that also takes tabs that through heat from the unit keeps mosquitoes away and it will hang in tent or go on a tripod to use on a picnic table. The third thing was to try freezer bag cooking. This instead of buying commercial freeze-dried meals. You prepare quart size freezer bags with the dry portions of a meal, for example, I put a cup of instant rice and some dried mushrooms in a bag and when I was ready to start cooking, I added some peas I brought in the cooler I brought since I had the car. Then I boiled water, poured it into freezer bag, sealed the bag after stirring the mixture and then put it in a cozy I had made from a cut out from one of those windshield sun covers. I let it sit for 10 minutes, opened and stirred, resealed and let sit for five more minutes. Worked perfectly!.
Tent: a 30+ year old Mountain Hardwear Lightwedge-2
Air Mattress: a Kilos Gear AeroCloud UL (kilosgear.com/products/aerocloud-sleeping-pad-ul)
Quilt: Sensory4U Ultralight (1.9lbs)Sleeping Bag Top 850 Down Quilt (amazon.com/Ultralight-Sleeping-Bag-Quilt-Water-Resistant/dp/B0DDD6KNW6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SIFN5NC8U1BY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hKoPe-xmo-He_1GCdwu6u8aIBO2s0I9JiB2UjTceBBxNHrFlx46nK9-i6zdPyKIOivURQvuqM7BLWGc-a9TET5wKP6_lUgQg6osBPe6O2KHS0A4yyYIq3QDUailu_cDjpUpfJXXVe9xhpBUjDb6MPARVwahas5OQg2VGg39rscubmIvdG1-74_ZGaVybXCrCBAHzHkVG_nhGenQYc5U4FHJ0XmC5KWH17J9u6up4Y48.hS9VVpYD5_sRNPCR1I0c_faOwODEQZEOkELhssgncUY&dib_tag=se&keywords=sensory4u%2Bultralight%2B850%2Bdown%2Bquilt&qid=1777042580&sprefix=sensory4u%2Bultralight%2B850%2Bdown%2Bquilt%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1&th=1)
Stove: AOTU Portable Camping Stoves Backpacking Stove with Piezo Ignition (amazon.com/AOTU-Portable-Backpacking-Ignition-Wind-Resistance/dp/B07NJYV3NP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVUONTU9I77F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BRce2NfPItB6gVD7DllC0TEftKQ1nEALTTRmtUZqvwwrJ7pHoqjdwqaMvsl3jTsdkamRdotFh_d0qXOOFRIV_dlh1EckODGSJdvAejHUk-mh_cm3TBdy2vzvBZc41dXTsWB6oSSU4c3OiY8d5NwYY0YEV2J3CgzrvzatzHPxC4fL0XDdRnLyyhLrrpNoIbFBZZMGFhHS3M6Y6t3ig4JwHoFdtuQv6Or4Ykcyy935HU8.QXpkhS4T6klMhzwxNYSwEEbFvzwIIyE9d9pJkMISGpk&dib_tag=se&keywords=AOTU+Portable+Camping+Stoves+Backpacking+Stove+with+Piezo+Ignition&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1777042694&sprefix=aotu+portable+camping+stoves+backpacking+stove+with+piezo+ignition%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-1)
Though I’m including this video in this playlist, it involves no biking, only the routines when Bikepacking. I show you how I set up my tent for sleeping and how I cook my meals à la freezer bag. This was on my outing to Claytor Lake State Park near Dublin, Virginia, which I discussed in my last video, “Huckleberry Trail: Christiansburg to Blacksburg.”
Three things I was excited to try this trip, besides getting everything I need to fit in my bike bags, were a new air mattress from Kilos Gear that is 4” thick when inflated, a FLEXTAILGEAR Tiny Portable Air Pump that blows up the mattress as well as deflates it. In addition, the Pump has a 5-power light to use at night. And I got another small light from FLEXTAIL (TINY REPELLER S-2-in-1 Portable Mosquito Repellent with Lighting) that also takes tabs that through heat from the unit keeps mosquitoes away and it will hang in tent or go on a tripod to use on a picnic table. The third thing was to try freezer bag cooking. This instead of buying commercial freeze-dried meals. You prepare quart size freezer bags with the dry portions of a meal, for example, I put a cup of instant rice and some dried mushrooms in a bag and when I was ready to start cooking, I added some peas I brought in the cooler I brought since I had the car. Then I boiled water, poured it into freezer bag, sealed the bag after stirring the mixture and then put it in a cozy I had made from a cut out from one of those windshield sun covers. I let it sit for 10 minutes, opened and stirred, resealed and let sit for five more minutes. Worked perfectly!.
Tent: a 30+ year old Mountain Hardwear Lightwedge-2
Air Mattress: a Kilos Gear AeroCloud UL (kilosgear.com/products/aerocloud-sleeping-pad-ul)
Quilt: Sensory4U Ultralight (1.9lbs)Sleeping Bag Top 850 Down Quilt (amazon.com/Ultralight-Sleeping-Bag-Quilt-Water-Resistant/dp/B0DDD6KNW6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SIFN5NC8U1BY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hKoPe-xmo-He_1GCdwu6u8aIBO2s0I9JiB2UjTceBBxNHrFlx46nK9-i6zdPyKIOivURQvuqM7BLWGc-a9TET5wKP6_lUgQg6osBPe6O2KHS0A4yyYIq3QDUailu_cDjpUpfJXXVe9xhpBUjDb6MPARVwahas5OQg2VGg39rscubmIvdG1-74_ZGaVybXCrCBAHzHkVG_nhGenQYc5U4FHJ0XmC5KWH17J9u6up4Y48.hS9VVpYD5_sRNPCR1I0c_faOwODEQZEOkELhssgncUY&dib_tag=se&keywords=sensory4u%2Bultralight%2B850%2Bdown%2Bquilt&qid=1777042580&sprefix=sensory4u%2Bultralight%2B850%2Bdown%2Bquilt%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1&th=1)
Stove: AOTU Portable Camping Stoves Backpacking Stove with Piezo Ignition (amazon.com/AOTU-Portable-Backpacking-Ignition-Wind-Resistance/dp/B07NJYV3NP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVUONTU9I77F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BRce2NfPItB6gVD7DllC0TEftKQ1nEALTTRmtUZqvwwrJ7pHoqjdwqaMvsl3jTsdkamRdotFh_d0qXOOFRIV_dlh1EckODGSJdvAejHUk-mh_cm3TBdy2vzvBZc41dXTsWB6oSSU4c3OiY8d5NwYY0YEV2J3CgzrvzatzHPxC4fL0XDdRnLyyhLrrpNoIbFBZZMGFhHS3M6Y6t3ig4JwHoFdtuQv6Or4Ykcyy935HU8.QXpkhS4T6klMhzwxNYSwEEbFvzwIIyE9d9pJkMISGpk&dib_tag=se&keywords=AOTU+Portable+Camping+Stoves+Backpacking+Stove+with+Piezo+Ignition&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1777042694&sprefix=aotu+portable+camping+stoves+backpacking+stove+with+piezo+ignition%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-1)
