Provisions: Stuff for travel and recreation
A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experience
Buy
Ocoee Waterproof Bags
$105; drybags.com
Not to go all “fashion police” on you, but the thing about most dry bags is that they’re ugly. Enter the outdoor maker Watershed, whose Ocoee bags, which can fold up and look like a handbag – or tote bag, if you’re a dude and don’t want to be seen as carrying a “murse.” Styles come in basic black, tan (“coyote”) or “clear.”
Buy
Meori Foldable Box
$22-$49; meori.com
In the same vein as the dry bags, how about a fashionable and sturdy box to store your outdoor stuff on picnics or even vacations? As a bonus, said box will fold up “like origami,” say the makers, a German (not Japanese) company. The all-polyester (tear-proof and water-repellent) box can hold up to 66 pounds of stuff and, when not in use, folds up into the size of a hardcover book.
The List
Animals Most Likely to Kill You
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog
According to the Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham, the average number of yearly U.S. deaths caused by animals, from 2001 to 2013:
1. Bees, wasps or hornets: 58
2. Other mammals (moose, elk, bison, horses, gorillas, etc.): 52
3. Dogs: 28
4. Cows: 20
5. Non-venomous arthropods: 9
6. Spiders: 7
7. Venomous snakes and lizards: 6
8. Sharks, alligators, bear: 1 each
Compiled by Sam McManis/smcmanis@sacbee.com
This story was originally published July 4, 2015 at 5:00 PM with the headline "Provisions: Stuff for travel and recreation."