I mentioned the other day that the power had gone out at my apartment. There was an accident that took out power to a chunk of the neighborhood, so I ended up eating out both breakfast and dinner. What I cooked last night was the meal originally intended, which takes about five hours to slow cook.
Now, it was a pain in that I had not yet raised the rolling shutters when the power went out, so no way to raise them to get some light. Thankfully, I had both a penlight and a taclight with me, so had no problem navigating this basement apartment. I decided when I went out to run errands that afternoon to get some candles, which wasn’t quite as quick and easy as I had hoped. I ended up buying some expensive tourist things, but now have three candles just in case. Of course, by the time I got back with them, the power was back on.
Always have multiple means of generating light, even when on travel. I almost forgot about the head lamp I had gotten for Mount Athos, and do need to note that the red lamp function allowed me to get up, dressed, and ready at 0300 one morning without disturbing anyone else. The only thing I would do different would be to get candles at the start. Need to put that on the long-term travel checklist.
Always have a means of making light, and remember that preparedness always pays.
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You can never have too many flashlights. They also fulfill the male urge to collect potential tools behind guns, knives, then flashlights. A lot cheaper and easier to acquire then the first two as well.