Picture it: Father's Day, 2019. It's a beautiful Sunday morning and I just got off the phone with my dad. We talk of normal things: plans of summer, when I'm coming to visit....and the ironic one: how prepared am I for an emergency on the trail. See, I like to go hiking in the woods and I do, quite often with my dog Patty. She's a good dog but has needed quite a bit of training since we acquired her a year ago. She's been a learning experience since most of my training techniques that I've used on previous dogs do not seem to work. But, finally she's coming around to realizing that if she behaves and listens, she gets more adventures. pic was taken in the winter...obviously Anyway, I explained to my dad that I am quite prepared when I hike carrying a pack with extra clothes, food, a compass, a charged phone and a fire starter, along with a 3 liter bladder of water. You read too many news articles today about people getting lost in the woods. If Pa