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[QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 2626391, member: 396"]
Two things:

First, I've never really had a Bourdain-like travel moment.  The "adventures" i had when i was younger were too "bro-ish" to qualify.  I like to travel in comfort, and with two young kids, can't be too adventurous.  As a kid though, i did work in the backstretch of a horse racing track.  There was a greasy-spoon food truck that would come through and I'd order egg-and-cheese sandwiches with a cold Bud, and would sit in the shade or on buckets with the hot walkers and grooms eating and chatting (most of who were Mexican or Central American).  That was pretty neat for a kid from typical suburbia.

Second, I have no clue where to post this but there are a few tie-ins here.  Next summer we are doing the "little loop" of National Parks, and i hear both Bryce and the North Rim get pretty cool at night the end of August.  So i began looking into light weight, warm layers.  I was reading that Bourdain always traveled with a light Pantagonia down hoddie, because he could scrunch it up and use it as a pillow if need be.  I'm kinda an LL Bean person for the limited outdoors stuff i do, but i found this.

[IMG]https://cdni.llbean.net/is/image/wim/503392_32573_41?hei=200&amp;wid=174[/IMG]
[URL='https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/506673?originalProduct=119861&productId=1650552&attrValue_0=Carbon%20Navy&pla1=0&mr:device=c&mr:adType=dyn&qs=3134385&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8dSHr7OA3AIVkJbICh0i8QxPEAEYASABEgJXSPD_BwE']Bean Parka[/URL]
It's packable, which i though is perfect for basketball games at the Dome.  Always walking that fine line in the winter between freezing your ass on the walk to the game, and then not having a place to stick your coat once you sit down.
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