I also, and this might be oversharing, but sometimes on long hikes, I use it instead of toilet paper.

Okay, we're just going to, we'll just edit that right out of the final podcast.

This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, our stories of adventures and misadventures as we travel to all the U.S. National Parks and other public lands. I'm Matt Smith.

And I'm Karen Smith. We are the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.

The season of magic is almost upon us. I know it's pumpkin pie and stuffing season, right?

No, I was actually referring to the holiday season. And today we have a special gift guide bonus episode.

If you're anything like us, it's hard to find the perfect gifts for your friends and family during the holidays.

So this week, we're talking about our favorite outdoor gear, things that would make great holiday gifts for your loved ones or maybe just for yourself.

Now, we've put links to all of these items on our blog at www.Matt and Karen.com.

Some of the links go to Amazon where you can purchase the items and we earn a small fee when you use those links.

So if you want to help support this podcast, use those links on our blog. We'd really appreciate it.

Yes, we would. So there you go. We hope you enjoyed this holiday extra.

I am excited about this bonus episode. Our gift gear guide seems like we've been waiting a long time to do this one.

You sound excited.

Glad you're excited.

We get so many questions throughout the year about gear that we use and gear that we love.

And we decided to hold off and do this bonus episode in November because people are always looking for gifts, right?

Yeah, gift ideas are pretty hard to come up with.

Well, I never have trouble coming up with gift ideas for you.

Right. Like the portable toilet that you got me from Valentine's Day, which best gift ever.

Well, according to.

How about the chipmunk growing the canoe?

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