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Flowfold Backpacks Review— Optimist Mini and a Flowfold Prototype

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2 Flowfold Backpacks Reviewed   Flowfold Prototype Backpack I recently received a new backpack from my favorite company, and I would like to weigh in on how it compares with my previous favorite— the Optimist Mini www.flowfold.com/optimist . What was great about my previous Flowfold backpack? My first Flowfold backpack was an Optimist Mini and I took it everywhere with me — to the Bahamas, where it served as my school backpack, and accompanied me on my 12 mile round trip school commute by bike https://www.flowfold.com/blogs . It was a versatile adventure backpack that went camping, fishing, climbing, hiking, and biking in rugged terrain from Cliff Island to Yosemite. I also used it at my construction sites during summer projects. Sadly, after four years, my Flowfold Optimist Mini lost a tooth on the zipper. It is spending the rest of its life in the research lab at Flowfold.  Flowfold Optimist Mini in Hueco tanks A big thanks to Flowfold, and especially Maxine for giving me a ...

Lyme disease.

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  How to avoid or recover from Lyme disease. I have been diagnosed with Lyme disease three times, Lyme extremely common along the northeast. Here in Maine over 61% of people have been diagnosed with this illness. Deer tick But what is Lyme Disease: Lyme is a tick born illness that is spread to humans by black legged dear tick bites. after they have been attached for 24 hours. The first symptom of Lyme is a bullseye like rash.    Spending summers in on an Island in Maine my brothers and I can often come home with four or five ticks every day. There is so many deer that the ticks spread very rapidly. My parents remember when there wasn’t Lyme disease on the Island. Some people are fortunate enough to find the bullseye rash. so they can treat the Lyme before they have symptoms. But sometimes the bullseye is hard to find especially if it’s on the scalp.  Lyme disease skin rash.       This is my experience having late stage Lyme arthritis:  One week ag...