Get Home Bag!!

[BuffCyclist]

BuffCyclist. I've also got a get home bag since I work about 25 miles from home. I'm not following the need for dog food, treats, collar and leash. Just curious and interested as maybe I'm missing something obvious.

I work 32mi from home and when I drive to campus, its a 65mi drive across the desert, so I too have a long commute.

The dog stuff stems from my love of animals. I often see dogs running around and try my best to call them to me (when they come willingly), the collar/leash is to be able to control them and get them out of harms way and either into my car to drive them to the shelter where they can look for a microchip, or get them to their owners house safely. I've actually used these on 4 dogs in the mountains while driving home from work. 3 of those dogs didn't have collars, but in each case i was able to track down the owner in less than 24hrs by calling the vet in town (the tiny town of 700 people also helps).

The spare dog food/treats is for my dogs. Sometimes we take our two dogs with us on day trips that extend much later than planned and forget to bring food along. This is a rare scenario, and the dog items don't have to be in the get home bag as they could just be in the car. Partly why I need to go through the bag again and update its contents and rethink everything in it.

You know if I get to choose one must have thing out of the get home bag, it is the disinfecting wet wipe. In the short events where I was stuck at certain location due to riot etc.. food/water were not an issue. Smoke, tear gas, small cut and sweat were.

Ah yes, thanks for reminding me! I also have a tube of WetOnes, one or two small bottles of purel, and a pair of Mechanix work gloves. Which are all very important, especially after changing car tires or moving a deer/animal off the road that you just hit.