[Gilbo_3]

YesSir...ive long thought about the BOB and realized that for me, in life, the thing i NEED right now is always the very one thing i dont have handy...

the toungue-n-cheek call for a bug out tractor trailer is prolly what id have to have to cover the bases...

with 2 small children, unless the house is literally burnin down around me, im better off here...

only thing i can really prep for is possible needing to 'rescue' momma from town, or to fight/evade my way home from whereversville in *the world*...

being armed when i leave the homestead is the quickest/easiest solution for that...

[hiredhand]

Ah yes... the BOB. :-) Discussions about BOBs are worse than people arguing the old "AR-15 vs AK-47" issue. :-)

It all depends on WHERE you need to go. In my case, I need to get 40 miles home from work. My concern is that I get "stuck" there. Actually, I only need to get 20 miles toward home because I have a "good" friend half way. If we ever have to leave the home-place, we need to be able to get "about" 15 miles away. We're not going far. :-) My "worst" case is having to travel 20 miles on foot to my buddy's house, then another 20 home.