All about hiking and camping and the outdoors. Get useful advice on what is happening out there before you venture out.

Kestrel 3000 Pocket Weather Monitor, written 3 days ago, It's like taking the Weather Network with you when you go camping. The Kestrel 3000 Pocket Weather Monitor is a compact, hand-held instrument that accurately and quickly determines wind speed, temperature, windchill, relative humidity, heat st...

Heavy Duty Jig N Pig Fishing, written 1 day ago, Trout Fishing Secrets. Trout Fishing Secrets Revealed - How to Catch A Trout Everytime: When Spinner Fishing Your Favorite Stream Or River. Before I get into this, lets just understand that I consider any jig 1/4oz or larger to be heavy. Catch 10,000 ...

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Pick up some helpful camping tips, camping advice and information if you're thinking of heading out camping or if you just love the outdoors.

Camping tips, stories, and life outside of the city. A commentary on camping and the outdoors with pictures.

Camp cooking brisket dutch oven can prepare delicious recipes, written 8 hours ago, A camp cooking brisket dutch oven is sure to make you a hit with your camping friends. A camp cooking brisket dutch oven is the perfect way to prepare a hearty and delicious Recipes that will satisfy a large group. B...

Dunedin Calling, written 3 days ago, Photo: Otago Tramping and Mountaineering ClubHey y'all. I'm off to the South Island city of Dunedin next week for some work-related goodness. But while I'm there, I'm going to drop in on the Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club for their regular Thursday night ...

Is Web 2.0 Camping's Worst Enemy?, written 2 weeks ago, I recently participated in a somewhat animated debate over at thatscamping.com regarding WiFi at the campground. As you know I'm a believer that camping is a time to help gain peace of mind, but many can't seem to go offline even for a weekend....

14 Days of Homeschool, written 20 hours ago, Our homeschool support group had it's kick off meeting last week. Along with tons of information concerning opportunities for the up coming school year, there was this really funny skit.I'm in it.Along with a bunch of my friends.I think it's hilarious.Hai...

I love to Camp with my Wife!, written 2 weeks ago, She started 10 years ago thinking that "roughing it" was a hotel with no room service and now we regularly camp in primitive sites at least once a month. We enjoy long hikes together, starry ni...

Cooler Insulators Review, written 3 weeks ago, Back in June I had a comment posted to the "Cooler Tips" post from Randy the owner of CoolerInsulators.com. I checked out the site as I always do before approving a comment and what I saw looked like a great idea. I shot an email off to Randy ...

Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas, written 5 days ago, Petit Jean State Park is a day-hiking paradise about 65 miles northwest of Little Rock via I-40. A diverse system of over 20 miles of interconnecting trails winds through the forest and along Petit Jean Mountain overlooking the Arkansas River.

The bear triad, written 1 week ago, There was a mix-up on Saturday morning when I met Thompson and Curt at the portage to Splash Lake. I didn't have the solo canoe I was supposed to have. Curt headed back down the Moose Chain with Cavan to get the canoe and Thompson and I headed to Splash's sole cam...

I'm still here…just fully engaged in life without time to write, written 1 week ago, I'm always surprised at how quickly the days slip by…and keeping a public blog is a dreadful way of being called to task for allowing time to pass un-noticed.  If you read my other blog, Fiber College on Penobs...

No RV just a plain old fashion tent for camping in the great outdoors. Hard core camping with no running water, no stove, no toilet. Yikes.

My little camping blog. Enjoy.

Camping provides an excellent opportunity to break free from the usual surroundings. This blog serves to help you escape the city and head out to the campgrounds.

Discover the secrets of camping and you'll keep going back!

Construction Begins!, written 1 week ago, In the last posting It's Alive! I mentioned that we got our entry permit and pre approval of the building drawings so we went about finding someone to clear the lot of the trees while we waited for the drawings to be finalized.  I had to wait a few weeks fo...