I have some favorite products for our outdoor activities to share with you. In trying different brands and seeing what works and what didn't, the following products were a win for us. This post will cover some important (and even gratuitous) products that will enhance your outdoor adventures, keeping fun at the forefront.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA approval does not mean a product is safe and has been verified as such by the FDA. The FDA does NOT perform any type of independent studies on products that are submitted for approval. They rely on the people or entity submitting the food or drug for approval to provide that information to…
We used to eat real food. Before World War II we ate virtually no processed food. We had food preservation methods like canning, freezing, dehydration, fermenting, etc, but nothing like the frankinfood we have today. Processed food came about because we needed to feed the Army, Marines, Navy, Airmen, military staff, and anyone else tasked with leaving the United States…
People get lost. It happens. Getting lost in the woods or any remote place that is unfamiliar can result in some pretty bad stuff. Being prepared for a trip into the wild is super important. Below I have compiled some information that I have gathered over the years from experience and from others. Take a look and please offer additional…
Going to my camp is something I think about pretty much every day. I live in Raleigh, NC so it’s hard to get up to PA as much as I’d like to. I usually manage about four trips throughout the summer. It’s a little over 1200 miles, sixteen hours round trip. It kinda sucks. I hate driving on 95 and…
My husband and I started kayaking a couple years ago. I floated down the crick* at camp when I was a kid, but I had never gone as an adult. We paddled around Lake Jordan and Lake Wheeler quite a bit. We started getting more into it. Last summer we went down the Neuse river in Raleigh and that was…
For my very first blog post, I thought it fitting to talk about my little homestead up in Pennsylvania.
