Backpacking meals can make or break a trip. I’ve been making my own dehydrated meals, honing recipes over the years. The goal is nutritious, calorie laden meals that don’t weigh a lot or take up much space. All of my meals require a cup of boiling water to re-hydrate. Before I made this simple insulated pouch, this crucial step...
One old truck, a new camper shell, and a month of adventuring…road-tripping around Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Our maiden voyage with a newly DIY’d seeping platform and storage solution in our Tacoma, we managed to spend 10 nights boondocking, 11 nights backpacking, and 6 nights in actual beds. Here’s how it went, what we learned, what we liked, and...
If you’re looking for a winter sporting activity, but don’t want to plop down big bucks, you should really consider snow shoeing. Here are several reasons why snow shoeing is now my go-to winter sport, as someone working toward Financial Independence. Experience Nature in Snow There is something magical about walking in the woods when it is covered in...
Venturing out into the backcountry to go camping in a foreign country is exciting, daunting, and soooo worth it! I was still a bit of a camping noob when I decided to undertake a relatively unknown hike in the Peruvian Andes. Here’s some of what I did and learned while hiking in this truly spectacular part of the world....
After months of being stuck in the house during the cool spring months of 2020, I was ready to GTFO. Solution: Car camping. Camping, in general, is a pretty inexpensive and healthy way to spend time, so getting out as often as possible is the goal. I had done a little bit of car camping, but mostly did backcountry...
Fall in love with Wild Mushrooms The fruit of a mycelia mat underneath the forest floor, wild mushrooms poke their way through the duff, after only the most specific of conditions are met, and are frustratingly fleeting. After some good rains and a bit of summer heat, I did notice that mushrooms popped up like a Mario Brothers game...
Backpack, tent, sleeping bag, I had it all! Except I had never actually been camping. I was not from a camping family. I wasn’t a part of any youth group that did that sort of thing. It wasn’t until my 30’s that I began to feel the need to venture out into the wilderness, pitch a tent, and stay...