Author: thecyr

  • Emergency Communication Kit For Home Or Outdoors

    Hurricane Season and Other Weather Events Do you have your emergency communication kit for home ready? Out here along the Eastern coastline, we got to deal with hurricane season. Despite what you may think from watching CNN or the Weather Channel, once a hurricane passes Boston, it’s heading right at me, being based in Nova…

  • Osprey Syncro 15 – Day Hiking Backpack

    Here’s a day pack I think works great for 3 season hiking for distances up to 10k and maybe a bit beyond. The Osprey Syncro 15is mainly geared for cycling but can also be used for day hiking during the 3 seasons. I can easily fit in my 10 hiking essentials and maybe an extra…

  • Victorinox Swiss Army Knife – Adventurer Camo

    In this video we will take a quick look at the Victorinox Swiss Army knife adventurer with the camo style nylon handles. This part of their 111mm series of knives featuring their updated design they’ve introduced several years ago. This knife is a 2 layer tool; there are a few variations with Centurion being the…

  • Cape Chignecto – Red Rocks & McGahey Canyon Trail

    When visiting the West Advocate entrance to Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, you have a 3, 5 & 9k hiking loops for day use visitors. We took advantage of the low tide in the Bay of Fundy to hike almost 1.5km along the beach which is not the red sand of Blomindon which we can see…

  • Garmin Forerunner 230 and Forerunner 235 How To Tutorials

    Garmin Forerunner 230 or Forerunner 235 Review the Garmin Forerunner 230 or Forerunner 235 very similar to a Vivoactive but more focused on the runner instead of the general activity type. If you already have a Vivoactive, you probably won't find the Forerunner 230 an upgrade. The display in sunlight while running is very visible…

  • Acacia Valley Hiking Trails: Access, Gear And Navigation Notes

    A refreshed Acacia Valley hiking guide with access reminders, basic gear suggestions and navigation notes for a safer local outing.

  • Deep Dish Pizza In A Dutch Oven With Yippee IPA

    We try out a deep dish pizza using the cast iron dutch oven. We got two parts to this: the crust & toppings to prepare. I tried to get everything done in the dutch oven, but you’ll need a few bowls. The dough is pretty simple and can be made after you’ve lit the coals.

  • FNHangout – Spring Time

    [powerpress] SHOW TOPICS What we are drinking tonight Starbucks rolls out beer, wine at three Toronto locations http://www.thestar.com/business/2016/04/01/starbucks-rolls-out-beer-wine-at-three-toronto-locations.html Canadian Kinder Surprise smuggling ring broken up by US officials http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat/best-of-this-is-that-parks-canada-wildlife-fee-no-ball-soccer-unpaid-intern-male-doula-1.2843299/canadian-kinder-surprise-smuggling-ring-broken-up-by-us-officials-1.2843300 Swiss Chalet owners Cara buying St-Hubert http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cara-st-hubert-purchase-1.3513922 Maritime boat building ‘boom’ fuelled by lobster industry http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lobster-boatyard-boom-waittimes-1.3525892 PETA Just Made A Very Bizarre Claim About What Eating…

  • Fitbit Alta – How To Tutorials

    The fitbit Alta is a more stylish option than the fitbit Charge, not only allowing you to change wrsit band but provides the usual amount of features you'd expect from a daily fitness tracker. In addition to the daily tracking, silent alarms & clock – you have the additional features such as: Reminder To Move;…

  • #FNHangout – Hop Like A Bunny

    [powerpress]   We’ll do a roundup of news from the past week and the usual segment like “What we are drinking tonight” and a round of +1’s which is a quick plug of what the panel enjoyed viewing, reading, discovering on the web.