Category: Outdoors

  • Chinook Twin Peaks Guide 6 Tent Review

    After nine good years as our primary family camping tent, it’s time to retire the Chinook Twin Peaks Guide 6 tent. At time of recording, the tent is still available on Amazon as such I recommend it as a great budget tent for a young family of four or couple that want a lot of…

  • Carving A Cherrywood Voyageur Style Canoe Paddle At Lee Valley Tools

    If you are into woodworking, there is a chain of stores in Canada called Lee Valley Tools that’s been around for a number of years specializing in traditional wood working tools. They had a series of canoe paddle events due to Canada 150 celebrations so I decided to sign up for the event held in…

  • How We Got Back Into Family Car Camping

    [info_message style=”info”]This post will be updated as we do more trips and upgrade our gear as we go along![/info_message] We haven’t done any car camping in several years, I had gone down the path of hammock camping and rustic camping with the boys for the last few years. This summer, we wanted to do more…

  • Hit The Trails This Weekend

    What better way to celebrate Canada’s 150 Birthday, than to get outside and experience its vast, beautiful, and unique landscapes. From coast to coast Canada’s awe-inspiring trails offers escapes for day hikes to multi-day wilderness adventures.   Whether you are a newly inspired beginner hiker or you’re a seasoned trekker, these are some great essentials…

  • Cooking Outside Jerk Chicken & Rice in Cast Iron Dutch Oven

    It was such a nice sunny Sunday afternoon that I decided to try a new dish in the dutch oven. I found this great Jerk chicken with Rice recipe that is really very simple and thinking it will be a good option for camp food. LIVE STREAM HIGHLIGHTS 3:51 Putting in the chicken 15:30 Chicken…

  • Hiking Burntcoat Head Park in Nova Scotia

    WARNING- Be aware of the tide schedule We took advantage of the low tide along the Bay of Fundy and drove up to Burntcoat head park to walk along the ocean floor. for a few hours before the tide came back. The Bay of Fundy tides this time of year drop from 44ft to 4ft,…

  • Cooking Yankee Pot Roast Outdoors in A Dutch Oven

    Easy Pot Roast While At Camp Cooking Yankee pot roast outdoors in a dutch oven is one of the great things about cooking outdoors on a nice day is taking your time and enjoying the smell of the charcoal and food while enjoying a few craft beers. So today I decided to make Yankee Pot…

  • Wearables

    Thanks to Logan over at WearableZone for the following infographic. Below are some additional notes that I discussed during a session at the Nova Scotia Fitness Instructor Association. Fitness trackers are useful for knowing just how productive your hikes are. Every day, you can check your calories burned, steps counted, heart rate, and even how much…

  • A Highly Customizable Folding Knife from Deejo

    Here’s a nice looking minimalist knife I picked up on my last trip to Montreal last year. The Deejo knife is a curious blade. I took a while for me to get used to it as compared to my other EDC knives. The small, compact design and clip was an issue until I decided that…

  • Field Communications With A Ham or Amateur Radio Portable Kit With J-Pole Base Station

    Before smartphones and LTE towers were the norm; your options for communications while hiking were limited. Basically you would go for your Ham Radio or Amateur radio certificate (call sign) and prepare a communications kit. Now with new technology like satellite communicators like garmin (delorme) inreach and spot, you save a lot of space in…