Category: Outdoors
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How to Update Firmware on a Garmin inReach Explorer
We will look at the simple process of updating the firmware on your Delorme inReach Explorer or SE. First thing we need to do is to find our USB cable and plug it into our PC or mac. Now open up a web browser and login into your Delorme Portal.
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Dutch Oven Camp Cooking – Pork Stew and Spruce Beer
Time to get busy and use our cast iron dutch oven and make us some pork stew and pair this with a craft beer. Let’s get to it! First, I’m using a standard beef stew and substituting it with cubed pork.
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Fitbit Charge How To Tutorials
Here are some short video tutorials on how you maximize your usage with the Fitbit Charge activity tracker. Contents How to Reboot or Reset Setup Device using Computer Exercise Mode for Indoor Workouts How to Setup with iPhone Customize Display Settings Call Notifications Silent Alarms Manual You can download the Fitbit Charge manual here. [content_box][mc4wp_form…
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PEI Brewing – 8 Cord DIPA
Trying out this 1st beer above 6.5% ABV in Prince Edward Island. PEI had this crazy rule that local breweries and distilleries could not make high alcohol beverages, but yet restaurants could IMPORT AS THEY PLEASED. So local PEI BREWING COMPANY released this Double IPA. 8.5% ABV before Christmas 2014 and is only available on the island…
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Weather Forecasting Using Your GPS Barometer
We will look at how you can use the barometer sensor in your GPS device to help you do a little bit of weather forecasting while out in the wilderness. If you have a recent GPS device with an electronic compass, odds are that you also have an Altimeter-Barometer. Which mean that you probably can…
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Caribou Munroes Island Provincial Park
Off for a post-Christmas hike at Caribou – Munroes Island Provincial Park. Being in the off-season it was easier to around the camping & park section without trouble. We headed to the back of the camping area for the cliffs. Here we found the stairs down to the beach where our hike will start. The…
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Garmin Vivofit and Vivofit 2 How to Tutorials
Contents You will find below a number of tutorials on the Garmin Vivofit. Vivofit 2 users should see almost the exact same behaviour. How to pair with iPhone How to add heart rate monitor How to Go into sleep mode How to calibrate using stride length How to reset and remove bluetooth pairing How to…
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Garmin inReach Explorer – How to Send 2 Way Messages
We take a look how your can send 2-way email & mobile text messages with your Delorme inReach Explorer (and SE). Now, you can send messages using your paired smartphone and using the Earthmate app, but for this video we will use the inReach as a stand alone device. But before we start using our…
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Garmin fenix Tutorials
Satellite Page In this video we will look at the Satellite page on the Garmin fenix / tactix. When you press the ORANGE button and select START GPS. The outer ring will be your primary indicator of satellite acquisition. However, you want more information about the satellites and reception, you can view the satellite page,…
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Brasseurs du Petit Sault – Bob LeBoeuf Belgian Ale
We try out the second of the initial release beers from Brasseurs du Petit Sault from Edmundston, New Brunswick – Bob LeBoeuf. This is a 5.2% ABV Belgian Blonde Ale. Hoping to get some earthy notes, a little sweetness etc..