Category: Outdoors

  • Caribou Munroes Island Provincial Park

    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…

  • Garmin Vivofit and Vivofit 2 How to Tutorials

    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…

  • Garmin inReach Explorer – How to Send 2 Way Messages

    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…

  • Garmin fenix Tutorials

    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,…

  • Brasseurs du Petit Sault – Bob LeBoeuf Belgian Ale

    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..

  • Wards Falls

    Wards Falls

    Wards Falls is very common trail that hikers around these parts bring up as they discuss their most favorite hikes. So after a early snow fall in the area, I decided that it was finally time to drive up to Parrsboro and check out the sights!

  • Charging up Devices Before & During a Hike

    Charging up Devices Before & During a Hike

    It happens that when you are driving out to a trailhead for a hike, you may forget to charge up all of your devices. This video is about how you can top up your devices while driving and in the field. Here I have my typical devices; garmin fenix, delorme inreach explorer and iPhone 5s.…

  • Keysmart 2.0 Product Review

    Keysmart 2.0 Product Review

    Quick product review of Keysmart 2.0, which you can get via their website at http://getkeysmart.com This started out as a kickstarter project originally and you can find similar items, but I think this does it right by keeping it simple. Here I’m using the standard 3-4 keys model.

  • Pumphouse Brewery – Stonefire Ale LIVE

    Pumphouse Brewery – Stonefire Ale LIVE

    Drinking bottle 3101 out of 4000 of this dark amber ale brewed using the old method of putting hot stones into the wort! Coming in at 6.5% ABV, this 750ml bottle is in limited supply in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick with a price tag of 14$. Dark Amber Ale.

  • Brasseurs du Petit Sault – Tante Blanche

    Brasseurs du Petit Sault – Tante Blanche

    I am trying out the first beer launched by Brasseurs du Petit-Sault, from my hometown area. This was launched during the spring of 2014, just in time for the Congrès mondiale acadien 2014. This is a Belgian White beer, so I was expecting something like Blanche de Chambly, Allagash White; something like that since they…