Category: Outdoors

  • 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.

  • 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;…

  • Vinegar Braised Chicken & Black IPA

    What better way to get some outdoor cast iron dutch oven cooking is after a snow storm. After my shoveling was done, I headed out back and got the firepit going. I was going to make a Balsamic Braised Chicken dish. But stumbled onto this variation which included not only Balsamic, but red wine &…

  • Map & Compass – Navigation Tutorials

    Map & Compass is a skill that needs practice to maintain our proficiency. The main reason for this is simple; GPS devices will fail us at some point. You might run out of power, lose it or break it. When this happens, we want to have a backup to continue to navigate out of the wilderness…

  • Hiking Liscomb River Trail

    What better way than the view the fall foliage colors in Nova Scotia than to hike 8k in the deep wilderness that is at the doorstep of Liscomb Lodge along the Eastern Shore of the province.

  • Garmin Vivosmart Tutorials

    Garmin Vivosmart is an activity tracker that displays your daily activity and notifications from your smartphone. We put together a few short How To tutorials to help you get started. We cover the following topics: Quick Setup using iPhone Setup With a Computer and Garmin Express How to Start a Fitness Activity How to Use…

  • Fitbit Flex Tutorials

    The Fitbit flex is your activity and sleep wristband that you can pair with your iOS or Android smartphone. We have produced a number of short fitbit flex tutorial videos that help you get started with your new device. Quick Setup Using iPhone Setting setup with your new Fitbit flex is pretty easy. We will…

  • Mont Saint Bruno – Hiking in Montreal

    Mont Saint Bruno – A very popular destination for walkers, runners during the warm months and even more popular during the winter with its cross-country skiing trail and downhill ski; this provincial park at the of the Montreal metropolis is worth the visit.

  • Dutch Oven Chili and Stowaway IPA

    Here’s a great base chili that you can augment to your taste/heat. We were camping in Maine and decided that this would provide a great meal. This will feed up to 6 people and cost a little over 20$ to gather all of the groceries.