Category: Outdoors
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2020 Year In Review – Outdoor Recreation Stuff
This past year was full of challenges, but one thing that more people started doing this year was to get into the outdoors any way then could due to the various shutdowns caused by COVID-19. Here’s a list of cool items that the Avoiding Chores Community has been ordering in 2020 either via my Amazon…
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30 Minute Hike – Rogers Brook & Grafton Woods – Kejimkujik Nova Scotia
I hike along two trails within Kejimkujik National Park in the fall – my favourite time of the year to come and explore. Today we do the short Rogers Brook trail. This is a nice relaxing walk along the Mersey river and the wetlands before the jakes landing. The other trail is just beyond the…
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30 Minute Hike – Coastal Hike Along Clam Harbour – Nova Scotia
It’s November and no better time to hit the beach and hike along rugged Atlantic Ocean coastline in Clam Harbour Provincial Park. Park up to the gate (if it’s closed) and simply walk in as parking lots are not maintained in the winter but the road up to the gate are maintained. Start by walking…
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Garmin Handheld Pre-loaded Maps Options
Now that most of the Garmin Handhelds have had a refresh in the last 3 years, it is time to take a look at a common question that arises when owners are shopping to upgrade their handheld or new users looking for an upgrade. eTrex 22x 32x – Montana 700 Series Pre-Loaded Maps Garmin included…
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How To Contribute Your GPS Track To OpenStreetMap From A Garmin GPS
In this video, I’ll show you a common situation where we are hiking a new trail and the map doesn’t have it. However, if the map product uses OpenStreetMap (OSM), then we can submit a trace from our track file to the map set and eventually on the next refresh the trail will be added…
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How To Export & Share GPS Tracks Using Garmin Explore and GaiaGPS
I’ve been slowly trying to get away from the Garmin eco-system for the last few months. For years now, I’ve been adding tracks to my Garmin basecamp collection but as my personal computer usage goes to more portable devices like a smartphone or tablet (all the content you’ve seen from me in 2020 has come…
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Garmin Montana 700 Series How To Tutorials
The Garmin Montana 700 is the latest refresh within Garmin’s handheld line. From their website there are three models to choose from: 700 (base), 700i (base + inReach) and 750i (base + inreach +camera). Difference Between Montana 700 and Montana 700i Comparing the specs the main difference between the models is the inclusion of the…
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What To Consider When Buying inReach vs ZOLEO Satellite Communicator
If you’ve poked around the website over the past 8 years, you would have seen my many posts about the Delorme (now Garmin) inReach satellite communicator device. This was a 2-way communicator mainly geared towards the outdoorsy people. Over the years the technology was slowly moving towards an all-in-one GPS + Satellite communicator. However, over…
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Garmin eTrex 22x 32x How To Tutorials
The Garmin eTrex 22X / 32X GPS units is a great starter device for those wanting a small form factor and capable to do the basic GPS functions you’ve come to expect with a Garmin. We’ve listed a number of tutorials on this page that can help you with some of the more popular topics…