Category: Outdoors
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72 hour emergency kit for home or car
Everyone should have a 72-hour emergency kit. It is an essential part of being ready for emergencies that may happen at any time. Whether you are at home or in the car, it is important to be prepared for anything life can throw your way. This blog post will give you three-day emergency kits ideas…
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How to Get Your House Wired in an Emergency with a Generator
This article is about wiring your house to use a generator in an emergency. With power out, and no water or sewer service available, many people are left without light and the ability to cook food. We will discuss how you can wire your house for these occasions by installing a transfer switch that will…
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How Does Iridium Satellite Communications Work When Using the Garmin inReach and Zoleo for Communicating With Family and Friends
With the increase in popularity of outdoor activities, Garmin and Zoleo have made it easier to stay connected with friends and family. Satellite communication devices like the Garmin inReach mini and embedded products and Zoleo Satellite communicator can now send text messages, GPS locations, SOS alerts for emergencies, as well as tracking data from these…
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Garmin Tread Base Edition – How To Tutorials
Originally released in the fall of 2020, Garmin has finally added a lower price option for the PowerSport focused Garmin Tread – Base Edition GPS device. The original offering included the group radio option, but oddly only was available in the US and not in Canada. This was a head scratcher for a device that…
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How To Use Your Apple Watch And Gaia GPS For Hiking
In this video, I’ll show you how to use the Gaia GPS Apple Watch app to record a hike or outdoor activity. First thing you’ll need to do is to download the GAIA GPS smartphone app on your iPhone and the watch app should automatically download onto your Apple Watch. If it doesn’t simply go…
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How To Export Gaia GPS Tracks to Garmin
In this video, I’ll show you how you can export a track saved in Gaia GPS and import it to Garmin Connect or Garmin Explore. Here I’m using iOS so this will work on iPhone and IPad, but will also work in Android and on your desktop. Here I’ve recorded a hike using the Gaia…
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Thomas’ Cove Coastal Preserve
From the Nova Scotia Hiking Trail Guide Guide category: Water Trails Length: 7 km (return) Difficulty: 2C Duration: 2.5 hours Book trailhead: N45 21.770 W63 54.925 TrailheadParking Two trails that offer great views of Five Islands and the Minas Basin. Thomas Cove Coastal Reserve is a coastal trail that looks out over Five Islands Provincial…
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Garmin inReach MapShare vs ZOLEO Location Share+
Compare Garmin inReach MapShare-style sharing with ZOLEO Location Share+ for tracking, breadcrumb sharing and family trip updates.
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Garmin inReach vs ZOLEO Messaging Types Explained
Understand the messaging differences between Garmin inReach and ZOLEO, including app, SMS, email, satellite and contact workflows.