When packing it’s always useful to have items which can serve more than one function. Nobody wants to carry the kitchen sink if they don’t have to. The Tuff-Writer is a virtually indestructible pen, perfect for any hardcore adventurer. It writes in the rain, the bone chilling cold or blistering heat without missing a beat. [...]
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TimeOut Chicago Primitive Skills – Urban Foraging article
This is a pretty exciting publicity article for the Primitive Skills Meetup group. Born To Eat Wild http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/restaurants-bars/54821/born-to-eat-wild
Off Grid Living
I “Stumbled Upon” (literally) this Les Stroud video, whom I have admired ever since I started watching Survivorman. Now to further reinforce Les’ idol-ship in my esteem, he has done what I have deep in my heart to do. This video is an hour long, but worth watching every minute. No matter what your nature-living [...]
Hoosier National Forest/Monroe Lake
This post is a little tardy because of the new addition to our family: Mater, our new AussieDoodle. (post coming soon) Memorial Day weekend was definitely a great adventure. We spent 3 nights on the shores of Monroe Resevoir/Lake, which is just south of Bloomington, Indiana in the Hoosier National Forest. I’d been pumped up [...]
Midwest (Indiana) Multiday Kayak/Camping
I’m getting stoked about our Memorial weekend kayak/camping trip with Mike & Caryn down to Hoosier National Forest. I spent the day calling the various agencies – and there are at least THREE that have jurisdiction for that whole area. Army Corps of Engineers, Indiana Department of Natural Resources or US Forest Service need to [...]
