We all love getting outdoors with our mini adventurers, but we’d be lying if it wasn’t a challenge. Just getting the kids in the car can be adventure enough and when you start looking at your empty day pack and empty cupboards you may be tempted to opt for an …
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Is there anything better than chocolate when on an outdoor adventure?… besides bacon I mean. Well we had the chance to try so samples of some of the best chocolate I’ve tasted in a long time. Delicious dark chocolate with just the right amount of salt that comes in a …
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One of the most memorable aspects of my outdoors experiences is the food. Whether it was the day before we picked up our food resupply on the John Muir Trail and I was down to a pack of dry rice and a snickers bar (that I boiled for breakfast), or …
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As we start heading towards backpacking season, I figured it was time to talk about dehydrating your own food. A week or two ago Gina Begin asked around about what we did and why for this #TeamSierra post on Dehydrating your own camp meals at the Sierra Trading Post.My wife pulled …
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It was actually hard emotionally to start going after loading up my backpack with food. I don’t know if it was the fact we were about half way done, or maybe the idea of leaving behind civilization on the way to nowhere, but it was hard. Fortunately we met some …
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After an early start we headed out on the trail through some more amazing scenery. Check out the photos and video down below. One of the many fish caught on the trail. This was another nice fellow that I ended up letting go. Nothing like repacking a bear canister …
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When it comes to backpacking meals it’s important to pack meals that are lightweight to pack, taste great and are easy to cook. In preparation of hiking the John Muir Trail this summer, we’ve been testing easy backpacking meals in our Campsite Cooking Meal Series. We’ve tried backpacking recipes with …
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When some friends came over to visit from various parts of the world, I knew I had to take them on the Choro Trail… even if it was the rainy season. We ended up being caught in a snowstorm at around 16000 feet and slipping down the Incan paving stones …
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