We love backpacking and camping. And we frequently hear other folks say they think they’d love it, too, but that it’s just too expensive to get into. We get it. When you pick up Backpacker magazine or wander into REI and look at the ultralight gear and name brands and then check the price tags,…
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the outdoors, you’ve hopefully heard those three ubiquitous words: Leave No Trace. It’s the motto of outdoor lovers, travelers, and adventurers everywhere. Leave the great outdoors better than you found it. But do you know what all LNT entails? Let’s discuss the 7 principles of Leave No…
Every outdoorsy man and woman needs a good backpack. Also a daypack, but that’s a post for another day. For multi-day backpacking trips, we don’t think anything out there rivals the Osprey Atmos backpack. It’s big, it’s comfy, you can adjust many features for the perfect fit…it’s just a great backpack. Wanna know why we…
Most of the time when we set out to enjoy the outdoors, we are fully and 100% prepared. Sure, there are those times when we’ve forgotten trekking poles or didn’t remember the salt, but we almost always have everything we need to enjoy a successful backpacking or camping trip. However, there are times when you…
Have you always wondered what’s in our backpacks when we hit the trail? Have you read our backpacking checklist and post about the uncommon essentials we take with us when we hit the trail but wish you had specific recommendations for brands and models? Well, we’re gonna tell you what’s in our packs, because friends don’t…
One of us recently got the opportunity to spend an unplanned week in Guatemala (OK, it was me). I realized 24 hours before it was time to leave for the airport that I was suddenly available to go, so I did. A couple of friends had been planning to go for a couple of months…
We love camping. Being outdoors, sleeping under the stars, no access to phones or technology…that’s living! Even ramen tastes good in the woods! But when you spend as much time camping out as we do, you learn a few tips and tricks to make the experience more comfortable (or at least more interesting). So, without…
We’ve all seen them: Gaggles–hordes, even–of travelers on foot, in a bus, mounting Segways, playing follow the leader through the streets of Prague, Tokyo, New York City. And usually, when Josh and I see those groups descending en mass toward the proverbial town square, we book it in the other direction. But there’s certainly something…
When I booked a last-minute ticket to Guatemala on a whim with less than 24 hours before departing for the airport, I felt a lot of things: anxiety, excitement, guilt…For leaving Josh at home to work while I went galavanting, of course. One thing I didn’t feel was underprepared. I’ve spent years collecting the right…
I’ll admit it right up front: I’m a Nalgene girl. Always have been. I honestly can’t recall a time in my life where I had any other brand of water bottle. Since high school when I first learned about the brand and how not only was it indestructible, but if you did manage to break…
