Ready to get outside for some adventure? We thought so. Here’s where you’ll find tips and tricks, trip ideas, stories of our own excursions, and how to get into different outdoor activities. Wander on!
We’ve all had that disheartening moment when we’re traveling or out on the trail or setting up camp for the night and the dark clouds roll in. It’s not a great feeling. Especially if you know your gear it’s repelling the rain and wind like it used to. Or when you throw on your rain…
Any savvy individual who knows anything about natural cleaners and home remedies knows what a multi-functional powerhouse baking soda can be. It’ll clean just about everything, it deodorizes, keeps bugs away, unclogs drains, you name it. But did you know it’s a super handy tool in the great outdoors, too? You do now! We recently…
When most people head to their local outdoor store to stock up on socks, one thing you’ll see everywhere is wool, which is a no-go for vegan hikers who eschew animal by-products on an ethical, environmental, or animal welfare basis (check out our post on why we avoid wool). But synthetic hiking socks can be trickier to locate. Fortunately, we found 9 vegan hiking socks made entirely without wool so you can explore blister free.
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…