An Evolution of Primitive Camping Updated 5/13/2022 My husband and I have done our fair share of backpacking-style camping. Backpacking means that whatever you can carry on your back is what you have for camping as you travel into remote locations or wilderness. The...
Camping Doesn’t Have to Mean Being Uncomfortable or Doing Without… Although my hubby and I prefer primitive camping out in nature, there are times when we enjoy simply relaxing in a campground, where we have the luxury of running water close at hand. Yeah, we’re still...
Common Car Camping Mistakes You’ve probably seen them at the campgrounds. Maybe you are one of them. People open the back of their vehicle and it’s packed from floor to ceiling with every piece of equipment they can jam in. It’s a huge jumbled mess. And I guarantee...
Keeping Your Hands & Feet Warm can be a Challenge in Emergencies. A power outage, leaving you without heat in your home … long-term exposure to extreme cold conditions while your vehicle is stranded in bad weather … an unexpected cold front moves in...
It’s Easy to Get the Firewood—but not Always Easy to Start a Fire You can pick up bundles of firewood from grocery stores, gas stations and drug stores before you head out to your campsite. You can even choose between hard woods (for a slower, longer burn time) and...
Why the Interest in Tracking? I think I first became interested in tracks when as a small child my grandfather taught me how to mimic rabbit footprints in the snow. From that day forward I have always been on the lookout for tracks of all sorts. One print in the soft...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter.
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter. 
