October 2, 2012 How To: Packing Away Your Gear In The Off-Season Backpacking season is coming to an end. While Mike and I do a bit of camping over winter for L.A.R.P (we sleep in cabins)…
September 6, 2012 Personal Identification In The Backcountry? Dog Tags To The Rescue! Mike and I don’t carry our wallets in the backcounty. There are several reasons for this. 1. I don’t like to risk potentially losing…
August 22, 2012 How To: A Better Way To Carry Eggs While Backpacking Are you concerned about taking eggs on a camping or backpacking trip, due to lack of refrigeration? Worry not, friends! People have been keeping…
August 2, 2012 Backpacking Flores Island: Camping At Kutcous Point After spending four nights and three amazing days at Cow Bay, Mike and I decided to cut the hike out into two pieces, and…
August 1, 2012 Backpacking Flores Island: Camping At Cow Bay The following four days were absolutely amazing. Waking up in the morning to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach, and watching…
July 31, 2012 Backpacking Flores Island: Walking The Wildside Trail After departing the trail office, we headed to the beginning of our hike in. There are a number of signs that you find along…
July 30, 2012 Backpacking Flores Island: Getting There After weeks of preparation, and quite a lot of anxiety, and making of arrangements, we hit the road for Vancouver Island on Friday, July…
July 17, 2012 Backpacking Flores Island, British Columbia I’ve just purchased our fishing passes, which I suppose makes it official: Mike and I are embarking on 18 hoours of travel, which will…
July 11, 2012 Five Backpacking Foods You May Not Have Considered There are a lot of food staples that we all reach for when we are planning a backpacking trip: trail mix, instant rice, bags…