On sitting back and enjoying the Christmas lights. I suspect Christmas was invented with the incredibly futuristic idea that someday the holiday would provide people with the motivation to hang…
Resilience stems mostly from perspective and time. We quickly slammed the tent, sleeping bags, and pads in the dry bag as the first raindrops gave a warning of the deluge…
6 years ago, I would have never seen myself as the Outdoors type Girl I am becoming today. I absolutely DESPISED camping. But when I met Nick, he convinced me…
Preparing for unexpected consequences. Poor quality winter weather is common in rural areas, there are times when your ranch might experience inconvenient conditions at a time when other relaxed folks…
3 ways to make sure your gear is paying for itself. At the request of a colleague, I recently read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. You…
Most things can be positive up and until they're not. I’m dealing with too many addictions to be addicted to all at once. It's a cycle between vices in an effort…
This story is based on a real attitude. The American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus) is common in the Upper Midwest. It can be found throughout most of Canada and is…
Like many millennial females, I sneak and steal my significant other’s rugged clothes. Mostly, his sweatshirts and insulated button-up type shirt jackets. At this point, it's not so much an…
5 ways your food provides value. In economics, there’s a concept of utility. This idea discusses how many utils or points of value someone gets from a certain item. To…
Too low to float doesn't mean rivers are out! The best, most isolated, and unmanaged public land isn’t really land at all. At least not for most of the year,…