There are a handful of devices that you can choose to help avoid getting lost in the wilderness and to ensure your safety Clearly, there is some danger in wilderness travel. While physical injuries are a threat, we must also be aware of our surroundings…
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Many of us long to camp somewhere in the back country. Where we can see the sunrise or sunset without peering through trees in the neighbor’s yard. Or listen to loons calling from one lake to another. It’s easy to find wilderness. Every state, at…
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Many decades ago, my dad and I purchased a Grumman canoe (I still have it and use it). In the intervening years, I’ve logged countless hours and miles paddling on lakes and streams. This is what I’ve learned about selecting canoe paddles for such use.…
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My first backpack was purchased by my parents (I imagine by Mom at Fields Department Store in Jackson, Michigan) in 1949 or 1950, in preparation for my first trip to Wolf Lake Boy Scout Camp. I still have it, but it’s not up to my…
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A reflector oven, usually made of aluminum, captures radiant heat and bounces or reflects it onto a surface Sometime in the 1950s, I decided to win the Boy Scout Merit Badge for camp cooking by using a reflector oven. For reasons now lost in the…
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Aversion to salt is what got me interested in drying my own food. Nancy, my late wife, had high blood pressure, and we lived on a salt-free diet. I spend lots of time in the back country and need lightweight food. As I became accustomed…
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