Southeastern backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking and snowboarding.
Posted in Events in the Southeast, Uncategorized on May 7th, 2008
I came across this article while looking around at summer camps for my daughter. I had a great time every time I went to camp growing up and she is interested in trying it out. Here is some interesting stuff I found about it at a travel blog:
Summer camp, long the domain of the 16-and-under [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2008
I wanted to point it out again because it bears repeating that in addition to the current sale going on at REI, which happens to be REI’s biggest sale they have all year, the REI-Outlet also has a great deal of the week where you can find some killer deals all year round so check [...]
Posted in Outdoor Gear, Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008
Alright, if you need any gear at all for the upcoming season of outdoor activities NOW is the time to get on it! For a short, short time (May 2nd - 11th) you have the chance to save HUGE on gear from the biggest most trusted name in outdoor gear - www.rei.com. If you plan [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Events in the Southeast, Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008
Beginning August 5th, 2008, Karl Meltzer will be taking on the insane feat of running, thats right running the length of the Appalachian Trail. Starting at the northern terminus at Mt. Kathadin in Maine all the way to Springer Mountain in Georgia in less than 47 days.
Check in often for progress reports and show your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2008
Well, we are still waiting for all of it to move out but so far it looks like we made it through the storm without any tornadic activity at least in our immediate area. We did however get some hail and heavy, heavy thunderstorms. We saw marble sized hail but just 6 miles down [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2008
We are currently in the basement waiting out a potential tornado in the area.Will let you know how it goes!The news was reporting a potential for 1-1/4 inch hail. Our house has already been through a brutal hail storm so this should be old hat.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2008
The kids really wanted to take a break from hiking the trail today and wanted to ride their bikes up at the playground so we pretty much took it easy the whole day around the house with the neighbors. I even got some skating in which was nice. I plan to head up [...]
Posted in Outdoor Gear, Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2008
Kellwood Co. signs off on a buyout of three of their outdoor gear companies based in Boulder, Colorado. At $21 per share and a sale price of $544 million Kellwood sells Kelty, Sierra Designs, and Slumberjack.
After twice rebuking offers from Sun Capital earlier this year, Kellwood’s board called the most recent $21 per share purchase [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2008
Wilderness Survival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_LkdCt2P8
I know this debate is played but it still gets to me somehow. I wanted to get your take on it so please let me know what you think. Up until recently I have been a fan of Bear Grylls’ style while realizing that some of the stuff he does is not [...]
Posted in Camping, Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008
To follow up on last nights saga, my dog Kaiser seems to be doing ok other than some drool most of the day today and the bufo toad is also okay as far as I could tell. My first instincts were to boil that thing up for hurting my dog but I am proud to [...]
