As we are getting ready for our first trip, there is a lot we have to learn. I am documenting everything that I plan to take on our first adventure and we will monitor to see what we use and … Read more...
My business partner, Matt, and I have decided to challenge ourselves to twelve consecutive months of camping at least one weekend per month. Our goal is not to just “car camp” but to explore backcountry trails, fish fresh, natural rivers … Read more...
The Egyptians were some of the first people to use aromatic essential oils extensively in medical practice, beauty treatment, food preparation, and religious ceremony. Frankincense, sandalwood, myrrh, and cinnamon were considered very valuable cargo along caravan trade routes and were … Read more...
Our forefathers founded a country unique to the world. For the first time in the world, the United States’ constitution exclaimed individual liberty, freedom, and responsibility. Never before had the rights of an individual supersede the rights of the many. … Read more...
Ironically, as the retail industry embraces technology, so too should we embrace our own food storage strategies. Twenty years agomost grocery stores provided ample food storage for their communities, filling back stockrooms full of food and supplies. As soon … Read more...
It becomes very easy to fill our need to be self reliant with the latest camping supplies, stock piles of food, and weapons. Our self reliant checklist can become quite the shopping list. However, learning skills, like CPR, must not … Read more...
It’s likely you awoke this morning to news reports of a region shutdown by a few inches of snow. The combination of ice and snow overwhelmed the infrastructure of cities like Atlanta, causing backups so significant, most people abandoned their … Read more...
When considering short and long term food supplies it is very easy to overlook the needs of your dogs. Most of us consider our dogs as members of the family, and would not let harm to come them, even when … Read more...
One Second After is an eye opening fiction novel about the after affects of an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) detonation above the United States. Set in a rural community in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the novel follows the community for … Read more...
In the age of technology and roadside service, we often don’t consider the idea of being stranded along the roadside. Our cars have never been more reliable. Many come with a safety net service like OnStar, who will send immediate … Read more...